CHAPTER FIVE The Eastern Recovery, 457-518

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables and Maps xiii
4. Preface xv
5. Note on Transliteration xxi
6. Introduction 1
7. PART ONE The Enlarged State and the Burdened Society
8. CHAPTER ONE The Refoundation of the Empire, 284-337 11
9. CHAPTER TWO The State Under Strain, 337-395 52
10. CHAPTER THREE The Danger of Barbarization, 395-457 78
11. CHAPTER FOUR The Formation of Byzantine Society, 284-457 103
12. PART TWO The Interrupted Advance
13. CHAPTER FIVE The Eastern Recovery, 457-518 147
14. CHAPTER SIX The Reconquests and the Plague, 518-565 174
15. CHAPTER SEVEN The Danger of Overextension, 565-610 218
16. CHAPTER EIGHT A Divided Society, 457-610 242
17. PART THREE The Contained Catastrophe
18. CHAPTER NINE Two Fights for Survival, 610-668 285
19. CHAPTER TEN The War of Attrition, 668-717 323
20. CHAPTER ELEVEN The Passing of the Crisis, 717-780 346
21. CHAPTER TWELVE The Shrinking of Society, 610-780 371
22. PART FOUR The Long Revival
23. CHAPTER THIRTEEN Internal Reforms, 780-842 415
24. CHAPTER FOURTEEN External Gains, 842-912 446
25. CHAPTER FIFTEEN The Gains Secured, 912-963 471
26. CHAPTER SIXTEEN The Great Conquests, 963-1025 498
27. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The Expansion of Society, 780-1025 534
28. PART FIVE The Weak State and the Wealthy Society
29. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Erratic Government, I025-I08I 581
30. CHAPTER NINETEEN Improvised Reconstruction, I08I-II43 612
31. CHAPTER TWENTY Diminishing Security, I 143-1204 638
32. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE A Restless Society, 1025-1204 667
33. PART SIX The Failed Restoration
34. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO The Successor States, I204-I26I 707
35. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE The Restored Empire, 1261-1328 735
36. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR The Breakdown, 1328-1391 760
37. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE The End of Byzantine Independence, 1391-1461 784
38. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX The Separation of Society from State, 1204-1461 804
39. Conclusion 847
40. APPENDIX Lists of Rulers 857
41. Abbreviations 873
42. Bibliographical Survey 893
43. Endnotes 921
44. Index 971