Empire of gold a history of the Byzantine Empire

Madden, Thomas F.

Restricted EAudiobook (NNELS) 2011

In this course, Thomas F. Madden offers a fascinating 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. The story here therefore begins at an ending, that of the Roman Empire, in the third century AD, and continues over the next one thousand years.

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Unabridged

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1 audio file (approximately 8 hr.) : digital

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"14 lectures."
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Lecture given by Thomas F. Madden
9781456100223
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Contents:

The emerging empire of New Rome, 284-457
Justinian and the reconquest of the West, 457-565
The city of Constantinople: a guided tour of the greatest city in the western world
The turn eastward, 565-717
Survival, 717-867
A golden age: the Macedonian Dynasty, 867-1025
Weakness and wealth, 1025-1081
The turn to the West: the Comnean Dynasty, 1081-1180
Decline, decay, and destruction, 1180-1204
Struggle for Byzantium's corpse, 1204-1261
The empire reborn, 1261-1328
The final decline, 1328-1391
The fall of Rome, 1391-1453
Aftermath and legacy

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1156483

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