The Forgotten Renaissance: The Successes of the Macedonian Dynasty

The Macedonian Dynasty was relatively short lived in the grand scheme of dynasties, yet it sent waves throughout the Byzantine Empire.  Under them, previously lost territories were regained, the empire expanded once more, and education as well as the arts flourished.  In power from the ninth to eleventh centuries, the Macedonian Dynasty was, in truth, one of the most effective dynasties of the East, transforming the Byzantine Empire into the most powerful medieval state in the world.