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| byzantine empire alternate history: Agent of Byzantium Harry Turtledove, 2015-06-09 From the New York Times–bestselling “standard-bearer for alternate history”: A spy takes on the enemies of the Byzantine Empire (USA Today). In another, very different timeline—one in which Mohammed embraced Christianity and Islam never came to be—the Byzantine Empire still flourishes in the fourteenth century, and wondrous technologies are emerging earlier than they did in our own. Having lost his family to the ravages of smallpox, Basil Argyros has decided to dedicate his life to Byzantium. A stalwart soldier and able secret agent, Basil serves his emperor courageously, going undercover to unearth Persia’s dastardly plots and disrupting the dark machinations of his beautiful archenemy, the Persian spy Mirrane, while defusing dire threats emerging from the Western realm of the Franco-Saxons. But the world Basil so staunchly defends is changing rapidly, and he must remain ever vigilant, for in this great game of empires, the player who controls the most advanced tools and weaponry—tools like gunpowder, printing, vaccines, and telescopes—must certainly emerge victorious. A collection of interlocking stories that showcase the courage, ingenuity, and breathtaking derring-do of superspy Basil Argyros, Agent of Byzantium presents the great Harry Turtledove at his alternate-world-building best. At once intricate, exciting, witty, and wildly inventive, this is a many-faceted gem from a master of the genre. |
| byzantine empire alternate history: Theophano Spyros Theocharis, 2021-01-07 A graphic novel based on historical events. With the Byzantine empire being at the peak of its power, ambition, court intrigue, treachery and murder will set the scene for an endless struggle for the ultimate prize, the Roman throne. |
| byzantine empire alternate history: Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood Anthony Kaldellis, 2017-06-07 In the second half of the tenth century, Byzantium embarked on a series of spectacular conquests: first in the southeast against the Arabs, then in Bulgaria, and finally in the Georgian and Armenian lands. By the early eleventh century, the empire was the most powerful state in the Mediterranean. It was also expanding economically, demographically, and, in time, intellectually as well. Yet this imperial project came to a crashing collapse fifty years later, when political disunity, fiscal mismanagement, and defeat at the hands of the Seljuks in the east and the Normans in the west brought an end to Byzantine hegemony. By 1081, not only was its dominance of southern Italy, the Balkans, Caucasus, and northern Mesopotamia over but Byzantium's very existence was threatened. How did this dramatic transformation happen? Based on a close examination of the relevant sources, this history-the first of its kind in over a century-offers a new reconstruction of the key events and crucial reigns as well as a different model for understanding imperial politics and wars, both civil and foreign. In addition to providing a badly needed narrative of this critical period of Byzantine history, Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood offers new interpretations of key topics relevant to the medieval era. The narrative unfolds in three parts: the first covers the years 955-1025, a period of imperial conquest and consolidation of authority under the great emperor Basil the Bulgar-Slayer. The second (1025-1059) examines the dispersal of centralized authority in Constantinople as well as the emergence of new foreign enemies (Pechenegs, Seljuks, and Normans). The last section chronicles the spectacular collapse of the empire during the second half of the eleventh century, concluding with a look at the First Crusade and its consequences for Byzantine relations with the powers of Western Europe. This briskly paced and thoroughly investigated narrative vividly brings to life one of the most exciting and transformative eras of medieval history. |
| byzantine empire alternate history: Roma Eterna Robert Silverberg, 2010-06-22 No power on Earth can resist the might of Imperial Rome, so it has been and so it ever shall be. Through brute force, terror, and sheer indomitable will, her armies have enslaved a world. From the reign of Maximilianus the Great in A.U.C. 1203 onward through the ages -- into a new era of scientific advancement and astounding technologies -- countless upstarts and enemies arise, only to be ground into the dust beneath the merciless Roman bootheels. But one people who suffer and endure throughout the many centuries of oppressive rule dream of the glorious day that is coming -- when the heavens themselves will be opened to them…and the ships they are preparing in secret will carry them on their Great Exodus to the stars. |
