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Author: Aleksandar Jovanović Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 3031092783 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 267
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This book follows the public life of Michael Palaiologos from his early days and upbringing, through to his assumption of the Byzantine imperial throne in 1258. It explores multiple narratives, highlighting the various public communities in the Byzantine polity, primarily focusing on intellectuals and clerks rather than the emperor himself. Drawing on insights from power relations, studies of class and the public sphere, this book provides an account of thirteenth-century Byzantium that highlights the role of communicative and symbolic actions in the public sphere, and argues they were integral to Palaiologos' political success.
Author: Aleksandar Jovanović Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 3031092783 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 267
Book Description
This book follows the public life of Michael Palaiologos from his early days and upbringing, through to his assumption of the Byzantine imperial throne in 1258. It explores multiple narratives, highlighting the various public communities in the Byzantine polity, primarily focusing on intellectuals and clerks rather than the emperor himself. Drawing on insights from power relations, studies of class and the public sphere, this book provides an account of thirteenth-century Byzantium that highlights the role of communicative and symbolic actions in the public sphere, and argues they were integral to Palaiologos' political success.
Author: Aleksandar Jovanović Publisher: ISBN: 9783031092794 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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This book follows the public life of Michael Palaiologos from his early days and upbringing, through to his assumption of the Byzantine imperial throne in 1258. It explores multiple narratives, highlighting the various public communities in the Byzantine polity, primarily focusing on intellectuals and clerks rather than the emperor himself. Drawing on insights from power relations, studies of class and the public sphere, this book provides an account of thirteenth-century Byzantium that highlights the role of communicative and symbolic actions in the public sphere, and argues they were integral to Palaiologos' political success. Aleksandar Jovanović is Sessional Instructor in History at the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford, Canada. .
Author: Anthony G. J. Gaspar Publisher: ISBN: Category : Byzantine Empire Languages : en Pages : 0
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"This work offers a comprehensive reappraisal of the reign of the Byzantine emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos and his foreign policy towards the Latin West. Focusing on a crucial period in Byzantine and Mediterranean history (1259-1282, it examines the intense struggle for political, military, and diplomatic supremacy in the Balkans and Aegean regions. This conflict unfolded between two coalitions: one led by Charles of Anjou, the king of Sicily, and the other by Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos himself. The resulting two-decade-long confrontation turned the Aegean into a contested sphere of influence, where the Latin European West and the Greek Byzantine East clashed. During this era, the Byzantines strived to restore their empire to its former hegemony. Through Michael VIII’s dynamic foreign policy, they forged cross-cultural diplomatic contacts with various states, stretching from western Europe to the Arab world and as far east as the Ural mountains. Notable actors included France, the Mamluks of Egypt, Catalonia-Aragon, and the Golden Horde. This work thoroughly examines Michael VIII’s foreign policy with the Latin West, tracing its roots from his ascension to the throne and detailing his strategic responses to every manifestation of the Latin threat throughout his reign. While traditional scholarship has often argued that Michael VIII’s diplomacy aimed to safeguard Constantinople from a crusader attack, I propose that the Byzantine narrative sources, knowingly or unknowingly, perpetuate a pro-Palaiologan perspective. The basileus was plagued by concerns over the legitimacy of his rule, which compelled him to justify every aspect of his foreign policy as a means of protecting the Queen of Cities from the Latin menace. The primary threat posed by Charles of Anjou to Byzantium predominantly affected the peripheral regions of their respective empires, particularly the Peloponnesus, Albania, the southern Aegean islands, and a network of vassal states in the Balkans and Aegean. As part of his grand strategy, Michael VIII pursued ecclesiastical union with Rome, believing that cordial relations with the papacy would enable him to assume the role of a catholicus rex. This position would facilitate the success of his diplomatic endeavors with other Latin states, circumventing interference from the papal curia. Furthermore, the union served as a public relations effort directed at the Latin West, promoting Byzantine participation in a potential future crusade and positioning the emperor as a papally-sponsored monarch of the Mediterranean."--Abstract
Author: Anthony Kaldellis Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN: 0674967402 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 309
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Although Byzantium is known to history as the Eastern Roman Empire, scholars have long claimed that this Greek Christian theocracy bore little resemblance to Rome. Here, in a revolutionary model of Byzantine politics and society, Anthony Kaldellis reconnects Byzantium to its Roman roots, arguing that from the fifth to the twelfth centuries CE the Eastern Roman Empire was essentially a republic, with power exercised on behalf of the people and sometimes by them too. The Byzantine Republic recovers for the historical record a less autocratic, more populist Byzantium whose Greek-speaking citizens considered themselves as fully Roman as their Latin-speaking “ancestors.” Kaldellis shows that the idea of Byzantium as a rigid imperial theocracy is a misleading construct of Western historians since the Enlightenment. With court proclamations often draped in Christian rhetoric, the notion of divine kingship emerged as a way to disguise the inherent vulnerability of each regime. The legitimacy of the emperors was not predicated on an absolute right to the throne but on the popularity of individual emperors, whose grip on power was tenuous despite the stability of the imperial institution itself. Kaldellis examines the overlooked Byzantine concept of the polity, along with the complex relationship of emperors to the law and the ways they bolstered their popular acceptance and avoided challenges. The rebellions that periodically rocked the empire were not aberrations, he shows, but an essential part of the functioning of the republican monarchy.
Author: Anthony Kaldellis Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN: 0674239695 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 392
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Was there ever such a thing as Byzantium? Certainly no emperor ever called himself Byzantine. While the identities of eastern minorities were clear, that of the ruling majority remains obscured behind a name made up by later generations. Anthony Kaldellis says it is time for the Romanness of these so-called Byzantines to be taken seriously.
Author: Anthony Kaldellis Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 110821021X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 1438
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This volume brings into being the field of Byzantine intellectual history. Shifting focus from the cultural, social, and economic study of Byzantium to the life and evolution of ideas in their context, it provides an authoritative history of intellectual endeavors from Late Antiquity to the fifteenth century. At its heart lie the transmission, transformation, and shifts of Hellenic, Christian, and Byzantine ideas and concepts as exemplified in diverse aspects of intellectual life, from philosophy, theology, and rhetoric to astrology, astronomy, and politics. Case studies introduce the major players in Byzantine intellectual life, and particular emphasis is placed on the reception of ancient thought and its significance for secular as well as religious modes of thinking and acting. New insights are offered regarding controversial, understudied, or promising topics of research, such as philosophy and medical thought in Byzantium, and intellectual exchanges with the Arab world.
Author: Aleksandar Jovanović
Author: Aleksandar Jovanović
Author: Aleksandar Jovanović
Author: Deno John Geanakoplos
Author: Constance Head
Author: Anthony G. J. Gaspar
Author: Florin Curta
Author: Patrick Mann Estes
Author: Anthony Kaldellis
Author: Anthony Kaldellis
Author: Anthony Kaldellis