I. BACKGROUND: FROM LATE ANTIQUITY TO THE MIDDLE AGES

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1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS IX
3. List of Illustrations XI
4. Abbreviations XV
5. Acknowledgments XIX
6. Introduction XXI
7. I. BACKGROUND: FROM LATE ANTIQUITY TO THE MIDDLE AGES 1
8. II. DECENTRALIZATION AND "FEUDALIZATION" OF THE BYZANTINE STATE 24
9. III. POPULAR AND ARISTOCRATIC CULTURAL TRENDS 74
10. IV. THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE 120
11. V. BYZANTIUM AND ALIEN CULTURES 167
12. VI. MAN IN LITERATURE AND ART 197
13. Conclusion 231
14. Appendix: Texts 235
15. Index 267