This book reveals how cultural memories of classical Roman honor informed Nikephoros Bryennios' history of the eleventh century and his political choices.
This book reveals how cultural memories of classical Roman honor informed Nikephoros Bryennios' history of the eleventh century and his political choices.
Leonora Neville holds the John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe Professorship in Byzantine History at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and is the author of Authority in Byzantine Provincial Society: 950-1100 (2004).
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Part I. Contexts: 1. Twelfth-century politics and the House of Komnenos 2. Writing history in twelfth-century Constantinople 3. Nikephoros' reading 4. Sources for the Material for History Part II. Reading in the Material for History: 5. Problems of the Empire: civil war and mercenaries 6. The rise of Alexios 7. Romans and their enemies 8. Military virtue 9. Roman family politics 10. Religion and providence 11. Roman heroes 12. A Roman mother 13. A bold young man Part III. The Material for History in Twelfth-Century Politics and Culture: 14. The Material for History and imperial politics of the twelfth century 15. Nikephoros and Anna 16. Roman ideals and twelfth-century Constantinopolitan culture Conclusions Appendix 1 Appendix 2. Vocabulary of virtue.
Introduction Part I. Contexts: 1. Twelfth-century politics and the House of Komnenos 2. Writing history in twelfth-century Constantinople 3. Nikephoros' reading 4. Sources for the Material for History Part II. Reading in the Material for History: 5. Problems of the Empire: civil war and mercenaries 6. The rise of Alexios 7. Romans and their enemies 8. Military virtue 9. Roman family politics 10. Religion and providence 11. Roman heroes 12. A Roman mother 13. A bold young man Part III. The Material for History in Twelfth-Century Politics and Culture: 14. The Material for History and imperial politics of the twelfth century 15. Nikephoros and Anna 16. Roman ideals and twelfth-century Constantinopolitan culture Conclusions Appendix 1 Appendix 2. Vocabulary of virtue.
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