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Vintage Books
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English
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430

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Subjects
Civilization, History, 15.59 history of great parts of the world, peoples, civilizations: other, Geschichte, New York Times reviewed, Byzantine empire, history, Byzantine empire, civilization
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Byzantine Empire

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Table of Contents

Pt. 1: The early centuries. Constantine the great [to 337]
Julian the Apostate [337-63]
The Empire at bay [363-95]
The fall of the West [395-493]
The rise of Justinian [493-540]
Justinian : the last years [540-65]
The first crusader [565-641]
The Heraclian line [641-711]
Iconoclasm [711-802]
Pt. 2: The apogee. The images restored [802-56]
Of patriarchs and plots [857-67]
The Macedonian and the sage [867-912]
The gentle usurper [912-48]
The Scholar emperor [945-63]
The tale of two generals [963-76]
The Bulgar-slayer [976-1025]
The decline begins [1025-55]
Manzikert [1055-81]
Pt. 3: The decline and fall. Alexius Comnenus [1081-1118]
John the Beautiful [1118-43]
Manuel Comnenus [1143-80]
The Fourth Crusade [1180-1205]
Exile and homecoming [1205-61]
The Angevin threat [1261-82]
The two Andronici [1282-1341]
The reluctant emperor [1341-91]
The Sultan's vassal [1354-91]
The appeal to Europe [1391-1448]
The fall [1448-53].651 0Byzantine Empire ?x Civilization.

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Reprint. Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1997.

Abridgment of the author's three-vol. work Byzantium.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 392-[404]) and index.

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949.5
Library of Congress
DF553 .N68 1999, DF553

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xl, 430 p., [24] P. of plates :
Number of pages
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OL16357221M
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OCLC/WorldCat
40618511
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