History 308 Byzantine History

 

Leonora Neville

nevillel@cua.edu, x5484

Office Hours: Tuesday 1-3, Thursday 4:30-6 pm; other times by appointment.

 

Books available at the bookstore:

Mark Whittow The Making of Byzantium, 600-1025

Michael Angold The Byzantine Empire 1025-1204

 

1) January 13 Christian Roman Empire

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/codex-theod1.html

2) January 15 Justinian

Whittow, chapter 2.    

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/procop-anec1.html

            http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/procop-wars1.html

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/corpus1.html

3) January 20 Chalecedonian and other Christianities

            Whittow, chapter 3

4) January 22 Heraclius and Arab Conquests

          Whittow, chapter 4: 69-89

5) January 27 Seventh-Century Mediterranean disruption

            Whittow, chapter 4: 89-95

6) January 29 Seventh-Century transformations

            Whittow, chapter 5

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/farmerslaw.html

7) February 3 Iconoclasm & Isaurian Emperors

          QUIZ ONE

http://homepage.mac.com/paulstephenson/trans/iconoclasm1.html

8) February 5 Irene & Recovery

            Whittow, Chapter 7

9) February 10 Theophilus & Ninth-Century Culture

10) February 12 Abbasids

            Whittow, Chapter 9: 327-335

11) February 17 Photios

12) February 19 Missions to Slavs

            Whittow, Chapter 8: 241-309

http://homepage.mac.com/paulstephenson/trans/cyril&methodios.html

13) February 24 Armenia and Northern Syria

Whittow, Chapter 8: 194-241

14) February 26 Basil I & Ninth-century government and culture

          QUIZ TWO

15) March 9 Symeon and Bulgaria

16) March 11 Constantine Porphyrogenitos

http://homepage.mac.com/paulstephenson/trans/dai.html

http://homepage.mac.com/paulstephenson/trans/decer.html

http://webct.cua.edu/hist308/Promotion%20ceremoniesr.htm

17) March 16 Nikephoros Phokas & Syrian re-conquest

            First Paper Due

Whittow, Chapter 9: 310-327, 335-357.

            http://homepage.mac.com/paulstephenson/military_texts.html

18) March 18 Byzantine Monasticism

http://www.doaks.org/typikaPDF/typ019.pdf

http://webct.cua.edu/hist308/Lavra%2020.htm

http://webct.cua.edu/SCRIPT/hist308/scripts/serve_home

19) March 23 Basil II Bulgar-slayer

            Whittow, Chapter 10, Angold, Chapter 2.

20) March 25 Provincial prosperity and government challenges

            Angold, Chapters 4 and 5.

21) March 30 Normans and Seljuks

          QUIZ THREE

            Angold, Chapter 3, Chapter 7: 115-124

22) April 1 Alexios Komnenos

            Angold, Chapter 7: 124-135, Chapter 8.

23) April 6 Europeans and the first crusade

24) April 13 Anna Komnene

            Angold, Chapter 9

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/AnnaComnena-Alexiad.html

25) April 15 John and Manuel

            Angold, Chapters 11 and 12.

26) April 20 Western culture and politics of alliance

            Angold, Chapter 13

27) April 22 Western Conquest

            Angold, Chapters 16 & 17

28) April 27 Legacies

          Second Paper Due