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    Lec 18 - The Early Middle Ages, 284--1000: The Splendor of Byzantium

    "Lec 18 - The Early Middle Ages, 284--1000: The Splendor of Byzantium"The Early Middle Ages, 284--1000 (HIST 210) 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. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Introduction 07:34 - Chapter 2. The Contraction of the Byzantine Empire 21:52 - Chapter 3. Reconstruction of the Empire 30:30 - Chapter 4. Survival of the Byzantine Empire 39:36 - Chapter 5. Expansion of the Byzantine Empire Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://oyc.yale.edu This course was recorded in Fall 2011.

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