| Edition |
First Vintage Books edition. |
| Description |
xl, 430 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1997. |
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Abridgment of the author's three-vol. work Byzantium. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 392-[404]) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Early centuries -- ch. 1. Constantine the great [to 337] -- ch. 2. Julian the Apostate [337-63] -- [ch.]. 3. Empire at bay [363-95] -- ch. 4. Fall of the West [395-493] -- ch. 5. Rise of Justinian [493-540] -- ch. 6. Justinian: the last years [540-65] -- ch. 7. First crusader [565-641] -- ch. 8. Heraclian line [641-711] -- ch. 9. Iconoclasm [711-802] -- pt. 2. Apogee -- ch. 10. Images restored [802-56] -- ch. 11. Of patriarchs and plots [857-67] -- ch. 12. Macedonian and the sage [867-912] -- ch. 13. Gentle usurper [912-48] -- ch. 14. Scholar emperor [945-63] -- ch. 15. Tale of two generals [963-76] -- ch. 16. Bulgar-slayer [976-1025] -- ch. 17. Decline begins [1025-55] -- ch. 18. Manzikert [1055-81] -- pt. 3. Decline and fall -- ch. 19. Alexuis Comnenus [1081-1118] -- ch. 20. John the Beautiful [1118-43] -- ch. 21. Manuel Comnenus [1143-80] -- ch. 22. Fourth Crusade [1180-1205] -- ch. 23. Exile and homecoming [1205-61] -- ch. 24. Angevin threat [1261-82] -- ch. 25. Two Andronici [1282-1341] -- ch. 26. Reluctant emperor [1341-91] -- ch. 27. Sultan's vassal [1354-91] -- ch. 28. Appeal to Europe [1391-1448] -- ch. 29. Fall [1448-53]. |
| Subject |
Byzantine Empire -- Civilization.
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| Added Author |
Norwich, John Julius, 1929-2018.
Byzantium.
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| ISBN |
0679772693 paperback $17.00 |
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