Background
Warren Treadgold was born on April 30, 1949, in Oxford, England, United Kingdom. He is a son of Donald Warren and Alva Adele Treadgold. He has two sisters.
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
In 1970 Warren Treadgold received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1977.
(The Byzantine Empire was almost always ready to fight and...)
The Byzantine Empire was almost always ready to fight and often fought for its life. During much of its history its provinces were military districts called themes, and acclamation by the army, not coronation or inheritance, was what made a man emperor. The army overthrew twenty-odd rulers, and tried to oust many more. It was large and expansive but on the whole it served its purpose well. Over eight centuries, despite losing a surprising number of battles, the army succeeded in preserving both itself and Byzantium. In view of its importance in Byzantine history, it is surprising that this volume is the first general book on the Byzantine army in any language. The author traces the army’s impact on the Byzantine state and society from the army’s reorganization under Diocletian (284-305) until its disintegration in the aftermath of the battle of Manzikert (1071). He suggests solutions to some major unresolved questions of Byzantine military history: how big was the army, how was it organized, how much of it was cavalry, how much was it paid, how was it supplied, when and why did it receive land grants in the themes, and why, after surviving so many disasters, did it fail to survive the not particularly disastrous eleventh century?
https://www.amazon.com/Byzantium-Army-284-1081-Warren-Treadgold/dp/0804731632/?tag=2022091-20
1995
(This is the first comprehensive and up-to-date history of...)
This is the first comprehensive and up-to-date history of Byzantium to appear in almost sixty years, and the first ever to cover both the Byzantine state and Byzantine society. It begins in A.D. 285, when the emperor Diocletian separated what became Byzantium from the western Roman Empire, and ends in 1461, when the last Byzantine outposts fell to the Ottoman Turks.
https://www.amazon.com/History-Byzantine-State-Society/dp/0804726302/?tag=2022091-20
1997
(This short and accessible history, primarily aimed at tho...)
This short and accessible history, primarily aimed at those unfamiliar with the subject, traces the development of Byzantium from AD 285 until its fall in 1453. Treadgold demonstrates that Byzantium's remarkable cycle of decline and recovery was largely due to the character of individual emperors and inherent weaknesses in the empire's structure. Each narrative chapter concludes with discussions of Byzantium's society and culture during six distinctive chronological periods.
https://www.amazon.com/Concise-History-Byzantium-European-Perspective/dp/0333718291/?tag=2022091-20
2000
(The Early Byzantine Historians is the first original stud...)
The Early Byzantine Historians is the first original study of every significant Byzantine historian from Eusebius of Caesarea (c.255-339) to Theophylact Simocatta (c.585-after 641?). Individually and as a group, these authors had a decisive influence on Byzantine culture and modern perceptions of Byzantine history.
https://www.amazon.com/Early-Byzantine-Historians-Warren-Treadgold/dp/1403934584/?tag=2022091-20
2007
(This volume, which continues the same author's Early Byza...)
This volume, which continues the same author's Early Byzantine Historians, is the first book to analyze the lives and works of all forty-three significant Byzantine historians from the seventh to the thirteenth century, including the authors of three of the world's greatest histories: Michael Psellus, Princess Anna Comnena, and Nicetas Choniates.
https://www.amazon.com/Middle-Byzantine-Historians-W-Treadgold/dp/1137280859/?tag=2022091-20
2013
Warren Treadgold was born on April 30, 1949, in Oxford, England, United Kingdom. He is a son of Donald Warren and Alva Adele Treadgold. He has two sisters.
In 1970 Warren Treadgold received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1977.
From 1983 to 1988 Warren Treadgold was an assistant professor of history at Hillsdale College. He began as assistant professor at Florida International University, and then a professor of history from 1988 to 1997. In 1989 he was a visiting fellow at All Souls College. In 1997 Treadgold was appointed the National Endowment for the Humanities Professor of Byzantine Studies at Saint Louis University. He has also taught at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles), Stanford, Hillsdale, Berkeley, and Florida International University.
He is the author of The Nature of the Bibliotheca of Photius, The Byzantine State Finances in the Eighth and Ninth Centuries, The Byzantine Revival, 780-842, Byzantium and Its Army, 284-1081, A History of the Byzantine State and Society, etc.
(This volume, which continues the same author's Early Byza...)
2013(This is the first comprehensive and up-to-date history of...)
1997(This short and accessible history, primarily aimed at tho...)
2000(The Early Byzantine Historians is the first original stud...)
2007(The Byzantine Empire was almost always ready to fight and...)
1995On September 25, 1982, Warren Treadgold married Irina Maria Andreescu.