Constantinople - Capital of Byzantium

In the early Middle Ages, the largest city in Europe was not Paris, London, or Berlin, but Constantinople, the capital of Byzantium. It was unquestioningly accepted that the city was founded by a divinely appointed sacred emperor; it was considered as holy as Rome and Jerusalem. The Byzantine emperors did their best to enhance this spiritual atmosphere that had formed around the city. The place of this legend was essential in the survival of Constantinople and the empire for more than a thousand years.

Constantinople: The Capital of Byzantium is the first history book to appropriately examine the impressive relationship embodied between spiritual and political elements, between legend and reality in this magnificent empire. The result is a pleasant narrative of a period that holds a very important place in human history and a belated look at the city's golden age.