The Modern Scholar: Empire of Gold: A History of the Byzantine Empire - Professor Thomas F. Madden

Written by Professor Thomas F. Madden
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In this epic course, esteemed university professor Thomas F. Madden offers a fascinating history of the remarkable culture and state that developed out of the ancient Roman Empire, particularly its eastern portion, throughout the Middle Ages. The story begins at the end of the Roman Empire in the third century AD and continues over the next one thousand years.

With incisive commentary, Professor Madden leads a discussion covering Justinian’s re-conquest of the West, the great city of Constantinople, and the aftermath and influence of this extraordinary empire. The term “Byzantine” was invented by modern historians to identify the final millennium of the Roman Empire. By the third century and into the fourth century, there were changes in the Roman Empire so profound that historians during the Enlightenment began to call the period Byzantine rather than Roman. Most historians would place the beginnings of the Byzantine Empire roughly around the reign of the emperor Diocletian, who instituted widespread reforms to halt civil wars and economic decline.

One of the primary characteristics of the Byzantine Empire was the relegation of Rome to a place of honor only. Rome was not the capital of the Byzantine Empire. The capital, instead, was Constantinople. Therefore, power was based in the eastern Mediterranean. Next was the dominance of Greek culture and eastern perspectives, and a final characteristic was the integration of Christianity into the social and political fabric of the empire. Constantinople was the beating heart of the Byzantine Empire and the greatest city in the Western world at this time. Constantinople sat at the crossroads of the world and controlled east-west land traffic. Eventually, the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks reverberated across the Christian world. Europeans now saw a world in which nothing stood between them as the last remnant of free Christendom and the ever-growing powers of Islam.

Lecture 1 The Emerging Empire of New Rome, 284–457
Lecture 2 Justinian and the Reconquest of the West, 457–565
Lecture 3 The City of Constantinople: A Guided Tour of the Greatest City in the Western World
Lecture 4 The Turn Eastward, 565–717
Lecture 5 Survival, 717–867
Lecture 6 A Golden Age: The Macedonian Dynasty, 867–1025
Lecture 7 Weakness and Wealth, 1025–1081
Lecture 8 The Turn to the West: The Comnenan Dynasty, 1081–1180
Lecture 9 Decline, Decay, and Destruction, 1180–1204
Lecture 10 Struggle for Byzantium’s Corpse, 1204–1261
Lecture 11 The Empire Reborn, 1261–1328
Lecture 12 The Final Decline, 1328–1391
Lecture 13 The Fall of Rome, 1391–1453
Lecture 14 Aftermath and Legacy

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01 The Emerging Empire of New Rome, 284–457.mp3 11.82 MBs
02 Justinian and the Reconquest of the West, 457–565.mp3 12.59 MBs
03 The City of Constantinople - A Guided Tour of the Greatest City in the Western World.mp3 11.94 MBs
04 The Turn Eastward, 565–717.mp3 11.01 MBs
05 Survival, 717–867.mp3 12.68 MBs
06 A Golden Age - The Macedonian Dynasty, 867–1025.mp3 11.59 MBs
07 Weakness and Wealth, 1025–1081.mp3 11.61 MBs
08 The Turn to the West - The Comnenan Dynasty, 1081–1180.mp3 12.85 MBs
09 Decline, Decay, and Destruction, 1180–1204.mp3 12.65 MBs
10 Struggle for Byzantium’s Corpse, 1204–1261.mp3 12.44 MBs
11 The Empire Reborn, 1261–1328.mp3 13.98 MBs
12 The Final Decline, 1328–1391.mp3 10 MBs
13 The Fall of Rome, 1391–1453.mp3 12.1 MBs
14 Aftermath and Legacy.mp3 11.83 MBs
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