The Palgrave Atlas of Byzantine History

J. Haldon

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2005
• ISBN:
  9780230273955
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: European History
• Index: History

The dominant Mediterranean power in the fifth and sixth centuries, by the time of its demise at the hands of the Ottomans in 1453 the Byzantine empire was a shadow of its former self restricted essentially to the city of Constantinople, modern Istanbul. Surrounded by foes who posed a constant threat to its very existence, it survived because of its administration, army and the strength of its culture, of which Orthodox Christianity was a key element. This historical atlas charts key aspects of the political, social and economic history of a medieval empire which bridged the Christian and Islamic worlds from the late Roman period into the late Middle Ages.

Table of contents

• Cover
• THE PALGRAVE ATLAS OF BYZANTINE HISTORY
• Contents
• List of Maps, Figures and Tables
• Preface
• A Note on Placenames
• 1 General Maps
• Part I The Early Period (c. 4th–7th Century)
• Part II The Middle Period (c. 7th–11th Century)
• Part III The Later Period (c. 11th–15th Century)