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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Complete and Unabridged History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Complete and Unabridged Edward Gibbon Gibbon's masterpiece, which narrates the history of the Roman Empire from the second century a.d. to its collapse in the west in the fifth century and in the east in the fifteenth century, is widely … OL1285005W
Muslim expansion and Byzantine collapse in North Africa Muslim expansion and Byzantine collapse in North Africa Walter Emil Kaegi "Who 'lost' Christian North Africa? Who won it and how? Walter Kaegi takes a fresh look at these perennial questions, with maps and on-site observations, in this exciting new book. Persisting clouds … OL15538068W
Land and privilege in Byzantium Land and privilege in Byzantium Mark C. Bartusis "A pronoia was a type of conditional grant from the emperor, often to soldiers, of various properties and privileges. In large measure the institution of pronoia characterized social and economic rel… OL16585470W
Heroes and Romans in twelfth-century Byzantium Heroes and Romans in twelfth-century Byzantium Leonora Alice Neville "Nikephoros Bryennios' history of the Byzantine Empire in the 1070s is a story of civil war and aristocratic rebellion in the midst of the Turkish conquest of Anatolia. Commonly remembered as the pas… OL16599679W
The Alexiad The Alexiad Anna Komnene Anna Comnena (1083-1153) wrote The Alexiad as an account of the reign of her father, the Byzantine Emperor Alexius I. It is also an important source of information on the Byzantine war with the Norma… OL17048876W
A synopsis of Byzantine history, 811-1057 A synopsis of Byzantine history, 811-1057 John Scylitzes "John Skylitzes' extraordinary Middle Byzantine chronicle covers the reigns of the Byzantine emperors from the death of Nicephorus I in 811 to the deposition of Michael VI in 1057, and provides the o… OL18572182W
Streams of gold, rivers of blood Streams of gold, rivers of blood Anthony Kaldellis In the second half of the tenth century, Byzantium embarked on a series of spectacular conquests, first in the southeast against the Arabs, then in Bulgaria, and finally in the Georgian and Armenian … OL19714616W
The war of the three gods The war of the three gods Crawford, Peter Doctor "The War of the Three Gods is a military history of the Near and Middle East in the seventh century--with its chief focus on the reign of the Eastern Roman Emperor Heraclius (AD 610-641)--a pivotal a… OL19994900W
Liturgical Subjects Liturgical Subjects Derek Krueger xi, 311 pages ; 24 cm OL20175236W
The ruin of the Roman Empire The ruin of the Roman Empire O'Donnell, James Joseph The dream Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar shared of uniting Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East in a single community shuddered and then collapsed in the wars and disasters of the si… OL2707346W
Byzantium and the early Islamic conquests Byzantium and the early Islamic conquests Walter Emil Kaegi xiii, 313 p. : 24 cm OL4086159W
The Varangians of Byzantium The Varangians of Byzantium Sigfús Blöndal An aura of romance has clung about the Varangians for over six centuries. This book examines how the Norsemen came to be drawn into the Imperial service until the greatest of all the Emperors of the … OL5413253W
Byzantium Byzantium Giles Morgan So what’s so significant about the Byzantine Empire? It is now recognised as having had a considerable influence on the Renaissance and a significant impact in the shaping modern Europe and modern hi… OL8551643W