The new Roman empire : a history of Byzantium

1. Verfasser: Kaldellis, Anthony , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Umfang/Format: vii, [17], 1133 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Schlagworte:
Byzantine Empire > History.
Byzantine Empire > Civilization.
Parallelausgabe: Kaldellis, Anthony., New Roman empire (Online version:) | ISSN: 9780197549346
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction
  • New Rome and the New Romans
  • Government and the social order
  • From Christian nation to Roman religion
  • The first Christian emperors (324-361)
  • Competing religions of empire (337-364)
  • Toward an independent east (364-395)
  • City and desert: Cultures old and new
  • The political class ascendant (395-441)
  • Barbarian terrors and military mobilization (441-491)
  • Political consolidation and religious polarization (491-518)
  • Chalcedonian repression and the eastern axis (518-531)
  • The Sleepless Emperor (527-540)
  • "Death has entered our gates" (540-565)
  • The cost of overextension (565-602)
  • The great war with Persia (602-630)
  • Commanders of the Faithful (632-644)
  • Holding the line (641-685)
  • Life and taxes among the ruins
  • An empire of outposts (685-717)
  • The lion and the dragon (717-775)
  • Reform and consolidation (775-815)
  • Growing confidence (815-867)
  • A new David and Solomon (867-912)
  • A game of crowns (912-950)
  • The triumph of Roman arms (950-1025)
  • A brief hegemony (1025-1048)
  • The end of Italy and the east (1048-1081)
  • Komnenian crisis management (1081-1118)
  • Good John and the Sun King (1118-1180)
  • Disintegration and betrayal (1180-1204)
  • "A new France": Colonial occupation
  • Romans west and Romans east (1204-1261)
  • Union with Rome and Roman Disunity (1261-1282)
  • Territorial retrenchment and cultural innovation (1282-1328)
  • Military failure and mystical solace (1328-1354)
  • The noose tightens (1354-1402)
  • The cusp of a new world (1402-1461)
  • State revenues and payments to foreign groups, fifth-seventh centuries list of emperors
  • Glossary
  • Abbreviations
  • Bibliography.

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