Herrin Margins and Metropolis

Authority across the Byzantine Empire
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-4522-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, 392 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Herrin, Judith

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politik & Religion, Religionsfreiheit
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Byzantinische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Abbreviations ix
Introduction xiii
MARGINS
1.A Christian Millennium: Greece in Byzantium--How the Empire Worked at Its Edge 3
2.Aspects of the Process of Hellenization in the Early Middle Ages 33
3.Realities of Provincial Government: Hellas and Peloponnesos, 1180-1204 58
4.The Ecclesiastical Organization of Central Greece at the Time of Michael Choniates: New Evidence from the Codex Atheniensis 1371 103
5.The Collapse of the Byzantine Empire in the Twelfth Century: A Study of a Medieval Economy 111
6.Byzantine Kythera 130
METROPOLIS
7.Byzantium: The Palace and the City 159
8.Philippikos and the Greens 179
9.Philippikos "the Gentle" 192
10.The Historical Context of Iconoclast Reform 206
11.Constantinople, Rome, and the Franks in the Seventh and Eighth Centuries 220
12.The Pentarchy: Theory and Reality in the Ninth Century 239
13.From Bread and Circuses to Soup and Salvation: The Origins of Byzantine Charity 267
14.Ideals of Charity, Realities of Welfare: The Philanthropic Activity of the Byzantine Church 299
15.Mathematical Mysteries in Byzantium: The Transmission of Fermat's Last Theorem 312
16.Book Burning as Purification in Early Byzantium 335
Index 357

Über Autor(innen)

Judith Herrin is professor emeritus in the Department of Classics at King’s College London. Her books include Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe; Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire; Unrivalled Influence: Women and Empire in Byzantium; Women in Purple: Rulers of Medieval Byzantium; and The Formation of Christendom (all Princeton). She lives in Oxford, England.