books.google.com - One thousand years ago, the Byzantine Empire was reaching the height of its revival as a medieval state. The ten contributions to this volume by scholars from six European countries re-assess key aspects of the empire's politics and culture in the long reign of the emperor Basil II, whose name has come...http://books.google.com/books/about/Byzantinum_in_the_Year_1000.html?id=CSZQ-VPFKoMC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareByzantinum in the Year 1000