| byzantine empire alternate history: The Byzantine Republic Anthony Kaldellis, 2015-02-02 Although Byzantium is known to history as the Eastern Roman Empire, scholars have long claimed that this Greek Christian theocracy bore little resemblance to Rome. Here, in a revolutionary model of Byzantine politics and society, Anthony Kaldellis reconnects Byzantium to its Roman roots, arguing that from the fifth to the twelfth centuries CE the Eastern Roman Empire was essentially a republic, with power exercised on behalf of the people and sometimes by them too. The Byzantine Republic recovers for the historical record a less autocratic, more populist Byzantium whose Greek-speaking citizens considered themselves as fully Roman as their Latin-speaking “ancestors.” Kaldellis shows that the idea of Byzantium as a rigid imperial theocracy is a misleading construct of Western historians since the Enlightenment. With court proclamations often draped in Christian rhetoric, the notion of divine kingship emerged as a way to disguise the inherent vulnerability of each regime. The legitimacy of the emperors was not predicated on an absolute right to the throne but on the popularity of individual emperors, whose grip on power was tenuous despite the stability of the imperial institution itself. Kaldellis examines the overlooked Byzantine concept of the polity, along with the complex relationship of emperors to the law and the ways they bolstered their popular acceptance and avoided challenges. The rebellions that periodically rocked the empire were not aberrations, he shows, but an essential part of the functioning of the republican monarchy. |
| byzantine empire alternate history: Romanitas Sophia McDougall, 2011-05-19 In a parallel modern world, the Roman Empire stretches from India in the East to the Great Wall of Terranova in the West. A runaway slave girl with a strange gift sets out to rescue her brother and seize her freedom, while the young heir to the Imperial throne discovers a plot against his life. For all three, the only way to survive may shake the Empire to its roots. A fast-moving, compelling story, brilliantly imagined - CONN IGGULDEN [A] hugely imaginative debut - DAILY MIRROR A thoroughly good read ... vividly imagined ... elegant, lively writing - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH |
| byzantine empire alternate history: The Belt of Gold Cecelia Holland, 2015-02-24 In an exotic ancient land, a foreign stranger’s sworn mission of vengeance leads him into the perilous circle of a ruthless Byzantine empress In the early years of the ninth century, the road home from Jerusalem winds through Constantinople for two Frankish noblemen-warriors. But when an encounter with a young woman running for her life results in the murder of Hagen the White’s brother, he vows to find the perpetrators, no matter how highborn or powerful, and take his revenge. His hunt will carry him into the royal circle of the Basileus Irene, a ruthless despot who blinded her own son to force him off the throne. The beautiful and calculating empress is fascinated by this supposed barbarian who has sworn allegiance to the great Charlemagne, and she welcomes him into the imperial court—and into the dangerous fires of countless royal conspiracies. Suddenly Hagen must tread carefully through a vipers’ nest of plots, lies, and bloodthirsty power plays, for if the stranger trusts the wrong serpent, he will certainly die. One of the world’s premier purveyors of historical fiction, acclaimed novelist Cecelia Holland ushers the reader into a thrilling, exotic, and colorful world ruled by one of history’s most complex and fascinating women. The Belt of Gold is a stunning tale of power and vengeance set against a breathtaking backdrop of Byzantine opulence, from the conspiracies of the empress’s court and the intrigues of the bedchamber to the heart-racing clashes of champions in the public arenas where famed charioteers seek ultimate glory before the eyes of an adoring populace. |
| byzantine empire alternate history: The Dragon Waiting John M. Ford, 2020-09-29 “The best mingling of history with historical magic that I have ever seen.”—Gene Wolfe In a snowbound inn high in the Alps, four people meet who will alter fate. A noble Byzantine mercenary . . . A female Florentine physician . . . An ageless Welsh wizard . . . And Sforza, the uncanny duke. Together they will wage an intrigue-filled campaign against the might of Byzantium to secure the English throne for Richard, Duke of Gloucester—and make him Richard III. Available for the first time in nearly two decades, with a new introduction by New York Times-bestselling author Scott Lynch, The Dragon Waiting is a masterpiece of blood and magic. “Had [John M. Ford] taken The Dragon Waiting and written a sequence of five books based in that world, with that power, he would’ve been George R.R. Martin.” —Neil Gaiman At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. |
| byzantine empire alternate history: Lost to the West Lars Brownworth, 2010-06-01 Filled with unforgettable stories of emperors, generals, and religious patriarchs, as well as fascinating glimpses into the life of the ordinary citizen, Lost to the West reveals how much we owe to the Byzantine Empire that was the equal of any in its achievements, appetites, and enduring legacy. For more than a millennium, Byzantium reigned as the glittering seat of Christian civilization. When Europe fell into the Dark Ages, Byzantium held fast against Muslim expansion, keeping Christianity alive. Streams of wealth flowed into Constantinople, making possible unprecedented wonders of art and architecture. And the emperors who ruled Byzantium enacted a saga of political intrigue and conquest as astonishing as anything in recorded history. Lost to the West is replete with stories of assassination, mass mutilation and execution, sexual scheming, ruthless grasping for power, and clashing armies that soaked battlefields with the blood of slain warriors numbering in the tens of thousands. |
