In the book Introducció a la
historiografia bizantina a través dels seus textos
(An Introduction to Byzantine Historiography through its Texts), Xavier Baró i Queralt
describes the historical trajectory of Byzantium,
which was the capital of the Byzantine Empire
for many years.

The book's author has chosen some of the
city's most representative texts to illustrate the key moments of this
civilization and its daily life and thus enhance the reader’s understanding of
Byzantine culture.

Baró uses these texts as the central focus to guide the reader through
Byzantium’s complex history and illustrate its different periods, and in doing
so manages to communicate his knowledge and research of these historical texts
and Byzantine culture using a simple and entertaining approach.