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Author Norwich, John Julius, 1929-2018

Title Byzantium : the decline and fall / John Julius Norwich.

Publication Info. New York : Knopf, 1996.

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  949.5 NORWICH    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  949.5 N83BZ    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  949.5 NOR    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  949.5 NORWICH    Check Shelf
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.
ISBN 0679416501
9780679416500
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