| byzantine empire alternate history: An Oblique Approach David Drake, Eric Flint, 1998 Alien minds battle for Byzantium! |
| byzantine empire alternate history: The Battle of Vouillé, 507 CE Ralph W. Mathisen, Danuta Shanzer, 2012-07-04 This volume highlights the heretofore largely neglected Battle of Vouillé in 507 CE, when the Frankish King Clovis defeated Alaric II, the King of the Visigoths. Clovis’ victory proved a crucial step in the expulsion of the Visigoths from Francia into Spain, thereby leaving Gaul largely to the Franks. It was arguably in the wake of Vouillé that Gaul became Francia, and that “France began.” The editors have united an international team of experts on Late Antiquity and the Merovingian Kingdoms to reexamine the battle from multiple as well as interdisciplinary perspectives. The contributions address questions of military strategy, geographical location, archaeological footprint, political background, religious propaganda, consequences (both in Francia and in Italy), and significance. There is a strong focus on the close reading of primary source-material, both textual and material, secular and theological. |
| byzantine empire alternate history: The Excerpta Constantiniana and the Byzantine Appropriation of the Past András Németh, 2018-10-11 Presents the first comprehensive study of the 'Byzantine Google' and how it reshaped Byzantine court culture in the tenth century. |
| byzantine empire alternate history: Gunpowder Empire Harry Turtledove, 2004-10 The launch of an exciting new series of parallel-world adventure from the modern master of alternate history (Publishers Weekly) |
| byzantine empire alternate history: Lords of the Horizons Jason Goodwin, 2014-06-10 A work of dazzling beauty...the rare coming together of historical scholarship and curiosity about distant places with luminous writing. --The New York Times Book Review Since the Turks first shattered the glory of the French crusaders in 1396, the Ottoman Empire has exerted a long, strong pull on Western minds. For six hundred years, the Empire swelled and declined. Islamic, martial, civilized, and tolerant, in three centuries it advanced from the dusty foothills of Anatolia to rule on the Danube and the Nile; at the Empire's height, Indian rajahs and the kings of France beseeched its aid. For the next three hundred years the Empire seemed ready to collapse, a prodigy of survival and decay. Early in the twentieth century it fell. In this dazzling evocation of its power, Jason Goodwin explores how the Ottomans rose and how, against all odds, they lingered on. In the process he unfolds a sequence of mysteries, triumphs, treasures, and terrors unknown to most American readers. This was a place where pillows spoke and birds were fed in the snow; where time itself unfolded at a different rate and clocks were banned; where sounds were different, and even the hyacinths too strong to sniff. Dramatic and passionate, comic and gruesome, Lords of the Horizons is a history, a travel book, and a vision of a lost world all in one. |
| byzantine empire alternate history: Belisarius and Narses Procopius, William Henry Russell, 1964 |
| byzantine empire alternate history: If Rome Hadn't Fallen Timothy Venning, 2020-10-30 This is a fascinating exploration of how the history of Europe, and indeed the world, might have been different if the Western Roman Empire had survived the crises that pulled it apart in the 4th and 5th centuries.Dr Timothy Venning starts by showing how that survival and recovery might plausibly have happened if several relatively minor things had been different. He then moves on to discuss a series of scenarios which might have altered the course of subsequent history dramatically. Would the survival of a strong Western Empire have assisted the Eastern (Byzantine) Empire in halting the expansion of Islam in the Middle East and North Africa? How would the Western Roman Empire have handled the Viking threat? Could they even have exploited the Viking discovery of America and established successful colonies there?While necessarily speculative, all the scenarios are discussed within the framework of a deep understanding of the major driving forces, tensions and trends that shaped European history and help to shed light upon them. In so doing they help the reader to understand why things panned out as they did, as well as what might have been. |
| byzantine empire alternate history: The Byzantine Empire (Revised Edition) Robert Browning, 1992-10 Presents the history of the Byzantine Empire from the sixth to the fifteenth century in terms of the political events, art, literature, and thought of Byzantine society. |
| byzantine empire alternate history: In the Heart of Darkness Eric Flint, David Drake, 1998-08-01 The Malwa Empire has conquered 6th century India and is forging the subcontinent's vast population into an invincible weapon of tyranny. Belisarius, the finest general of his age, must save the world. Guided by visions from a future that may never be, he and a band of comrades penetrate the Malwa heartland, seeking the core of the enemy's power. And when Belisarius leads the forces of good, only a fool would side with evil. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). |
