Table of Contents: “…Samuel's State in The Byzantine Ideology: Basil II and the Construction of Identity --…”
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Table of Contents: “…Revisiting the bachelorhood of Basil II /…”
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Table of Contents: “…Anastasios the Persian in Aachen; Typology and Function; The Policy of Confiscation under Basil II; Part II; The Veneration of Head Relics in Constantinople; Western Recipient Institutions in Possessionof Byzantine Head Relics after 1204; Othering Orthodox Piety: The Impact of Post-1204 Sourceson Medieval and Modern Perceptions of Byzantine Modes of Relic Veneration; Appendices.…”
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Table of Contents: “…Recovery under the Macedonian emperors -- Imperial zenith, Basil II -- Imperial collapse -- Alexius I & the first crusade-- [tape 3.] …”

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: A different history of Byzantium -- The city of Constantine -- Constantinople, the largest city in Christendom -- The East Roman Empire -- Greek orthodoxy -- The church of Hagia Sophia -- The Ravenna Mosaics -- Roman law -- The bulwark against Islam -- Icons, a new Christian art form -- Iconoclasm and icon veneration -- A literate and articulate society -- Saints Cyril and methodios, 'apostles to the slavs' -- Greek fire -- The Byzantine economy -- Eunuchs -- The imperial court -- Imperial children, 'born in the purple' -- Mount Athos -- Venice and the fork -- Basil II, 'the bulgar-slayer' -- Eleventh-century crisis -- Anna Komnene -- A cosmopolitan society -- The fulcrum of the crusades -- The towers of Trebizond, Arta, Nicaea and Thessanlonike -- Rebels and patrons -- 'Better the Turkish turban than the Papal tiara' -- The siege of 1453 -- Conclusion: The greatness and legacy of Byzantium.…”
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Table of Contents: “…Chapter 2 THE BYZANTINE ANNEXATIONS OF ARMENIA, 1000-64: IDEOLOGY AND OPPORTUNISM? -- Basil II and his image -- The context of the annexations -- The subsequent annexations -- Unforeseen consequences -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 THE ALIENATION OF THE ARMENIANS, c.1020-71 -- The later annexations and settlements: Vaspurakan, Ani and Kars -- Religious antagonism -- The Royal Armenians in the empire -- The 'rebellion' of 1040 -- Grigor Magistros -- Gagik II of Ani -- The first steps to separatism -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 SEPARATISM, 1071-98 -- Romanos IV, Manzikert and the Islamic world…”
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Table of Contents: “…Venice and the fork -- 20. Basil II, 'the bulgar-slayer' -- 21. Eleventh-century crisis -- 22. …”

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