Heroes And Romans In Twelfth Century Byzantium

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Heroes And Romans In Twelfth Century Byzantium

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Author : Leonora Neville
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2012-10-04

Heroes And Romans In Twelfth Century Byzantium written by Leonora Neville and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-04 with History categories.

This book reveals how cultural memories of classical Roman honor informed Nikephoros Bryennios' history of the eleventh century and his political choices.

Heroes And Romans In Twelfth Century Byzantium

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Author : Leonora Alice Neville
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-05-14

Heroes And Romans In Twelfth Century Byzantium written by Leonora Alice Neville and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-14 with Byzantine Empire categories.

Nikephoros Bryennios' history of the Byzantine Empire in the 1070s is a story of civil war and aristocratic rebellion in the midst of the Turkish conquest of Anatolia. Commonly remembered as the passive and unambitious husband of Princess Anna Komnene (author of the Alexiad), Bryennios is revealed as a skilled author whose history draws on cultural memories of classical Roman honor and proper masculinity to evaluate the politicians of the 1070s and implicitly to exhort his twelfth-century contemporaries to honorable behavior. Bryennios' story valorizes the memory of his grandfather and other honorable, but failed, generals of the eleventh century while subtly portraying the victorious Alexios Komnenos as un-Roman. This reading of the Material for History sheds new light on twelfth-century Byzantine culture and politics, especially the contested accession of John Komnenos, the relationship between Bryennios' history and the Alexiad and the function of cultural memories of Roman honor in Byzantium.

Guide To Byzantine Historical Writing

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Author : Leonora Neville
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2018-05-17

Guide To Byzantine Historical Writing written by Leonora Neville and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-17 with History categories.

Makes the study of medieval Greek historical writing accessible by providing fundamental orientation and information.

Change In Byzantine Culture In The Eleventh And Twelfth Centuries

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Author : Aleksandr Petrovich Kazhdan
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1985-01-01

Change In Byzantine Culture In The Eleventh And Twelfth Centuries written by Aleksandr Petrovich Kazhdan and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985-01-01 with History categories.

Byzantium, that dark sphere on the periphery of medieval Europe, is commonly regarded as the immutable residue of Rome's decline. In this highly original and provocative work, Alexander Kazhdan and Ann Wharton Epstein revise this traditional image by documenting the dynamic social changes that occurred during the eleventh and twelfth centuries.

Writer And Occasion In Twelfth Century Byzantium

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Author : Ingela Nilsson
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-12-17

Writer And Occasion In Twelfth Century Byzantium written by Ingela Nilsson and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-17 with Literary Collections categories.

The first comprehensive study of occasional writing in Byzantium, focusing on the literary output of Constantine Manasses.

Anna Komnene

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Author : Leonora Alice Neville
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016

Anna Komnene written by Leonora Alice Neville and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Byzantine princess Anna Komnene is known for writing history and plotting to become empress by murdering her brother. This book explains how Anna broke her culture's rules for women's behavior by writing history, her efforts to be acceptable, and how her writing nonetheless fired the story of her bloodthirsty ambition.

Michael Palaiologos And The Publics Of The Byzantine Empire In Exile C 1223 1259

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Author : Aleksandar Jovanović
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-09-28

Michael Palaiologos And The Publics Of The Byzantine Empire In Exile C 1223 1259 written by Aleksandar Jovanović and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-28 with History categories.

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.

War In Eleventh Century Byzantium

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Author : Georgios Theotokis
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-10-27

War In Eleventh Century Byzantium written by Georgios Theotokis and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-27 with History categories.

War in Eleventh-Century Byzantium presents new insights and critical approaches to warfare between the Byzantine Empire and its neighbours during the eleventh century. Modern historians have identified the eleventh century as a landmark era in Byzantine history. This was a period of invasions, political tumult, financial crisis and social disruption, but it was also a time of cultural and intellectual innovation and achievement. Despite this, the subject of warfare during this period remains underexplored. Addressing an important gap in the historiography of Byzantium, the volume argues that the eleventh century was a period of important geo-political change, when the Byzantine Empire was attacked on all sides, and its frontiers were breached. This book is valuable reading for scholars and students interested in Byzantium history and military history.

John Zonaras Epitome Of Histories

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Author : Theofili Kampianaki
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2022-09

John Zonaras Epitome Of Histories written by Theofili Kampianaki and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09 with Judaism categories.

The twelfth-century chronicle of John Zonaras, which begins with the biblical Creation and ends in 1118, is one of the longest historical accounts written in Greek that has come down to us. It was also one of the most popular historical works of the Greek-speaking world during the Middle Ages,with a remarkably large number of manuscripts preserving the entire text or parts of it.John Zonaras' Epitome of Histories: A Compendium of Jewish-Roman History and Its Reception analyses Zonaras' chronicle as both a literary composition and a historical account. It concentrates on its composition, sources, and political, ideological, and literary background. It also includesdiscussions that go beyond the text, such as on the intellectual networks surrounding Zonaras, and the anticipated audience and the reception of the chronicle. By examining such issues, Theofili Kampianaki aims to present Zonaras' chronicle as a product which emerged from a milieu characterized bythe increased contacts with Western people and the Komnenian style of rulership in the imperial bureaucracy, and as a work which seamlessly merges the traditions of chronicle writing and classicizing historiography.

Byzantium In The Eleventh Century

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Author : Marc D. Lauxtermann
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-10-18

Byzantium In The Eleventh Century written by Marc D. Lauxtermann and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-18 with History categories.

The eleventh century in Byzantium is all about being in between, whether this is between Basil II and Alexios Komnenos, between the forces of the Normans, the Pechenegs and the Turks, or between different social groupings, cultural identities and religious persuasions. It is a period of fundamental changes and transformations, both internal and external, but also a period rife with clichés and dominated by the towering presence of Michael Psellos whose usually self-contradictory accounts continue to loom large in the field of Byzantine studies. The essays collected here, which were delivered at the 45th Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, explore new avenues of research and offer new perspectives on this transitional period. The book is divided into four thematic clusters: 'The age of Psellos' studies this crucial figure and seeks to situate him in his time; 'Social structures' is concerned with the ways in which the deep structures of Byzantine society and economy responded to change; 'State and Church' offers a set of studies of various political developments in eleventh-century Byzantium; and 'The age of spirituality' offers the voices of those for whom Psellos had little time and little use: monks, religious thinkers and pious laymen.