| byzantine empire alternate history: War in Eleventh-Century Byzantium Georgios Theotokis, Marek Meško, 2020-10-27 War in Eleventh-Century Byzantium presents new insights and critical approaches to warfare between the Byzantine Empire and its neighbours during the eleventh century. Modern historians have identified the eleventh century as a landmark era in Byzantine history. This was a period of invasions, political tumult, financial crisis and social disruption, but it was also a time of cultural and intellectual innovation and achievement. Despite this, the subject of warfare during this period remains underexplored. Addressing an important gap in the historiography of Byzantium, the volume argues that the eleventh century was a period of important geo-political change, when the Byzantine Empire was attacked on all sides, and its frontiers were breached. This book is valuable reading for scholars and students interested in Byzantium history and military history. |
| byzantine empire alternate history: Byzantine Intersectionality Roland Betancourt, 2020-10-06 Intersectionality, a term coined in 1989, is rapidly increasing in importance within the academy, as well as in broader civic conversations. It describes the study of overlapping or intersecting social identities such as race, gender, ethnicity, nationality, and sexual orientation alongside related systems of oppression, domination, and discrimination. Together, these frameworks are used to understand how systematic injustice or social inequality occurs. In this book, Roland Betancourt examines the presence of marginalized identities and intersectionality in the medieval era. He reveals the fascinating, little-examined conversations in medieval thought and visual culture around matters of sexual and reproductive consent, bullying, non-monogamous marriages, homosocial and homoerotic relationships, trans and non-binary gender identifications, representations of disability, and the oppression of minorities. In contrast to contemporary expectations of the medieval world, this book looks at these problems from the Byzantine Empire and its neighbors in the eastern mediterranean through sources ranging from late antiquity and early Christianity up to the early modern period. In each of five chapters, Betancourt provides short, carefully scaled narratives used to illuminate nuanced and surprising takes on now-familiar subjects by medieval thinkers and artists. For example, Betancourt examines depictions of sexual consent in images of the Virgin; the origins of sexual shaming and bullying in the story of Empress Theodora; early beginnings of trans history as told in the lives of saints who lived portions of their lives within different genders; and the ways in which medieval authors understood and depicted disabilities. Deeply researched, this is a groundbreaking new look at medieval culture for a new generation of scholars-- |
| byzantine empire alternate history: Give Me Back My Legions! Harry Turtledove, 2009-04-14 Bestselling author Harry Turtledove turns his attention to an epic battle that pits three Roman legions against Teutonic barbarians in a thrilling novel of Ancient Rome: Give Me Back My Legions! Publius Quinctilius Varus, a Roman politician, is summoned by the Emperor, Augustus Caesar. Given three legions and sent to the Roman frontier east of the Rhine, his mission is to subdue the barbarous German tribes where others have failed, and bring their land fully under Rome's control. Arminius, a prince of the Cherusci, is playing a deadly game. He serves in the Roman army, gaining Roman citizenship and officer's rank, and learning the arts of war and policy as practiced by the Romans. What he learns is essential for the survival of Germany, for he must unite his people against Rome before they become enslaved by the Empire and lose their way of life forever. An epic battle is brewing, and these two men stand on opposite sides of what will forever be known as The Battle of the Teutoberg Forest—a ferocious, bloody clash that will change the course of history. |
| byzantine empire alternate history: Worlds That Weren't Harry Turtledove, S. M. Stirling, Walter Jon Williams, Mary Gentle, 2005 Presents a collection of four novellas that explore alternate history, including The Daimon, in which Sokrates leads his soldiers to victory over the Spartans, and The Last Ride of German Freddie, in which Nietzsche finds himself in Tombstone, Arizona, in works by Harry Turtledove, S. M. Stirling, Mary Gentle, and Walter Jon Williams. Reprint. |
| byzantine empire alternate history: Inventing Byzantine Iconoclasm Leslie Brubaker, 2012-05-10 Byzantine ‘iconoclasm' is famous and has influenced iconoclast movements from the English Reformation and French Revolution to Taliban, but it has also been woefully misunderstood: this book shows how and why the debate about images was more complicated, and more interesting, than it has been presented in the past. It explores how icons came to be so important, who opposed them, and how the debate about images played itself out over the years between c. 680 and 850. Many widely accepted assumptions about ‘iconoclasm' – that it was an imperial initiative that resulted in widespread destruction of images, that the major promoters of icon veneration were monks, and that the era was one of cultural stagnation – are shown to be incorrect. Instead, the years of the image debates saw technological advances and intellectual shifts that, coupled with a growing economy, concluded with the emergence of medieval Byzantium as a strong and stable empire. |
