History of the Byzantine Empire, 324–1453, Volume I“This is the revised English translation from the original work in Russian of the history of the Great Byzantine Empire. It is the most complete and thorough work on this subject. From it we get a wonderful panorama of the events and developments of the struggles of early Christianity, both western and eastern, with all of its remains of the wonderful productions of art, architecture, and learning.”—Southwestern Journal of Theology |
Contents
The Study Of Byzantine History | 3 |
The Empire From The Time Of Constantine The Great to Justinian | 43 |
Justinian the Great and His Immediate Successors 518 610 | 129 |
The Heraclian Epoch 610717 | 193 |
The Iconoclastic Epoch 717867 | 234 |
The Macedonian Epoch 8671081 | 300 |
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