Table of Contents

Part 1 The Byzantine notion of diplomacy: the notion of Byzantine diplomacy, A. Kazhdan. Part 2 Phases of Byzantine diplomacy: Byzantine diplomacy, A.D. 300-800 - means and ends, E. Chrysos; Byzantine diplomacy, A.D. 800-1204 - means and ends, J. Shepard; Byzantine diplomacy, A.D. 1204-1453 - means and ends, N. Oikonomidess. Part 3 Byzantium and others: Constantinople, Rome and the franks in the 7th and 8th centuries, J. Herrin; Byzantium and teh Khazars - a special relationship?, T. Noonan; Byzantine-Arab diplomacy in the near east from the Islamic conquests to the mid-11th century, H. Kennedy; diplomacy and ideology - Byzantium and the RUssina church in the mid-12th century, S. Franklin; low level diplomacy between Byzantines adn Ottoman Turks - the case of Bithynia, K. Hopwood. Part 4 Sources on diplomacy: diplomacy in the 6th century - the evidence of John Malalas, R. Scott; re-reading Constantine porphyrogenitus, I. Sevcenko; liudprand of cremona - a diplomat?, C. Schummer; the language of diplomacy, M. Mullett. Paart 5 Art in diplomacy: but is it art?, R. Cormack; silken diplomacy, A. Muthesius; the luxury book as diplomatic gift, J. Lowden. Part 6 Social aspects: dynastic marriages and political kinship, R. Macrides; "Blood and ink" - some observations on Byzantine attitudes towards warfare and diplomacy, J. Haldon; from frontier to palace - the personal role of the emperor in diplomacy, M. Whitby; who do barbarians stand round the emperor at diplomatic receptions?, D. Smythe. Part 7 The less obvious end: the less obvious ends of Byzantine diplomacy, P. Antonopoulos.