Byzantium in a Changing World

Byzantium in a Changing World provides a history of how the Byzantine empire dealt with a series of external threats. James Howard-Johnston shows how military, diplomatic, and social strategies allowed the empire to preserve itself over several centuries.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Late Antiquity


• 2: Dark Age


• 3: Age of Revival


• 4: Byzantium at its Apogee


• 5: Komnenian Age


• 6: Last Centuries

About the author

James Howard-Johnston was University Lecturer in Byzantine Studies and Fellow of Corpus Christi College from 1971 to 2009.

Product details

• Authors: James (Emeritus Fellow Howard-Johnston, Howard-Johnston James
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.07.2025
• EAN: 9780198897897
• ISBN: 978-0-19-889789-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, CE period up to c 1500, Middle Eastern history, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500