Empire of Gold : a History of the Byzantine Empire

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Call Number: BOCD 949.501 Ma Oversize
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Lecture 1. The emerging empire of New Rome, 284-457 -- Lecture 2. Justinian and the Reconquest of the West, 457-565 -- Lecture 3. The city of Constantinople: a guided tour of the greatest city in the Western World -- Lecture 4. The turn eastward, 565-717 -- Lecture 5. Survival, 717-867 -- Lecture 6. A golden age: the Macedonian Dynasty, 867-1025 -- Lecture 7. Weakness and wealth, 1025-1081 -- Lecture 8. The turn to the West: the Comnenan Dynasty, 1081-1180 -- Lecture 9. Decline, decay, and destruction, 1180-1204 -- Lecture 10. Struggle for Byzantium's corpse, 1204-1261 -- Lecture 11. The empire reborn, 1261-1328 -- Lecture 12. The final decline, 1328-1391 -- Lecture 13. The fall of Rome, 1391-1453 -- Lecture 14. Aftermath and legacy.
Thomas F. Madden, lecturer.
A 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. Begins in the third century and continues over the next thousand years.
Compact disc.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Fascinating History submitted by timdufresne on July 18, 2018, 4:56pm I loved this series. I had so much I had to learn about this topic. Woefully underaddressed in my own education