HIST 210: The Early Middle Ages, 284-1000 (Fall 2011, Open Yale Courses): Lecture 18

HIST 210: The Early Middle Ages, 284-1000

Lecture 18 - The Splendor of Byzantium. In this lecture, Professor Freedman surveys major trends in Byzantine history from the sixth to eleventh century, dividing the era into four periods. In the sixth century, under Justinian's rule, the Byzantine Empire experienced a period of expansion (532-565). However, the Empire was unable to hold on to Justinian's hard won territories and so contracted for over a century of crisis that threatened its survival (565-717). In the next period, (717-843), the Byzantine army was reorganized and the Empire was able to regain some lost territory. At the same time, the empire was wracked by the conflicts accompanying theological controversies over artistic representations of the sacred (the Iconoclast controversy). Finally, with the religious situation smoothed over, the Byzantine Empire was able to expand further from 843 to 1071.
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Lecture 18 - The Splendor of Byzantium

Time	Lecture Chapters
[00:00:00]	1. Introduction
[00:07:31]	2. The Contraction of the Byzantine Empire
[00:21:49]	3. Reconstruction of the Empire
[00:30:27]	4. Survival of the Byzantine Empire
[00:39:33]	5. Expansion of the Byzantine Empire