Intro
Textual Note
Preface
Apocalypse Then
The First Crusade
A conversation with Jay Rubenstein
Introduction
I. Becoming a Medievalist
II. Guibert of Nogent
III. Armies of Heaven
IV. Considering Impact
V. Moving On
Continuing the Conversation
The Derveni Papyrus
A conversation with Richard Janko
Introduction
I. A Great Discovery
II. Derveni Details
III. An Ancient Culture War
IV. Rose-coloured Glasses?
V. Summing Up
The Passionate Historian
A conversation with John Elliott
Introduction
I. Beginnings
II. In Search of Objectivity
III. Past and Present
IV. Circumventing Obstacles
V. Doing History
VI. The Power of Imagination
VII. Decline
VIII. The Impact of Technology
IX. Going Global
X. History's Due
Continuing the Conversation
Constitutional Investigations
A conversation with Linda Colley
Introduction
I. Personal History
II. Constitutions, Part 1
III. Constitutions, Part 2
IV. Implications and Applications
V. Marching Onwards
Continuing the Conversation
Byzantium
Beyond the Cliché
A conversation with Maria Mavroudi
Introduction
I. Becoming A Byzantinist
II. Historical Background
III. The High-School Narrative
IV. Recovering Truth
V. Building Knowledge
VI. Annotated Discoveries
VII. A Translational Discovery
VIII. Arrows of Causality
IX. Decline
X. Extracting Meaning
XI. Ever-Moving Targets.