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Constantinople: Capital of Byzantium This page intentionally left blank Constantinople: Capital of Byzantium JONATHAN HARRIS Continuum UK Continuum US The Tower Building 80 Maiden Lane 11 York Road Suite 704 London SE1 7NX New York, NY 10038 www.continuumbooks.com Copyright © Jonathan Harris 2007 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechani- cal, including photocopying, recording or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission from the publishers. First published 2007 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 9780826430861 Typeset by codeMantra, India Printed by MPG Books Ltd, Bodmin, Cornwall For E.L.F. This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Illustrations viii List of Abbreviations ix Maps xi Acknowledgements xvi Introduction 1 1 The City of Wonders 4 2 Founding Fathers 18 3 Defence 40 4 Palaces and Power 59 5 Churches and Monasteries 84 6 ‘Two Thirds of the Wealth of this World’ 108 7 Democracy 128 8 The Beginning of the End 149 9 The Ruin of Byzantine Constantinople 169 10 Epilogue: Byzantine Constantinople Today 193 Notes 206 Bibliography 255 Index 276 Illustrations 1 Mosaic of Constantine and Justinian, Hagia Sophia 2 Remains of the Arch of Theodosius on the site of the Forum of Theodosius 3 The Aqueduct of Valens 4 The Basilika cistern 5 The Hippodrome 6 Mosaic of Constantine IX and the Empress Zoe, Hagia Sophia 7 Marble roundel of a Byzantine Emperor, Campello de Ca’angaran, Venice 8 Gold Hyperpyron of Alexios III Angelos 9 Porphyry sculpture of the Tetrarchs, Venice 10 Mosaic of Theodore Metochites, Church of St Saviour in Chora Abbreviations B = Byzantion BMGS = Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies BZ = Byzantinische Zeitschrift DOP = Dumbarton Oaks Papers JHS = Journal of Hellenic Studies REB = Revue des Études Byzantines
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