George Finlay

THE

History of the Byzantine Empire

from 765 to 1453

E READERS  

VOLUME I

BOOK I.

THE CONTEST WITH THE ICONOCLASTS.-A.D. 717-867

CHAPTER I.- THE ISAURIAN DYNASTY. AD 717-797
Section I

CHARACTERISTICS OF BYZANTINE HISTORY
Section II

REIGN OF LEO III THE ISAURIAN. AD 717-741

Section III

CONSTANTINE V COPRONYMUS. AD 741-775

Section IV

REIGNS OF LEO IV THE KHAZAR, CONSTANTINE VI AND IRENE. AD 775-802

CHAPTER II.-THE REIGNS OF NICEPHORUS I, MICHAEL I, AND LEO V
THE ARMENIAN
Section I

THE REIGN OF NICEPHORUS I
Section II

MICHAEL I RHANGABE. AD 812-813
Section III

LEO V THE ARMENIAN. AD 813-820

CHAPTER III. THE AMORIAN DYNASTY, A.D. 820-867
Section I

MICHAEL II THE STAMMERER. AD 820-829
Section II

THEOPHILUS. AD 829-842
Section III.-A

THE REGENCY OF THEODORA
Section III.-B

MICHAEL III THE DRUNKARD. AD 842-867

CHAPTER IV

STATE OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE DURING THE ICONOCLAST PERIOD
SECTION I

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION DIPLOMATIC AND COMMERCIAL RELATIONS
SECTION II

STATE OF SOCIETY AMONG THE PEOPLE OF THE BYZANTINE
EMPIRE IN THE EIGHTH AND NINTH CENTURIES

BOOK TWO

THE BASILIAN DYNASTY.-PERIOD OF THE POWER AND GLORY OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRA.D. 867-1057

CHAPTER I. CONSOLIDATION OF BYZANTINE LEGISLATION AND DESPOTISM. A.D. 867-963
SECTION I

REIGN OF BASIL I THE MACEDONIAN. AD 867-886
SECTION II

LEO VI THE PHILOSOPHER. AD 886-912

SECTION III

ALEXANDER (912-913). MINORITY OF CONSTANTINE VII PORPHYROGENITUS (913-920). ROMANUS I LECAPENUS, (912-944)

SECTION IV

CONSTANTINE VII PORPHYROGENITUS—ROMANUS II AD 945-963.

CHAPTER II.- PERIOD OF CONQUEST AND MILITARY GLORY.-A.D. 963- 1025
SECTION I A

REIGN OF NICEPHORUS II PHOKAS
SECTION I B

REIGN OF JOHN I ZIMISKES

SECTION II

REIGN OF BASIL II BULGAROKTONOS. AD 976-1025

CHAPTER III. PERIOD OF CONSERVATISM ON THE EVE OF DECLINE.-AD 1025-1057
SECTION I

CONSTANTINE VIII. AD 1025-1028
SECTION II A

THE REIGNS OF THE HUSBANDS OF ZOE

Romanus III. AD 1028-1034
SECTION II B

Michael IV the Paphlagonian. AD 1034-1041
SECTION II C

Reign of Michael V Kalaphates, or the Caulker, AD 1042
SECTION II D

Constantine IX Monomachus. AD 1042-1054

SECTION III REIGNS OF THEODORA AND MICHAEL VI STRATIOTIKOS, OR THE WARLIKE. AD 1054-1057

VOLUME II

BOOK THIRD

 

CHAPTER I.  

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT MODIFIED BY THE DESTRUCTION OF THE POPULATION IN ASIA MINOR. A.D. 1057-1081.

 

CHAPTER I. CENTRAL GOVERNMENT MODIFIED BY THE DESTRUCTION OF THE POPULATION IN ASIA MINOR. A.D. 1057-1081.

Sect. 1. Reigns of Isaac I (Comnenus), and of Constantine X (Ducas).

Section 2.-  A.D. 1067-1081.

CHAPTER II. THE DYNASTY OF COMNENUS, A.D. 1081-1185.

Section 1.—The reign of Alexius I, A.D 1081-1118.

Section 2.—The reign of John II, A.D. 1118-1143.

Section 3.—Reign of Manuel I, A.D. 1143-1180.

Section 4.—Reigns of Alexius II and Andronicus I, A.D. 1180-1185.

CHAPTER III. THE FALL OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE, A.D. 1185-1204.

Section 1.—The Reign of Isaac II (Angelos), A.D. 1185-1195.

Reign of Alexius III (Angelos Comnenos), A.D. 1196-1203.

Section 3.—The Conquest of Constantinople and the Partition of the Byzantine Empire —A.D. 1203-1204. 

End of the Byzantine empire

 

 

BOOK FOURTH.

GREEK EMPIRES OF ROMA AND CONSTANTINOPLE.—1204-1453.

 

CHAPTER I. EMPIRE OF NICAEA—A.D. 1204-1261.

1. Reign of Theodore I. (Lascaris), 1204-1222

2. Reign of John III Dukas Vatatses, 1222-1254

3. From the death of John III to the recovery of Constantinople by the Greeks, 1254-1261

CHAPTER II. GREEK EMPIRE OF CONSTANTINOPLE UNDER THE DYNASTY OF PALEOLOGOS,—AD. 1261-1458.

1. Michael VIII, 1261-1282

2. REIGN OF ANDRONICUS II, A.D. 1282-1828, AND THE GREAT CATALAN COMPANY.

3. Reign of John V (Palaeologus), A.D. 1341-1391, including the Reigns of John Cantacuzenos, A.D. 1347- 1354, and of Andronicus, the son of John V., A.D. 1375-1376 and 1379-1381.

4. SECTION V REIGN OF MANUEL II., A.D. 1391-1425

5. Reign of John VI, 1425-144

7. Reign of Constantine XI, 1448-1458

 

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