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A history of the Byzantine state and society

This comprehensive of Byzantium covers the period from when the emperor Diocletian separated what became Byzantium from the western Roman Empire, through when the last Byzantine outposts fell to the Ottoman Turks.
Print Book, English, 1997
Stanford University Press, Stanford, Calif., 1997
History
xxiii, 1019 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
9780804724210, 9780804726306, 0804724210, 0804726302
37154904
Part I. The Enlarged State and the Burdened Society. 1. The refoundation of the Empire
2. The state under strain
3. The danger of barbarization
4. The formation of Byzantine society
Part II. The Interrupted Advance. 5. The eastern recovery
6. The reconquests and the plague
7. The danger of overextension
8. A divided society
Part III. The Contained Catastrophe. 9. Two fights for survival
10. The war of attrition
11. The passing of the crisis
12. The shrinking of society
Part IV. The Long Revival. 13. Internal reforms
14. External gains
15. The gains secured
16. The great conquests
17. The expansion of society
Part V. The Weak State and the Wealthy Society. 18. Erratic government
19. Improvised reconstruction 20. Diminishing security
21. A restless society
Part VI. The Failed Restoration. 22. The successor states
23. The restored empire
24. The breakdown
25. The end of Byzantine independence
26. The separation of society from state
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