A History of Byzantium

“I welcome this expanded second edition of Timothy Gregory's useful introduction to the growing field for Byzantine studies. It will be a great help to students and teachers, especially for its greater coverage of archaeology and its guides to web resources and primary sources in translation.”
Averil Cameron, University of Oxford

“Professor Gregory’s deep knowledge of archaeology, historical geography, and the original Greek sources infuses his lucid history of Byzantium with insights into the unexpected connections between the medieval and modern world.”
Linda Jones Hall, St. Mary's College of Maryland

"Gregory’s book is the only proper textbook for Byzantine history.  It is also an admirable scholarly survey which brings to bear Gregory’s substantial experience as an archaeologist and historian on the rich history of the Byzantine East."
William Caraher, University of North Dakota

“Gregory’s work presents in a concrete and original way the political history, the institutions, the art, the architecture and the socioeconomic factors that shaped the often misunderstood Byzantine Empire. The book appeals to the academic as well as to the general public.”
Taxiarchis Kolias, University of Athens , and The National Hellenic Research Foundation

Timothy E. Gregory (Author)

9781405184717, Wiley

Paperback / softback, published 18 December 2009

480 pages
24.1 x 16.8 x 2.8 cm, 0.726 kg

This revised and expanded edition of the widely-praised A History of Byzantium covers the time of Constantine the Great in AD 306 to the fall of Constantinople in 1453.

List of Figures vi
iList of Maps
xList of Boxes xi
Preface to the Second Edition xi
vPreface to the First Edition xvi

Introduction 1
1 The Crisis of the Third Century 23
2 The Revival under Diocletian 36
3 The Age of Constantine the Great 49
4 The Fourth Century: Constantius II to Theodosios I 72
5 The Fifth Century 103
6 The Age of Justinian 129
7 The Byzantine "Dark Ages": Late Sixth and Seventh Centuries 160
8 The Isaurian Dynasty and Iconoclasm 198
9 Continued Struggle over Ikons 220
10 The Beginnings of the Macedonian Dynasty 242
11 The Apogee of Byzantine Power 265
12 The Komnenoi 290
13 The Aftermath of the Fourth Crusade 330
14 The Beginnings of Decline 347
15 The End of the Empire 383
16 Byzantium after the Fall of the City 401

Subject Areas: History [HB]