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The empire that would not die : the paradox of eastern Roman survival, 640-740 /

"In the middle of the sixth century the eastern Roman (Byzantine) empire was the largest state in western Eurasia. A century later it was a fraction of the size, its eastern provinces torn away by the early Islamic conquests in the middle of the seventh century. It had lost three-quarters of it...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Haldon, John F. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Byzantine Empire > History > 527-1081.
Byzantine Empire > Foreign relations > Islamic Empire.
Byzantine Empire > Politics and government > 527-1081.
War and society > Byzantine Empire.
Human ecology > Byzantine Empire.
Diplomatic relations.
Human ecology.
Politics and government.
War and society.
Byzantine Empire.
Islamic Empire.
527-1081
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Goldilocks in Byzantium
  • The challenge: a framework for collapse
  • Beliefs, narratives, and the moral universe
  • Identities, divisions, and solidarities
  • Elites and identities
  • Regional variation and resistance
  • Some environmental factors
  • Organisation, cohesion, and survival
  • A conclusion.