Description |
xxxvii, 488 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-461) and index. |
Summary |
For 1,123 years, Constantinople remained the capital of the Byzantine Empire - the longest-lived and most continuously inspired Christian empire in the world. In this, the third and final volume of John Julius Norwich's magnificent and moving history, he tells of the dire consequences of the defeat by the Seljuk Turks at the battle of Manzikert in 1071; of the Fourth Crusade, whose Crusaders - led by the octogenarian Doge of Venice - turned their attention away from the Holy Places to hurl themselves against Constantinople, sacking the city and setting up a succession of Frankish thugs on the imperial throne; and of the two-hundred-year struggle by the restored Empire against the inexorable advance of the Ottoman Turks. |
Contents |
The rise of Alexius [1081] -- The Normans [1081-97] -- The first crusade [1091-1108] -- Alexius - The last years [1108-18] -- John the beautiful [1118-43] -- The second crusade [1143-9] -- Realignments [1149-58] -- Manuel Comnenus - The later years [1158-80] -- Andronicus the Terrible [1180-85] -- The Fall of Jerusalem [1185-98] -- The Fourth Crusade [1198-1205] -- The Empire in exile [1205-53] -- The city recovered [1253-61] -- The Angevin threat [1261-70] -- The uncertain unity [1270-82] -- The Catalan vengeance [1282-1311] -- The two Andronici [1307-41] -- Civil war [1341-7] -- The reluctant emperor [1347-54] -- The Sultan's vassal [1354-91] -- The appeal to Europe [1391-1402] -- The legacy of Tamburlaine [1402-25] -- Laetentur Coeli! [1425-48] -- The fall [1448-53] -- Epilogue. |
Subject |
Byzantine Empire -- History -- 1081-1453.
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ISBN |
0679416501 |
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9780679416500 |
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