| byzantine empire alternate history: The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century Harry Turtledove, 2002-01-22 Explore fascinating, often chilling “what if” accounts of the world that could have existed—and still might yet . . . Science fiction’s most illustrious and visionary authors hold forth the ultimate alternate history collection. Here you’ll experience mind-bending tales that challenge your views of the past, present, and future, including: • “The Lucky Strike”: When the Lucky Strike is chosen over the Enola Gay to drop the first atomic bomb, fate takes an unexpected turn in Kim Stanley Robinson’s gripping tale. • “Bring the Jubilee”: Ward Moore’s novella masterpiece offers a rebel victory at Gettysburg which changes the course of the Civil War . . . and all of American history. • “Through Road No Wither”: After Hitler’s victory in World War II, two Nazi officers confront their destiny in Greg Bear’s apocalyptic vision of the future. • “All the Myriad Ways”: Murder or suicide, Ambrose Harmon’s death leads the police down an infinite number of pathways in Larry Niven’s brilliant and defining tale of alternatives and consequences. • “Mozart in Mirrorshades”: Bruce Sterling and Lewis Shiner explore a terrifying era as the future crashes into the past—with disastrous results. . . . as well as “The Winterberry” by Nicholas A. DiChario • “Islands in the Sea” by Harry Turtledove • “Suppose They Gave a Peace” by Susan Shwartz • “Manassas, Again” by Gregory Benford • “Dance Band on the Titanic” by Jack L. Chalker • “Eutopia” by Poul Anderson • “The Undiscovered” by William Sanders • “The Death of Captain Future” by Allen Steele • and “Moon of Ice” by Brad Linaweaver The definitive collection: fourteen seminal alternate history tales drawing readers into a universe of dramatic possibility and endless wonder. |
| byzantine empire alternate history: A Home of the Humanities James N. Carder, James Nelson Carder, 2010 Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss were consummate collectors and patrons. The illustrated essays in this volume reveal how the Blisses' wide-ranging interests in art, music, gardens, architecture, and interior design resulted in the creation of the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection--what they came to call their home of the humanities. |
| byzantine empire alternate history: The Bronze Horseman of Justinian in Constantinople Elena N. Boeck, 2021-04-29 Biography of the medieval Mediterranean's most cross-culturally significant sculptural monument, the tallest in the pre-modern world. |
| byzantine empire alternate history: The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire Edward Luttwak, 2009-11 In this book, the distinguished writer Edward N. Luttwak presents the grand strategy of the eastern Roman empire we know as Byzantine, which lasted more than twice as long as the more familiar western Roman empire, eight hundred years by the shortest definition. This extraordinary endurance is all the more remarkable because the Byzantine empire was favored neither by geography nor by military preponderance. Yet it was the western empire that dissolved during the fifth century. The Byzantine empire so greatly outlasted its western counterpart because its rulers were able to adapt strategically to diminished circumstances, by devising new ways of coping with successive enemies. It relied less on military strength and more on persuasion—to recruit allies, dissuade threatening neighbors, and manipulate potential enemies into attacking one another instead. Even when the Byzantines fought—which they often did with great skill—they were less inclined to destroy their enemies than to contain them, for they were aware that today’s enemies could be tomorrow’s allies. Born in the fifth century when the formidable threat of Attila’s Huns were deflected with a minimum of force, Byzantine strategy continued to be refined over the centuries, incidentally leaving for us several fascinating guidebooks to statecraft and war. The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire is a broad, interpretive account of Byzantine strategy, intelligence, and diplomacy over the course of eight centuries that will appeal to scholars, classicists, military history buffs, and professional soldiers. |
| byzantine empire alternate history: Byzantium Stephen R. Lawhead, 2009-10-13 Born to rule Although born to rule, Aidan lives as a scribe in a remote Irish monastery on the far, wild edge of Christendom. Secure in work, contemplation, and dreams of the wider world, a miracle bursts into Aidan's quiet life. He is chosen to accompany a small band of monks on a quest to the farthest eastern reaches of the known world, to the fabled city of Byzantium, where they are to present a beautiful and costly hand-illuminated manuscript, the Book of Kells, to the Emperor of all Christendom. Thus begins an expedition by sea and over land, as Aidan becomes, by turns, a warrior and a sailor, a slave and a spy, a Viking and a Saracen, and finally, a man. He sees more of the world than most men of his time, becoming an ambassador to kings and an intimate of Byzantium's fabled Golden Court. And finally this valiant Irish monk faces the greatest trial that can confront any man in any age: commanding his own Destiny. |
