A Biographical Dictionary of the Byzantine Empire (Seaby biographical dictionaries) - Tapa dura

This is a work of reference listing in alphabetical order most of the persons of note and influence in the Byzantine Empire from the foundation of Constantinople in AD 330 to its conquest by the Turks in 1453. Only those who were native to the Byzantine world based on Constantinople are listed, with short biographies of each person. There are thus no entries for Popes, Emperors, kings and princes of western Europe in the middle ages. Included are all the Byzantine Emperors, many of the Empresses, most of the Patriarchs of Constantinople, as well as writers, philosophers, theologians, scientists, teachers, soldiers and notable members of the ecclesiastical and political hierarchy in the Byzantine Empire.