Section I.- CHARACTERISTICS OF BYZANTINE HISTORY

CHAPTER II

THE REIGNS OF NICEPHORUS I, MICHAEL I, AND LEO V
THE ARMENIAN

Section I THE REIGN OF NICEPHORUS I

Section II MICHAEL I RHANGABE. AD 812-813

Section IIILEO V THE ARMENIAN. AD 813-820

CHAPTER III

THE AMORIAN DYNASTY, A.D. 820-867

Section I.-MICHAEL II THE STAMMERER. AD 820-829

Section II.-THEOPHILUS. AD 829-842

Section III.-A : THE REGENCY OF THEODORA

Section III.-B : MICHAEL III THE DRUNKARD. AD 842-867

CHAPTER IV
STATE OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE DURING THE ICONOCLAST PERIOD

SECTION I.- PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION DIPLOMATIC AND COMMERCIAL RELATIONS

SECTION II.- STATE OF SOCIETY AMONG THE PEOPLE OF THE BYZANTINE
EMPIRE IN THE EIGHTH AND NINTH CENTURIES

BOOK TWO

BASILIAN DYNASTY

PERIOD OF THE POWER AND GLORY OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE

A.D. 867-1057

CHAPTER I

CONSOLIDATION OF BYZANTINE LEGISLATION AND DESPOTISM.

A.D. 867-963

SECTION I.- REIGN OF BASIL I THE MACEDONIAN. AD 867-886

SECTION II.- LEO VI THE PHILOSOPHER. AD 886-912

SECTION III.- ALEXANDER (912-913).MINORITY OF CONSTANTINE VII PORPHYROGENITUS (913-920). ROMANUS I LECAPENUS, (912-944)

SECTION IV.- CONSTANTINE VII PORPHYROGENITUS—ROMANUS II AD 945-963.

CHAPTER II

PERIOD OF CONQUEST AND MILITARY GLORY

A.D. 963- 1025

SECTION I.- A : REIGN OF NICEPHORUS II PHOKAS

BREIGN OF JOHN I ZIMISKES

SECTION II.- REIGN OF BASIL II BULGAROKTONOS. AD 976-1025

CHAPTER III

PERIOD OF CONSERVATISM ON THE EVE OF DECLINE

AD 1025-1057

SECTION I.- CONSTANTINE VIII. AD 1025-1028

SECTION II..- THE REIGNS OF THE HUSBANDS OF ZOE

A : Romanus III. AD 1028-1034

B :_Michael IV the Paphlagonian. AD 1034-1041

C : Reign of Michael V Kalaphates, or the Caulker, AD 1042

D : Constantine IX Monomachus. AD 1042-1054

SECTION III.- REIGNS OF THEODORA AND MICHAEL VI STRATIOTIKOS, OR THE WARLIKE. AD 1054-1057

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