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E MPIRE OF G OLD :

A H ISTORY OF THE

B YZANTINE E 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

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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