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  • Byzantium at War

    AD 600–1453

    by John Haldon ...
    Series series Guide to...
    Byzantium survived for 800 years, yet its dominions and power fluctuated dramatically during that time. Now explained in a compact, easy-to-read e-edition.John Haldon tells the story from the days when the Empire was barely clinging on to survival, to the age when its fabulous wealth attracted Viking mercenaries and Asian nomad warriors to its armies, their very appearance on the field enough to ... Read more

    $10.59 USD

  • The Empire That Would Not Die

    The Paradox of Eastern Roman Survival, 640–740

    by John Haldon ...
    Series series Carl Newell Jackson Lectures
    The eastern Roman Empire was the largest state in western Eurasia in the sixth century. Only a century later, it was a fraction of its former size. Surrounded by enemies, ravaged by warfare and disease, the empire seemed destined to collapse. Yet it did not die. In this holistic analysis, John Haldon elucidates the factors that allowed the eastern Roman Empire to survive against all odds into the ... Read more

    $42.69 USD

  • Byzantium

    A History

    by John Haldon ...
    Originally the eastern half of the mighty Roman Empire, Byzantium grew to be one of the longest-surviving empires in world history, spanning nine centuries and three continents. It was a land of contrasts – from the glittering centre at Constantinople, to the rural majority, to the heartland of the Orthodox Church – and one surrounded by enemies: Persians, Arabs and Ottoman Turks to the east, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Warfare, State And Society In The Byzantine World 565-1204

    by John Haldon ...
    Series series Warfare and History
    Warfare, State and Society in the Byznatine World is the first comprehensive study of the warfare and the Byzantine World from the sixth to the twelfth century.The book examines Byzantine attitudes to warfare, the effects of war on society and culture, and the relations between the soldiers, their leaders and society. The communications, logistics, resources and manpower capabilities of the ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • The Empire That Would Not Die

    The Paradox of Eastern Roman Survival, 640–740

    by John Haldon ...
    Series Book 13 - Carl Newell Jackson Lectures
    The eastern Roman Empire was the largest state in western Eurasia in the sixth century. Only a century later, it was a fraction of its former size. Surrounded by enemies, ravaged by warfare and disease, the empire seemed destined to collapse. Yet it did not die. In this holistic analysis, John Haldon elucidates the factors that allowed the eastern Roman Empire to survive against all odds into the ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • Warfare, State And Society In The Byzantine World 565-1204

    by John Haldon ...
    Series series Warfare and History
    Warfare, State and Society in the Byzantine World is the first comprehensive study of warfare and the Byzantine world from the sixth to the twelfth century. The book examines Byzantine attitudes to warfare, the effects of war on society and culture, and the relations between the soldiers, their leaders and society. The communications, logistics, resources and manpower capabilities of the Byzantine ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • The Byzantine Wars

    by John Haldon ...
    By the middle of the sixth century the Byzantine emperor ruled a mighty empire that straddled Europe, Asia and North Africa. Within 100 years, this powerful empire had been cut in half. Two centuries later the Byzantine empire was once again a power to be reckoned with, and soon recovered its position as the paramount East Mediterranean and Balkan power, whose fabulous wealth attracted Viking ... Read more

    $10.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Byzantium in the Iconoclast Era (ca 680–850): The Sources

    An Annotated Survey

    by Leslie Brubaker, John Haldon ...
    Series series Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Studies
    Iconoclasm, the debate about the legitimacy of religious art that began in Byzantium around 730 and continued for nearly 120 years, has long held a firm grip on the historical imagination. Byzantium in the Iconoclast Era is the first book in English to survey the original sources crucial for a modern understanding of this most elusive and fascinating period in medieval history. It is also the ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • The Social History of Byzantium

    Edited by John Haldon ...
    A SOCIAL HISTORY OF BYZANTIUM“Until now, the social history of Byzantium has remained a neglected field. Professor John Haldon has put together a team of leading international Byzantinists, each of whom addresses his or her own specialized area. The book will be a critical tool for anyone who wants to understand Byzantium.”Averil Cameron, University of Oxford“The great merit of this volume is its ... Read more

    $47.00 USD

  • Byzantine Warfare

    Edited by John Haldon ...
    Series series The International Library of Essays on Military History
    Warfare was an integral part of the operations of the medieval eastern Roman, or Byzantine, Empire, both in its organization, as well as in social thinking and political ideology. This volume presents a selection of articles dealing with key aspects of Byzantine attitudes to war and violence, with military administration and organization at tactical and strategic levels, weapons and armaments and ... Read more

    $480.00 USD

  • Money, Power and Politics in Early Islamic Syria

    A Review of Current Debates

    Edited by John Haldon ...
    The transformation of the eastern provinces of the Roman empire from the middle of the seventh century CE under the impact of Islam has attracted a good deal of scholarly attention in recent years, and as more archaeological material becomes available, has been subject to revision and rethinking in ways that radically affect what we know or understand about the area, about state-building and the ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Archaeology and Urban Settlement in Late Roman and Byzantine Anatolia

    Euchaïta-Avkat-Beyözü and its Environment

    Edited by John Haldon, Hugh Elton, James Newhard ...
    The site of medieval Euchaïta, on the northern edge of the central Anatolian plateau, was the centre of the cult of St Theodore Tiro ('the Recruit'). Unlike most excavated or surveyed urban centres of the Byzantine period, Euchaïta was never a major metropolis, cultural centre or extensive urban site, although it had a military function from the seventh to ninth centuries. Its significance lies ... Read more

    $43.49 USD