MEDIEVAL WORLD: Volume 8: The reign of Justinian I

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Theme: The Reign of Justinian I
* Justinian's Byzantium: Imperial Ambitions and Failed Strategy
* Procopius of Caesarea: The Witness and His Sources
* Seeing Blue and Green: The Nika Riots, January 532
* Hagia Sophia: Justinian's Monumental Great Church
* The Wars of Justinian I: The Brilliance of Belisarius
* The Emperor Did Not Rule Alone: Justinian, Theodora, Belisarius, and Antonina

Features:
* The Royal Household: Power, Patronage, and Problems
* Non-Knightly Heraldry: A Medieval Social Shorthand
* The Battle of Crecy: A Decisive English Victory
* Gothic Boxwood Miniatures: Objects of Amazing and Mysterious Detail
* Food for the Eyes: Food Colouring in the Middle Ages
* The Battle of Marj Dabiq: The End of the Mamluk Sultanate
* All the King's Swords: The Sharp End of Royal Coronations