| byzantine empire alternate history: The Rome that Did Not Fall Gerard Friell, Stephen Williams, 2005-08-08 The Rome that Did Not Fall provides a well-illustrated, comprehensive narrative and analysis of the Roman empire in the east, charting its remarkable growth and development which resulted in the distinct and enduring civilization of Byzantium. It considers: * the fourth century background * the invasions of Attila * the resources of the east * the struggle for stability * the achievements of Anastasius. |
| byzantine empire alternate history: What If . . . Book of Alternative History Jeff Greenfield, 2023-08-15 The course of history has taken many turns. What would the world be like if events had happened differently? What if JFK had never visited Dallas on November 22, 1963? What if Germany had won the First World War? How would life be different in America if the Southern states had beaten the North? What would a world without The Beatles sound like? Find out the potential answers to all these questions and many more in What If...:Book of Alternative History.With great full-color photos and compelling narratives, historical experts take a look at these and many more intriguing questions in this fascinating look at what might have been. Perfect for browsing, this title will have readers speculating on the events and people that shaped history and make our lives what they are today. |
| byzantine empire alternate history: The Byzantine Achievement Robert Byron, 2010 Robert Byron believed that the summit of ancient Greek civilization was not to be found in 5th century B.C.E. Athens, but in post-classical Byzantium, also called Constantinople by the Romans. Byzantine civilization was truly glorious, as we see by looking through Byron's fresh eyes. Byron was a brilliant writer and dashing figure whose life was cut short in WWII. The introduction is by Richard Luckett, Byron's biographer. |
| byzantine empire alternate history: Tales from Another Byzantium Jane Baun, Jane Ralls Baun, 2007-11-15 A study in Byzantine culture and religious history, focusing on two significant medieval Greek texts. |
| byzantine empire alternate history: The Stolen Throne Harry Turtledove, 1995 THE BORDER WARS An uneasy peace had prevailed these last few years between the Empire of Videssos and rival Makuran. But now Makuran's King of Kings alerted his border holdings--even the small fortress where Abivard's father was lord--to prepare for barbarian raids. But Abivard himself received a warning of a different sort: an eerie prophecy of a field, a hill, and a shield shining across the sea. Before a season had turned, his father and his King lay dead upon the field of battle--the very place foreseen in the vision. Abivard hastened home to defend his family and his land. To his dismay, the most urgent danger came not from marauding tribes, or from Videssos, but from the capital. An obscure and greedy bureaucrat had captured the crown; the rightful heir had disappeared, and no mortal man would say where he might be found. Abivard's strange fate would lead him to his King, though, and on through peril to the very brink of greatness--and of doom! FIRST TIME IN PRINT |
| byzantine empire alternate history: Roads Not Taken Stanley Schmidt, Gardner R. Dozois, 1998 With these dazzling stories, discover just how different things might have been! Alternate History: The What-If? fiction that has finally come into its own! Shedding light on the past by exploring what could have happened, this bold genre tantalizes your imagination and challenges your perceptions with thrilling reinventions of humanity's most climactic events. Enter worlds that are at once fanciful and familiar, where fact and fiction meld in a provocative landscape of infinite possibilities. . . . An Ink from the New Moon by A. A. Attanasio We Could Do Worse by Gregory Benford The West Is Red by Greg Costikyan The Forest of Time by Michael F. Flynn Southpaw by Bruce McAllister Over There by Mike Resnick An Outpost of the Empire by Robert Silverberg Aristotle and the Gun by L. Sprague de Camp Must and Shall by Harry Turtledove How I Lost the Second World War and Helped Turn Back the German Invasion by Gene Wolfe |
| byzantine empire alternate history: 1821: the Beginning of a Revolution Spyros Theocharis, 2021-05-15 From the creators of Theophano: A Byzantine tale, comes a new graphic novel that pays homage to the unsung heroes of the Greek Revolution of 1821. In an era when events such as the French Revolution and the American war of Independence have successfully awakened the nations of Europe, the old empires try to maintain a status quo by denouncing and suppressing all the revolutionary movements across the European continent. However, in the southeastern corner of Europe, a small nation that has for centuries been the subject of the powerful Ottoman Empire is about to challenge this status quo by going against the wishes of the Great Powers and proclaiming that this national struggle is going to end up in Freedom or Death. Read about the events that led to the outbreak of the Greek war of independence through the fascinating story of Alexander Ypsilantis, the Phanariot prince who grew up far away from his homeland with the dream of liberating Greece, the war hero of the Napoleonic wars, the general who sacrificed himself in order to light the flame of the revolution in Greece. The plot features the contribution of the 19th-century Greek diaspora through the actions of Ioannes Kapodistrias who would later become the first governor of Greece, The Friendly Society, which secretly prepared the upcoming revolution, and the legendary sacrifice of the Sacred Band in the historic battle of Dragashani in modern Romania. |
