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A short history of Byzantium
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A short history of Byzantium

Author: John Julius Norwich
Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 1999.
Edition/Format: Book : English : 1st Vintage Books edView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: John Julius Norwich
ISBN: 0679772693 : 9780679772699
OCLC Number: 40618511
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1997. Abridgment of the author's three-vol. work Byzantium.
Description: xl, 430 p., [24] P. of plates : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
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].
Responsibility: John Julius Norwich.

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