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This short and accessible history, primarily aimed at those unfamiliar with the subject, traces the development of Byzantium from AD 285 until its fall in 1453. Treadgold demonstrates that Byzantium's remarkable cycle of decline and recovery was largely due to the character of individual emperors and inherent weaknesses in the empire's structure. Each narrative chapter concludes with discussions of Byzantium's society and culture during six distinctive chronological periods.

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Warren Treadgold is Professor of Late Ancient and Byzantine History at St. Louis University. He is the author of many books on Byzantine history and culture.
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Edward Gibbon regarded the Byzantine (or East Roman or Later Roman) Empire with disdain. It was both a pale imitation of classical Hellenic culture and a degenerate inheritor of Roman Latin political institutions. Although subsequent historians have modified that view, the general perception of a static empire in a state of "perpetual decline" remains. This compact survey of an empire that outlasted the Roman Empire in the West by a millennium may not dispel that notion, but it does pay tribute to the vibrancy, cultural richness, and historical legacy of the first great "Christian" empire. Treadgold necessarily moves quickly, but he convincingly illustrates how the Byzantine (1) transmitted elements of classical culture to disparate groups, including Slavs and Arabs, (2) were instrumental in bringing Christianity to eastern "barbarians," and (3) maintained a degree of stability in the eastern Mediterranean despite constant external threats. This is an excellent general history of a still underappreciated people and of their contributions to the modern world. Jay Freeman
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  • PublisherPalgrave
  • Publication date2001
  • ISBN 10 0333718291
  • ISBN 13 9780333718292
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