Byzantium. The early centuries

Abstract

First American edition. "Originally published in Great Britain by Viking, London, 1988"--Title page verso, v. [1]. v.1: The early centuries: Constantine the great -- The Adoption of the faith -- Constantinople -- Julian the apostate -- The Empire at bay -- The fall of Rome -- Of heresies and Huns -- The fall of the west -- The rise of Justinian -- Belisarius -- Totila the Goth -- The last years of Justinian -- The downward drift -- The first crusader -- The Heraclian line -- The emperor who lost his nose -- The first iconoclasts -- Irene -- v.2: The apogee: Krum -- The return of iconoclasm -- Theophilus -- The images restored -- Of patriarchs and plots -- Double murder -- Basil the Macedonian -- Leo the Wise -- The rise of Romanus -- The Gentle usurper -- The scholar emperor -- The white death of the Saracens -- John Tzimisces -- The young Basil -- The Bulgar-slayer -- The decline begins -- The end of the Paphlagonians -- Constantine Monomachus and the schism -- Prelude to catastrophe -- Manzikert -- List of emperors -- List of Muslim sultans -- List of patriarchs -- List of popes -- v.3: The decline and fall: The rise of Alexius -- The Normans -- The first crusade -- Alexius, the last years -- John the Beautiful -- The second crusade -- Realignments -- Manuel Comnenus, the later years -- Andronicus the Terrible -- The fall of Jerusalem -- The fourth crusade -- The empire in exile -- The city recovered -- The Angevin threat -- The uncertain unity -- The Catalan vengeance -- The two Andronici -- Civil war -- The reluctant emperor -- The sultan's vassal -- The appeal to Europe -- The legacy of Tamburlaine -- Laetentur Coeli! -- The fall -- Epilogue -- List of emperors -- The despotate of Epirus -- List of Muslim sultans -- List of popes.