Vasiliev A.A. History of the Byzantine Empire, 324-1453, vol. II

University of Wisconsin Press, 1952 - p.p. 375-846.
This is the revised English translation from the original work in Russian of the history of the Great Byzantine Empire. It is the most complete and thorough work on this subject. From it we get a wonderful panorama of the events and developments of the struggles of early Christianity, both western and eastern, with all of its remains of the wonderful productions of art, architecture, and learning. Southwestern Journal of Theology.
Byzantium and the Crusades.
The Comneni Emperors and Their Foreign Policy.
Foreign Policy of the Angeli.
Internal Affairs under the Comneni and Angeli.
Education, Learning, Literature, and Art.
The Empire of Nicaea (1204-61).
New States Formed on Byzantine Territory.
Foreign Policy of the Lascarids and the Restoration of the Byzantine.
Empire.
Ecclesiastical Relations with the Nicene and Latin Empires.
Social and Economic Conditions in the Empire of Nicaea.
Education, Learning, Literature, and Art.
Byzantine Feudalism.
The fall of Byzantium.
Foreign Policy of the Palaeologi.
Ecclesiastical Problems under the Palaeologi.
Political and Social Conditions in the Empire.
Learning, Literature, Science, and Art.
Byzantium and the Italian Renaissance.Emperors of the Byzantine Empire, 324-1453.
Genealogical Tables of the Byzantine Dynasties.