M. Whittow, The Making of Orthodox Byzantium, 600–1025. London: Macmillan, 1996. Pp. xxvi + 477, 14 maps, ISBN 0-3334-9600-0 (bound); 0-3334-9601-9 (paper). £45.00 (bound); £16.99 (paper).

Abstract

List of Maps - Transliteration and References - Abbreviations - Chronological List - Preface -Sources for Early Medieval Byzantium - The Strategic Geography of the Near East - The Roman World in 600 - The Fall of the Old Order - How the Roman Empire Survived - The Shock of Defeat - The Byzantine Response: On to the Defensive - The Byzantine Empire and its Non-Muslim Neighbours, c600-c950 - The Age of Reconquest, 863-976 - The Reign of Basil II, 976-1025 - Bibliography - Index