| byzantine empire alternate history: Alternate Generals Harry Turtledove, 1998-07-01 Alternate Generals |
| byzantine empire alternate history: Hellenism in Byzantium Anthony Kaldellis, 2008-01-31 This text was the first systematic study of what it meant to be 'Greek' in late antiquity and Byzantium, an identity that could alternatively become national, religious, philosophical, or cultural. Through close readings of the sources, Professor Kaldellis surveys the space that Hellenism occupied in each period; the broader debates in which it was caught up; and the historical causes of its successive transformations. The first section (100-400) shows how Romanisation and Christianisation led to the abandonment of Hellenism as a national label and its restriction to a negative religious sense and a positive, albeit rarefied, cultural one. The second (1000-1300) shows how Hellenism was revived in Byzantium and contributed to the evolution of its culture. The discussion looks closely at the reception of the classical tradition, which was the reason why Hellenism was always desirable and dangerous in Christian society, and presents a new model for understanding Byzantine civilisation. |
| byzantine empire alternate history: Constantine Porphyrogenitus and His World Arnold Toynbee, 1973 |
| byzantine empire alternate history: The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories Ian Watson, Ian Whates, 2010-02-25 Every short story in this wonderfully varied collection has one thing in common: each features some alteration in history, some divergence from historical reality, which results in a world very different from the one we know today. As well as original stories specially commissioned from bestselling writers such as James Morrow, Stephen Baxter and Ken MacLeod, there are genre classics such as Kim Stanley Robinson's story of how World War II atomic bomber the Enola Gay, having crashed on a training flight, is replaced by the Lucky Strike with profoundly different consequences. Praise for the editors: 'Mr Watson wreaks havoc with what is accepted - and acceptable.' The Times 'One of Britain's consistently finest science fiction writers.' New Scientist |
| byzantine empire alternate history: The Routledge Handbook on Identity in Byzantium Michael Edward Stewart, David Alan Parnell, Conor Whately, 2022 This volume is the first to focus solely on how specific individuals and groups in Byzantium and its borderlands were defined and distinguished from other individuals and groups from the mid-fourth to the close of the fifteenth century. It gathers chapters from both established and emerging scholars from a wide range of disciplines across history, art, archaeology, and religion to provide an accurate representation of the state of the field both now and in its immediate future. The handbook is divided into four subtopics that examine concepts of group and specific individual identity which have been chosen to provide methodologically sophisticated and multidisciplinary perspectives on specific categories of group and individual identity. The topics are Imperial Identities; Romanitas in the Late Antique Mediterranean; Macro and Micro Identities: Religious, Regional, and Ethnic Identities, and Internal Others; and Gendered Identities: Literature, Memory, and Self in Early and Middle Byzantium. While no single volume could ever provide a comprehensive vision of identities on the vast variety of peoples within Byzantium over nearly a millennium of its history, this handbook represents a milestone in offering a survey of the vibrant surge of scholarship examining the numerous and oft-times fluctuating codes of identity that shaped and transformed Byzantium and its neighbours during the empire's long life. |
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AP World History Class Notes Ch 13 Byzantium November 12, 2011 While the western half of the Roman empire crumbled and fell, the eastern half, which became known as Byzanti. m, …
BYZANTINE EMPIRE THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF THE
trigger the First Crusade (see p. 622 below). This episode illustrates how much the interplay between the capital and societies far beyond the empire’s formal borders mattered for its …
Alexeiev, History of the Byzantine empire - rastko.rs
From the time of Constantine the labarum became the banner of the Byzantine Empire. Reference to the divine apparition and to armies marching in heaven, which were sent by God to aid …
Byzantine Empire Alternate History (Download Only)
Byzantine Empire Alternate History: Agent of Byzantium Harry Turtledove,2015-06-09 From the New York Times bestselling standard bearer for alternate history A spy takes on the enemies …
The Byzantine Empire through Primary Sources
From History of the Wars, I- Procopius (Nika Rebellion 532CE) At this time [January 1, 532] an insurrection broke out unexpectedly in Byzantium among the populace, and, contrary to …
State and Society in Byzantium - JSTOR
show that the history of Byzantium, like that of other states, is marked by alternating periods of rise and decline. Let us stress two points at the outset : Firstly political power and cultural …
Angels, Snakes, and Everything In Between: The Fall of the …
This paper explores the broad scope of the Byzantine eunuch’s social and political power and the causes for the eunuch’s decline nearing the collapse of the Byzantine empire.
