Description: This book focuses on the impact of political relations with the East, especially the Muslim caliphate, on the reign of the last iconoclast emperor of Byzantium, Theophilos (829-842), reinterpreting the major events of the period and their chronology. Separate sections are devoted to the influence of Armenians at the court, the enrolment of Persian
Review Quotes:
'The volume is a tour de force in its integrated provision of a vast amount of relevant source material and detailed analysis of it. Numerous conclusions of other modern historians are subjected to detailed scrutiny and evidentiary tests. ... the volume is a fascinating methodological achievement and provides a valuable, if occasionally tendentious, reappraisal of Theophilos' eastern policy and military accomplishments.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"...the book has an overall "handsome-looking" presentation, and fully complies with modern patterns of today's scholarly market." - T. C. Lounghis, IHR/NHRF