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E
MPIRE OF
G
OLD
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A H
ISTORY OF THE
B
YZANTINE
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MPIRE
COURSE GUIDE
Professor Thomas F. Madden
SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY
Empire of Gold:
A History of the Byzantine Empire
Professor Thomas F. Madden
Saint Louis University
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Empire of Gold:
A History of the Byzantine Empire
Professor Thomas F. Madden
Course Syllabus
Empire of Gold:
A History of the Byzantine Empire
About Your Professor ...................................................................................................4
Introduction...................................................................................................................5
Lecture 1
The Emerging Empire of New Rome, 284–457 ....................................6
Lecture 2
Justinian and the Reconquest of the West, 457–565..........................10
Lecture 3
The City of Constantinople: A Guided Tour of the
Greatest City in the Western World.....................................................14
Lecture 4
The Turn Eastward, 565–717 ..............................................................17
Lecture 5
Survival, 717–867 ................................................................................21
Lecture 6
A Golden Age: The Macedonian Dynasty, 867–1025 .........................25
Lecture 7
Weakness and Wealth, 1025–1081.....................................................31
Lecture 8
The Turn to the West: The Comnenan Dynasty, 1081–1180 .............35
Lecture 9
Decline, Decay, and Destruction, 1180–1204 .....................................40
Lecture 10 Struggle for Byzantium’s Corpse, 1204–1261.....................................44
Lecture 11 The Empire Reborn, 1261–1328 .........................................................47
Lecture 12 The Final Decline, 1328–1391.............................................................51
Lecture 13 The Fall of Rome, 1391–1453 .............................................................56
Lecture 14 Aftermath and Legacy .........................................................................61
Course Materials ........................................................................................................64
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About Your Professor
Thomas F. Madden
Thomas F. Madden is a professor of medieval history and chair of the
Department of History at Saint Louis University. A recognized expert on the
Crusades, he has appeared in forums such as National Public Radio and the
New York Times
. Professor Madden is the author of
The New Concise
History of the Crusades
and
Enrico Dandolo and the Rise of Venice
. He is
coauthor with Donald E. Queller of
The Fourth Crusade: The Conquest of
Constantinople
and the editor of
Crusades: The Illustrated History
and
The
Crusades: Essential Readings
. Among his published journal articles are “The
Enduring Myths of the Fourth Crusade,” “Father of the Bride: Fathers,
Daughters, and Dowries in Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Venice,”
and “The Fires of the Fourth Crusade in Constantinople, 1203–1204: A
Damage Assessment.”
The following books provide an excellent overview of the lectures found
in this course:
Hussey, J.M.
The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire.
New York:
Oxford University Press, 1990.
Mango, Cyril.
Byzantium: The Empire of New Rome.
London: Phoenix
Press, 2005.
Ostrogorsky, George.
History of the Byzantine State.
London: Blackwell
Publishing, 1980.
Treadgold, Warren.
A History of the Byzantine State and Society.
Palo Alto,
CA: Stanford University Press, 1997.
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