Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1996.

©1996

xxv, 477 pages : maps ; 23 cm

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unmediated

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New studies in medieval history

New studies in medieval history.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 424-445) and index.

1. Sources for Early Medieval Byzantium -- 2. The Strategic Geography of the Near East -- The Balkans -- The Steppes -- Anatolia and Iran -- The Agricultural Plains -- The Desert -- Conclusion: a Strategic Geography -- 3. The Roman World in 600 -- The Strategic Outlook -- The Social and Economic Base -- 4. The Fall of the Old Order -- The Last Roman-Persian War -- The Islamic Conquests -- The End of the Ancient Economy, c.650-750 -- 5. How the Roman Empire Survived -- From Rome to Byzantium -- How the Empire Survived: the City of Constantine and Theodosios -- Taxation -- The Imperial Court -- The Army and Navy -- The Church -- 6. The Shock of Defeat -- The Byzantine World View -- Icons and Iconoclasm -- Iconoclasm and the Making of Orthodox Byzantium -- 7. The Byzantine Response: On to the Defensive -- Adapting the Late Roman Military Tradition -- Byzantine Defensive Strategy, c.750-c.950 -- The Size of the Byzantine Army -- 8. The Byzantine Empire and its Non-Muslim Neighbours, c.600-c.950 -- Transcaucasia -- The Khazars -- The Rus -- The Balkans -- The Western Provinces -- 9. The Age of Reconquest, c863-976 -- The Byzantine Offensive in the East -- The Decline of the Abbasid Caliphate -- The Costs of Success: Byzantium, 863-976 -- 10. The Reign of Basil II, 976-1025 -- The Byzantine World in 976 -- The Great Civil Wars, 976-89 -- The Triumph of Constantinople, 990-1025.

Orthodox Eastern Church -- Byzantine Empire -- History.

Byzantine Empire -- History -- 527-1081.

Byzantine Empire -- Church history.

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