Week 8 (February 28-March 3)

 

An age of reconquest and glory, 843-1025

• Tuesday: Expansion under the early Macedonian dynasty  [Treadgold 446-497; Whittow 220-241, 263-298 and 310-357; Geanakoplos 25-26 (no. 9), 40-41 (no. 21), 112-114 (nos. 83-84), 118-121 (no. 89 A and B), 234-236 (no. 167), 239-245 (nos. 170-173), 260 (no. 184), 281-284 (nos. 205-206), 347-349 (nos. 258-259), 409 (no. 307 A), 418-420 (no. 315)]; see also the Athonite monasteries Great Lavra, Iberon, Zographou, Vatopedi (with an image from the refectory), Stavronikita, and St. Paul
• Thursday: Basil II [Treadgold 498-533; Whittow 358-390; Geanakoplos 101-102 (nos. 71-72), 111-112 (nos. 81-82), 189-190 (no. 137), 245-246 (no. 174), 284-286 (no. 207), 292-296 (no. 212 A and B), 351-353 (nos. 262-263 - the Russian Primary Chronicle on Prince Vladimir's conversion)] ; see also John Skylitzes, Synopsis Historion