What is some decent reading material on the Byzantine empire?

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I'm currently reading pic related. Seems good so far. I think I'll move to Norwich's "Byzantium: The Early Years" next. Or perhaps to some primary sources, like the writings of Michael Psellus, Procopius or Anna Comnena.

Gibbon

>>1705091
Please take everything from 500-800 with a grain of salt. Majority of our information is based Theophanes whose accounts are very dubious. Especially if you plan on reading Gibbon.

>>1705119
meant for OP

>>1705067
If you read the primary sources I'd also suggest you read commentaries on them or you dive straight into the archaeology of the empire.

A lot of the stuff Procopius has written is blatant glorification of Justinian I. Take for example the fortifications of the Balkans which he mentions were built or additionally fortified by Justinian himself. Many of them were built by Diocletian, Constantine, and his successors, and even more were fortified by the following emperors. What Procopius did was simply accredit Justinian for all of this. One example why you should invest time into reading Archaeology literature.

My other advise is to read literature that is not dedicated to the whole history, but to read up on specific themes. The other two authors which were mentioned in the quoted post have also written stuff they were not fully informed about, the bogomils for example.

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>>1705119
>t. asshurt bizzieboos

>>1704829
The alexiad by Anna Comnena

>>1705181
>le super kewl Khalid Sue rekt those damn infidels!!!!!
>nearly all of the sources are either the Quran or centuries later; and include ridiculous shit such as the byzantines and Sassanids working together or the byzantines fielding more men in a single battle than there were in their entire empire

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>>1705989
Stay assblasted. Your pleb-tier """empire""" never came close to the glory of real Rome and deep down you know it.

The history of the ERE is just one long protracted failure.

ostrogorsky history of the byzantine state

>>1706892
Not an argument.

Try again