search for books and compare prices
Tables of Contents for History of the Byzantine State
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Author's Preface
vii
 
Translator's Foreword
x
 
Series Editor's Foreword
xi
 
Illustrations
xvi
 
Abbreviations
xxiii
 
Introduction. The Development of Byzantine Studies
1
21
The Early Byzantine State: its Development and Characteristics (324--610)
22
65
Sources
22
65
The Christian Roman Empire
27
23
The age of the migrations and the Christological controversies
50
18
Justinian's work of restoration and its collapse
68
19
The Struggle for Existence and the Revival of the Byzantine State (610--711)
87
60
Sources
87
60
The wars with the Persians and the Avars: Heraclius' work of reorganization
92
18
The period of the Arab invasions: the last years of Heraclius: Constans II.
110
13
The saving of Constantinople and the development of the Heraclian reforms: Constantine IV and Justinian II
123
17
The downfall of the Heraclian dynasty
140
7
The Age of the Iconoclast Crisis (711--843)
147
63
Sources
147
63
Imperial rivalry
152
4
The iconoclast controversy and the Arab wars: Leo III
156
9
Iconoclasm and the wars with Bulgaria: Constantine V
165
10
The decline of the iconoclast movement and the restoration of icon veneration
175
7
Byzantium and Charles the Great
182
4
The reforms of Nicephorus and complications of foreign policy: Byzantium and Krum
186
14
The iconoclast reaction
200
10
The Golden Age of the Byzantine Empire (843--1025)
210
106
Sources
210
106
The dawn of the new age
217
16
The period of the codification of the law: Basil I and Leo VI
233
27
Byzantium and Symeon of Bulgaria
260
9
The struggle of the central government against the feudal magnates and cultural activities at the imperial court: Romanus Lecapenus and Constantine Porphyrogenitus
269
14
The period of conquests: Nicephorus Phocas and John Tzimisces
283
15
The apogee of Byzantine power: Basil II
298
18
Government by the Civil Aristocracy of the Capital (1025--81)
316
35
Sources
316
35
The disintegration of the political system of the middle Byzantine period
320
21
Political collapse at home and abroad
341
10
The Rule of the Military Aristocracy (1081--1204)
351
67
Sources
351
67
The revival of the Byzantine Empire: Alexius I Comnenus
356
19
The further expansion of Byzantine power and the first set-backs: John II and Manuel I
375
19
The change of policy under Andronicus Comnenus
394
7
The collapse
401
17
Latin Rule and the Restoration of the Byzantine Empire (1204--82)
418
48
Sources
418
48
The development of a new political system
422
12
The rise and fall of Epirus: the victory of Nicaea
434
10
Prelude to the restoration
444
6
The restoration of Byzantine power: Michael VIII
450
16
The Decline and Fall of the Byzantine Empire (1282--1453)
466
107
Sources
466
107
Byzantium as a minor state: Andronicus II
478
21
The period of civil wars: Serbian ascendancy in the Balkans
499
34
The Ottoman conquest of the Balkan peninsula: Byzantium as a Turkish dependency
533
19
The final downfall
552
21
Genealogical Tables
573
7
Lists of Rulers and Despots
580
5
Lists of Patriarchs and Popes
585
6
Index
591