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100	1		_aKaldellis, Anthony, _eauthor. _4aut
245	1	4	_aThe new Roman empire : _ba history of Byzantium / _cAnthony Kaldellis.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bOxford University Press, _c[2024]
300			_avii, [17], 1133 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (some color), maps ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"This is the first comprehensive, single-author history of the eastern Roman empire (or Byzantium) to appear in over a generation. It begins with the foundation of Constantinople in 324 AD and ends with the fall of the empire to the Ottoman Turks in the fifteenth century, covering political and military history as well as all major changes in religion, society, demography, and economy. In recent decades, the study of Byzantium has been revolutionized by new approaches and sophisticated models for how its society and state operated. The book's core is an accessible and lively narrative of events, free of jargon, which incorporates new findings, explains recent models, and presents well-known historical characters and events in new light. Two overarching themes shape the narrative. First, by projecting accountability the Roman state persuaded its subjects that it was working in their interests and thereby forestalled separatist movements. To do so, it had to restrain the tendency of elites to extract ever more resources from the labor-force. Second, the effort to sustain a common identity, both Roman and Christian, was subject to powerful forces of internal division and put under severe strain by western Europeans in the later Middle Ages. The book explains in detail the alternating periods of success and failure in the long history of this polity. It foregrounds the dynamics of Christian identity, asking why it tended to fracture along lines of doctrine, practice, and ultimately over Union with the Catholic West."-- _cProvided by publisher.
505	0	0	_tA new empire. New Rome and the new Romans -- _tGovernment and the social order -- _tFrom Christian nation to Roman religion -- _tDynastic insecurities and religious passions. The first Christian emperors (324-361) -- _tCompeting religions of empire (337-363) -- _tToward an independent east (364-395) -- _tCity and desert : cultures old and new -- _tThe return of civilian government. The political class ascendant (395-441) -- _tBarbarian terrors and military mobilization (441-491) -- _tPolitical consolidation and religious polarization (491-518) -- _tThe strain of grand ambitions. Chalcedonian repression and the eastern axis (518-531) -- _tThe Sleepless Emperor (527-540) -- _t"Death has entered our gates" (540-565) -- _tThe cost of overextension (565-602) -- _tTo the brink of despair. The great war with Persia (602-630) -- _tCommanders of the faithful (632-644) -- _tHolding the line (641-685) -- _tResilience and recovery. Life and taxes among the ruins -- _tAn empire of outposts (685-717) -- _tThe lion and the dragon (717-775) -- _tReform and consolidation (775-814) -- _tGrowing confidence (815-867) -- _tThe path toward empire. A new David and Solomon (867-912) -- _tA game of crowns (912-950) -- _tThe triumph of Roman arms (950-1025) -- _tA brief hegemony (1025-1048) -- _tA new paradigm. The end of Italy and the east (1048-1081) -- _tKomnenian crisis management (1081-1118) -- _tGood John and the Sun King (1118-1180) -- _tDisintegration and betrayal (1180-1204) -- _tExile and return. "A new France" : Colonial occupation -- _tRomans west and Romans east (1204-1261) -- _tUnion with Rome and Roman Disunity (1261-1282) -- _tTerritorial retrenchment and cultural innovation (1282-1328) -- _tDignity in defeat. Military failure and mystical refuge (1328-1354) -- _tThe noose tightens (1354-1402) -- _tThe cusp of a new world (1402-1461) -- _tState revenues and payments to foreign groups, fifth-seventh centuries -- _tEmperors of the Romans in the East.
651		0	_aByzantine Empire _xHistory. _9114079
651		0	_aByzantine Empire _xCivilization. _921110
655		7	_aInformational works. _2lcgft _9222299
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