Walter E. Kaegi (University of Chicago)

Heraclius Emperor of Byzantium

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Produktbeschreibung

This book evaluates the life and empire of the pivotal yet controversial and poorly understood Byzantine emperor Heraclius (AD 610-641), a contemporary of the Prophet Muhammad. His stormy reign is critical for understanding the background to fundamental changes in the Middle East and Balkans, including the emergence of Islam.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 372
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9780521036986
• ISBN-10: 0521036984
• Artikelnr.: 22862721

Autorenporträt

Walter E. Kaegi is Professor of History, The University of Chicago. He is the author of many books, including Byzantium and the Decline of Rome (1968), Byzantine Military Unrest 471¿843 (1981), Army, Society and Religion in Byzantium (1982), Some Thoughts on Byzantine Military Strategy (1983), and Byzantium and the Early Islamic Conquests (1992, paperback 1995).

Inhaltsangabe

List of maps
List of figures
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
1. Armenia and Africa: the formative years
2. Internal and external challenges in the first decade of the reign
3. Taking the offensive
4. Peril and hope
5. The invasion of Mesopotamia
6. Five crucial years: a narrow window of opportunity
7. Tested again
8. Losing control
9. Conclusions
Chronological table
Bibliography
Index.