Timothy E. Gregory

A History of Byzantium

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons / John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2009
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 811g
• ISBN-13: 9781405184717
• ISBN-10: 140518471X
• Artikelnr.: 26840441

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures. List of Maps. List of Boxes. Preface to the Second
Edition. Preface to the First Edition. Introduction. 1. The Crisis of the
Third Century. 2. The Revival under Diocletian. 3. The Age of Constantine
the Great. 4. The Fourth Century: Constantius II to Theodosios I. 5. The
Fifth Century. 6. The Age of Justinian. 7. The Byzantine "Dark Ages": Late
Sixth and Seventh Centuries. 8. The Isaurian Dynasty and Iconoclasm. 9.
Continued Struggle over Ikons. 10. The Beginnings of the Macedonian
Dynasty. 11. The Apogee of Byzantine Power. 12. The Komnenoi. 13. The
Aftermath of the Fourth Crusade. 14. The Beginnings of Decline. 15. The End
of the Empire. 16. Byzantium after the Fall of the City. Glossary. General
Bibliography. A Selection of Primary Sources in English Translation. List
of Byzantine Rulers. Comparative Chronology. Electronic Resources. Index.