Donald MacGillivray Nicol

The Last Centuries of Byzantium, 1261-1453

1. The Byzantine empire after the Fourth Crusade 2. The empire in exile and its restoration Part I. The Problems of the Restored Empire: the Reign of Michael VIII Palaiologos, 1261-82: 3. The price of survival 4. The battle of wits between east and west 5. The Byzantine dilemma in the thirteenth century Part II. Byzantium as a Second-rate Power: the Reign of Andronikos II Palaiologos,1282-1321: 6. The restoration of orthodoxy 7. Symptoms and causes of decline 8. The failure to find a cure 9. The nature of the enemy Part III. The Mortal Illness of Byzantium: the Age of Civil Wars, 1321-54: 10. The question of the succession and the first civil war 11. The reign of Andronikos III, 1328-41 12. The second civil war, 1341-47 13. The reign of John VI Cantacuzene, 1347-54 Part IV. Byzantium as a Vassal of the Turks: the Last Hundred Years, 1354-1453: 14. The reign of John V Palaiologos, 1354-91 15. The reign of Manuel II: the first crisis, 1391-1402 16. The last reprieve, 1402-25 17. The Ottoman revival and the reign of John VIII Palaiologos, 1425-48 18 Constantine XI and Mehmed II: The fall of Constantinople, 1448-53 19. The last outposts of Byzantium Bibliography.

Byzantium and Venice: A Study in Diplomatic and Cultural Relations.

Preface List of abbreviations Maps of the Byzantine and Venetian worlds 1. Venice: the Byzantine province 2. Venice: the Byzantine protectorate 3. Venice: the ally of Byzantium 4. Venice: the partner of Byzantium 5. Byzantium, Venice and the First Crusade 6. The parting of the ways 7. The calm before the storm 8. The Fourth Crusade 9. Venice in Byzantium: the Empire of Romania 10. Venice: champion of a lost cause 11. Byzantium, Venice and the Angevin threat 12. Byzantium, Venice and Genoa 13. Conflicting interests and competing claims 14. Byzantium, Venice and the Turks 15. Byzantium: the victim of commercial rivalry 16. The profit and honour of Venice 17. Jewels for an island 18. Byzantium in thrall to the Turks and in debt to Venice 19. Byzantine optimism and Venetian vacillation 20. Byzantium the suppliant of Venice 21. The worst news for all of Christendom: Venice and the fall of Constantinople 22. Legacies and debts Byzantine Emperors Doges of Venice Bibliography Index.