Stanford University Press, 1988. — 508 p. — ISBN-10: 0804718962; ISBN-13: 978-0804718967.
This is the story of how the Byzantine Empire, led by a succession of extraordinary rulers, emerged from a long decline to reclaim its place as a leading state of the medieval world.
The Empire in 780.
The New Regime of Irene, 780-802.
The Reforms of Nicephorus I, 802-813.
The Struggles of Leo V and Michael II, 813-829.
The Ambitions of Theophilus, 829-842.
The Empire in 842.
Afterword on the Sources.Index.