A History of Byzantium
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The second edition of Gregory's widely praised text provides a deeper insight into social and economic conditions of the time, with more emphasis on how ordinary people lived during the history of the Empire. Visual documents, such as photographs of art and architecture, are used alongside text to illustrate discussions about life in the Byzantine Empire. Based on the very latest scholarship, and written in a clear, narrative prose, this fascinating volume is both an ideal textbook for Byzantine History courses, and fully accessible to a wide audience.
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
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