List of Tables List of Diagrams List of Graphs List of Maps List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Preface Prolegomena The Prologue THE CURTAIN RAISER Introduction Byzantium as a ?Theater State': Power, Ritual, Opposition PART ONE: RED BYZANTIUM Chapter One PEOPLE AND POWER IN BYZANTIUM: THE MAKING AND UNMAKING OF EMPERORS Chapter Two THE RISE OF THE MILITARY ARISTOCRACY Chapter Three THE KOMNENIAN REVOLUTION Chapter Four THE LEADING CLANS UNDER THE KOMNENI Chapter Five THE TRIUMPH OF THE M ...