This book presents the post-Byzantine historical period (1025-1461 AD) in a narrative style, from the day after the death of the warlord conqueror Byzantine ruler Basil II 'Bulgar Slayer' to the fall of the last Byzantine stronghold, the Empire of Trebizond, to the Ottoman Turks after the Fall of Constantinople in 1453.

The narrative is followed by detailed tables of secular and ecclesiastical leaders of Byzantium and its neighboring nations/states, as well as a detailed bibliography of independent Greek and foreign-language aids, updated until the year 2002.

The work primarily has an educational character as a university textbook, but it is also aimed at the interested reader who wishes to follow the post-Byzantine history within the framework of a concise reference work based on the findings of recent research in Greek and foreign Byzantine studies.

The historical narrative is enriched with historical maps and a broad selection of illustrations.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]