Timothy E. Gregory: A History of Byzantium

Cover: 9781405184717 | A History of Byzantium | Timothy E. Gregory | Taschenbuch | 480 S.

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This revised and expanded edition of the widely-praised A History of Byzantium covers the time of Constantine the Great in AD 306 to the fall of Constantinople in 1453.

Expands treatment of the middle and later Byzantine periods, incorporating new archaeological evidence
Includes additional maps and photographs, and a newly annotated, updated bibliography
Incorporates a new section on web resources for Byzantium studies
Demonstrates that Byzantium was important in its own right but also served as a bridge between East and West and ancient and modern society
Situates Byzantium in its broader historical context with a new comparative timeline and textboxes

This revised and expanded edition of the widely-praised A History of Byzantium covers the time of Constantine the Great in AD 306 to the fall of Constantinople in 1453.

Expands treatment of the middle and later Byzantine periods, incorporating new archaeological evidence
Includes additional maps and photographs, and a newly annotated, updated bibliography
Incorporates a new section on web resources for Byzantium studies
Demonstrates that Byzantium was important in its own right but also served as a bridge between East and West and ancient and modern society
Situates Byzantium in its broader historical context with a new comparative timeline and textboxes

Über den Autor

Timothy E. Gregory is Professor of Byzantine History at Ohio State University where he is also Adjunct Professor of Anthropology. He is the author of Vox Populi (1979), Isthmia V. The Fortress and the Hexamilion (1993), The Corinthia in the Roman Period (1993), archaeology editor of The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (1991), and Director of the Ohio State University Excavations at Isthmia (Greece).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures vi
iList of Maps
xList of Boxes xi
Preface to the Second Edition xi
vPreface to the First Edition xvi

Introduction 1
1 The Crisis of the Third Century 23
2 The Revival under Diocletian 36
3 The Age of Constantine the Great 49
4 The Fourth Century: Constantius II to Theodosios I 72
5 The Fifth Century 103
6 The Age of Justinian 129
7 The Byzantine "Dark Ages": Late Sixth and Seventh Centuries 160
8 The Isaurian Dynasty and Iconoclasm 198
9 Continued Struggle over Ikons 220
10 The Beginnings of the Macedonian Dynasty 242
11 The Apogee of Byzantine Power 265
12 The Komnenoi 290
13 The Aftermath of the Fourth Crusade 330
14 The Beginnings of Decline 347
15 The End of the Empire 383
16 Byzantium after the Fall of the City 401

Glossary 421
General Bibliography 428
A Selection of Primary Sources in English Translation 435
List of Byzantine Rulers 438
Comparative Chronology 444
Electronic Resources 448
Index 451

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2009
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Jahrhundert:	Altertum
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	Blackwell History of the Ancient World
Inhalt:	480 S.
ISBN-13:	9781405184717
ISBN-10:	140518471X
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Gregory, Timothy E.
Auflage:	2. Auflage
Hersteller:	John Wiley & Sons John Wiley and Sons Ltd Blackwell History of the Ancient World
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Wiley-VCH GmbH, Boschstr. 12, D-69469 Weinheim, product-safety@wiley.com
Maße:	244 x 170 x 26 mm
Von/Mit:	Timothy E. Gregory
Erscheinungsdatum:	18.12.2009
Gewicht:	0,811 kg