title: Glory of Byzantium: Arts and Culture of the Middle Byzantine Era, A.D. 843-1261
author: Edited by Helen C. Evans
description: This catalogue provides the comprehensive visual and textual documentation of the landmark exhibition "The Glory of Byzantium."
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  Contents
  
  
  [List of Figures](fbetw.xhtml)
  
  
  [List of Maps](fbetw_1.xhtml)
  
  
  [List of Boxes](fbetw_2.xhtml)
  
  
  [Preface to the First Edition](fpref.xhtml)
  
  
  [Introduction](cintro.xhtml)
  
  
  [Medieval and Modern Attitudes toward Byzantium](cintro.xhtml#head1)
  
  
  [The Institutions of the Roman Empire](cintro.xhtml#head2)
  
  
  [Christianity and the Christian Church](cintro.xhtml#head3)
  
  
  [The Geographical Background of Byzantine History](cintro.xhtml#head4)
  
  
  [Sources for Byzantine History](cintro.xhtml#head5)
  
  
  [FURTHER READING](cintro.xhtml#head6)
  
  
  [1 The Crisis of the Third Century](c01.xhtml)
  
  
  [End of the Severan Dynasty and the Beginning of Anarchy](c01.xhtml#head1)
  
  
  [Attempts toward Recovery](c01.xhtml#head2)
  
  
  [Political, Economic, and Social Problems](c01.xhtml#head3)
  
  
  [Philosophy and Religion in the Third Century](c01.xhtml#head4)
  
  
  [FURTHER READING](c01.xhtml#head5)
  
  
  [PRIMARY SOURCES IN TRANSLATION](c01.xhtml#head6)
  
  
  [2 The Revival