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Empire of gold : a history of the Byzantine Empire

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  • Author: Madden, Thomas F.
    Edition: Unabridged
    Date:
    Created
    2011
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    Copyrighted
    2006
    Summary:

    In this course, Thomas F. Madden offers a fascinating series of lectures on the history of the remarkable culture and state that developed out of the ancient Roman Empire, particularly its eastern portion, throughout the Middle Ages. The story here therefore begins at an ending, that of the Roman Empire, in the third century AD, and continues over the next one thousand years.

    Contents:
    • The emerging empire of New Rome, 284-457
    • Justinian and the reconquest of the West, 457-565
    • The city of Constantinople: a guided tour of the greatest city in the western world
    • The turn eastward, 565-717
    • Survival, 717-867
    • A golden age: the Macedonian Dynasty, 867-1025
    • Weakness and wealth, 1025-1081
    • The turn to the West: the Comnean Dynasty, 1081-1180
    • Decline, decay, and destruction, 1180-1204
    • Struggle for Byzantium's corpse, 1204-1261
    • The empire reborn, 1261-1328
    • The final decline, 1328-1391
    • The fall of Rome, 1391-1453
    • Aftermath and legacy.
    Genre:
    History and geography
    Subject(s): Byzantine Empire | Rome (Empire) | Turkey--Istanbul
    Original Publisher: Prince Frederick, MD, [Prince Frederick, Md.], Recorded Books, [Distributed by] OneClick Digital
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781456100223