Contents: Introduction, Antony Eastmond; The decline of medieval Hellenism in Asia Minor and the process of Islamization from the 11th through the 15th century: the book in the light of subsequent scholarship, 1971-98, Speros Vryonis Jr; Byzantium's eastern frontier: Constantine VII, Caucasian openings and the road to Aleppo, Jonathan Shepard; How the east was won in the reign of Basil II, Catherine Holmes; La conception militaire de la frontière orientale (IXe-XIIIe siècle), Jean-Claude Cheynet; History writing in the east: Some reflections on Seljuq historiography, Carole Hillenbr∧ The concept of history in medieval Armenian historians, Robert W. Thomson; From bumberazi to basileus: writing cultural synthesis and dynastic change in medieval Georgia (K'art'li), Stephen H. Rapp Jr; Byzantines: Bearing gifts from the east: imperial relic hunters abroad, Liz James; Art chrétien en Anatolie turque: le témoignage de peintures inédites à Tatlarin, Catherine Jolivet-Lévy; Georgians: Newly discovered early paintings in the Gareja desert, Zaza Skhirtladze; Byzantium and its eastern barbarians: the cult of saints in Svanet'i, Brigitta Schrade; Georgian perceptions of Byzantium in the 11th and 12th centuries, Giorgi Tcheishvili; Stalin and Georgian enamels, David Buckton; Armenians: The visual expression of power and piety in medieval Armenia: the palace and palace church at Aghtamar, Lynn Jones; Imperial aspirations: Armenian Cilicia and Byzantium in the 13th century, Helen C. Evans; Seljuqs and Turkomans: Turkoman and Byzantine self-identity. Some reflections on the logic of title-making in 12th- and 13th-century Anatolia, Rustam Shukurov; Seljuqs before the Seljuqs: nomads and frontiers inside Byzantium, Pamela Armstrong; Index.