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Byzantine Empire Alternate History: Agent of Byzantium Harry Turtledove,2015-06-09 From the New York Times bestselling standard bearer for alternate history A spy takes on the enemies …
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Byzantium lasted a thousand years, ruled to the end by self-styled ‘emperors of the Romans’. It underwent kaleidoscopic territorial and structural changes, yet recov-ered repeatedly from …
The Origins of the Byzantine Empire: Anachronism and …
this evolution of the Roman Empire first took place and how modern scholars view Byzantine origins. The term Byzantine mpire is an anachronism because what modern historiography …
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Kiousopoulou reminds us that because the Byzantine Empire was soon to disappear did not mean that it had become a living fossil. She argues that in its last years it was evolving a much …
Reviews in History
The Pecheneg invasion of Byzantium, which began in 1046-47, the Byzantine defeat by the Seljuks at the battle of Mantzikert in 1171, and internal political instability after 1025 opened …
Was Old Russia a Vassal State of Byzantium? - JSTOR
Finally, the idea of Byzantium's suzerainty over Russia took deep roots in Western Europe, and the mediaeval European writers, at least in the twelfth century, considered old Russia a real …
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The longer term effect of the Crusade passage was a re-orientation of Byzantine trade with Muslim Anatolia and Egypt, a topic Laiou considers into the 14th century. Regarding the Italian …
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Which group introduced the Cyrillic alphabet, Orthodox Christianity, and domed architecture to Russian culture? Which empire had the greatest influence on the development of early …
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Agent of Byzantium Harry Turtledove,2015-06-09 From the New York Times bestselling standard bearer for alternate history A spy takes on the enemies of the Byzantine Empire USA Today In …
Byzantine Empire Alternate History
In another, very different timeline—one in which Mohammed embraced Christianity and Islam never came to be—the Byzantine Empire still flourishes in the fourteenth century, and …
The Byzantine Empire: The Empire of New Rome - Saylor …
Byzantine Empire was surrounded by enemies. The Bulgarian Empire, which had rebelled against the Byzantines centuries earlier, now matched its strength. Even more dangerous to the …
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The history of the Achaian League, and the endeavours of Agis and Cleomenes to restore the ancient institutions of Sparta, prove that public and private virtue were still admired and …
BYZANTIUM AND THE FIRST CRUSADE: THREE AVENUES OF …
The Byzantine assumption that serving the Christian emperor in Constantinople and defending his empire was in itself a spiritual duty came into direct conflict with the crusaders’ belief that it was …
AP World History Class Notes Ch 13 Byzantium November …
AP World History Class Notes Ch 13 Byzantium November 12, 2011 While the western half of the Roman empire crumbled and fell, the eastern half, which became known as Byzanti. m, …
BYZANTINE EMPIRE THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF THE
trigger the First Crusade (see p. 622 below). This episode illustrates how much the interplay between the capital and societies far beyond the empire’s formal borders mattered for its …
Alexeiev, History of the Byzantine empire - rastko.rs
From the time of Constantine the labarum became the banner of the Byzantine Empire. Reference to the divine apparition and to armies marching in heaven, which were sent by God to aid …
Byzantine Empire Alternate History (Download Only)
Byzantine Empire Alternate History: Agent of Byzantium Harry Turtledove,2015-06-09 From the New York Times bestselling standard bearer for alternate history A spy takes on the enemies …
The Byzantine Empire through Primary Sources
From History of the Wars, I- Procopius (Nika Rebellion 532CE) At this time [January 1, 532] an insurrection broke out unexpectedly in Byzantium among the populace, and, contrary to …
State and Society in Byzantium - JSTOR
show that the history of Byzantium, like that of other states, is marked by alternating periods of rise and decline. Let us stress two points at the outset : Firstly political power and cultural …
Angels, Snakes, and Everything In Between: The Fall of the …
This paper explores the broad scope of the Byzantine eunuch’s social and political power and the causes for the eunuch’s decline nearing the collapse of the Byzantine empire.
Byzantine Empire Alternate History Full PDF - old.icapgen.org
Byzantine Empire Alternate History: Agent of Byzantium Harry Turtledove,2015-06-09 From the New York Times bestselling standard bearer for alternate history A spy takes on the enemies …
THE CAMBRIDGE HISTOR Y OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE c.
Byzantium lasted a thousand years, ruled to the end by self-styled ‘emperors of the Romans’. It underwent kaleidoscopic territorial and structural changes, yet recov-ered repeatedly from …
The Origins of the Byzantine Empire: Anachronism and …
this evolution of the Roman Empire first took place and how modern scholars view Byzantine origins. The term Byzantine mpire is an anachronism because what modern historiography …
Reviews in History
Kiousopoulou reminds us that because the Byzantine Empire was soon to disappear did not mean that it had become a living fossil. She argues that in its last years it was evolving a much …
Reviews in History
The Pecheneg invasion of Byzantium, which began in 1046-47, the Byzantine defeat by the Seljuks at the battle of Mantzikert in 1171, and internal political instability after 1025 opened the …
Was Old Russia a Vassal State of Byzantium? - JSTOR
Finally, the idea of Byzantium's suzerainty over Russia took deep roots in Western Europe, and the mediaeval European writers, at least in the twelfth century, considered old Russia a real …
Reviews in History
The longer term effect of the Crusade passage was a re-orientation of Byzantine trade with Muslim Anatolia and Egypt, a topic Laiou considers into the 14th century. Regarding the Italian …
