The new Roman empire : a history of Byzantium / Anthony Kaldellis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaldellis, Anthony, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Byzantine Empire--History.

Byzantine Empire.

Byzantine Empire--Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1169 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

'The New Roman Empire' is a full-length, single-author history of Byzantium (the eastern Roman empire) to appear in a generation. It begins with the foundation of Constantinople in 324 AD and ends with the fall of the empire to the Ottoman Turks in the fifteenth century, presenting those twelve centuries in an accessible narrative of events, free of jargon. The book focuses on political and military history as well as all the major changes in religion, society, administration, demography, and economy.

Contents:

Introduction

New Rome and the New Romans

Government and the social order

From Christian nation to Roman religion

The first Christian emperors (324-361)

Competing religions of empire (337-364)

Toward an independent east (364-395)

City and desert: Cultures old and new

The political class ascendant (395-441)

Barbarian terrors and military mobilization (441-491)

Political consolidation and religious polarization (491-518)

Chalcedonian repression and the eastern axis (518-531)

The Sleepless Emperor (527-540)

"Death has entered our gates" (540-565)

The cost of overextension (565-602)

The great war with Persia (602-630)

Commanders of the Faithful (632-644)

Holding the line (641-685)

Life and taxes among the ruins

An empire of outposts (685-717)

The lion and the dragon (717-775)

Reform and consolidation (775-815)

Growing confidence (815-867)

A new David and Solomon (867-912)

A game of crowns (912-950)

The triumph of Roman arms (950-1025)

A brief hegemony (1025-1048)

The end of Italy and the east (1048-1081)

Komnenian crisis management (1081-1118)

Good John and the Sun King (1118-1180)

Disintegration and betrayal (1180-1204)

"A new France": Colonial occupation

Romans west and Romans east (1204-1261)

Union with Rome and Roman Disunity (1261-1282)

Territorial retrenchment and cultural innovation (1282-1328)

Military failure and mystical solace (1328-1354)

The noose tightens (1354-1402)

The cusp of a new world (1402-1461)

State revenues and payments to foreign groups, fifth-seventh centuries list of emperors.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2024.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 31, 2023).

ISBN:

0-19-754934-9

0-19-754935-7

0-19-754933-0