The Byzantine Empire

Alexios Andronikos Antioch Arabs aristocracy army artists Asia Minor Balkans Basil Basil II began Bulgar Bulgaria Byzantine art Byzantine control Byzantine Empire Byzantine society Byzantine territory Byzantine world Byzantium Cantacuzenus capital captured Christian classical Comnenus Constantine VII Constantinople crusaders culture decoration defeated eastern Emperor enemies Epirus force fourteenth century frontier Greek Hagia Sophia Hellenic Heraclius Hesychasm historians Hungary Iconoclast icons imperial intellectual Italy John John Cantacuzenus Justinian King land later Latin Latin Empire literary literature Manuel manuscript Michael Psellos Michael VIII military Mistra monastery mosaic Moslem Nicaean Nicaean Empire Nicephorus ninth century Norman Orthodox Ottoman Patriarch Paulicians Peloponnese period philosophical poems poetry political Pope portrait provinces Psellos reign religious restored rhetoric Roman Empire ruler scholars Seljuq Serbia seventh century Sicily Slav style succeeded Sultan survive Symeon Syria Theodore theological Thessalonica Thrace tradition Turkish Turks twelfth century Venetians western