In this collection of linked essays analysing economic, social, and institutional structures, James Howard-Johnston aims to explain Byzantium's longevity, first as a state geared to fighting a two-centuries long guerrilla war of defence, then as an increasingly confident regional power.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Introduction
- 1: Formative Phase
- 2: Mobilization
- 3: Social Order I: The Village
- 4: Social Order II: The Interior of Asia Minor
- 5: Trade, Attitudes to Trade, and Trade Regulation
- 6: Tenth Century I: Defence of Imperial Authority
- 7: Tenth Century II: Law Making
- 8: Tenth Century III: Reorganization in the East
- 9: Eleventh Century