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Emperor or Manager:
Power and Political Ideology
in Byzantium before 1453
Byzantium in the 15th century is too easily
dismissed as the anachronistic tail end of an ancient
ecumenical empire, whose only achievements, apart from
the heroic last stand of Constantinople in 1453, were
the contribution of literary Hellenism to Renaissance
humanism, and the preservation of Orthodoxy from the
encroachment of Catholicism.
This book argues that in struggling to survive as a
small fortified enclave at the heart of Ottoman
territory, Byzantium adopted the social structure and
political ideology of a secular, territorial city-state
on the Italian model.
It thus presents the empire of the last Palaiologoi in
an entirely new light.
Available now!
Product Details :
Title:
Emperor or manager. Power and Political Ideology in
Byzantium before 1453,
Translated with a Preface by Paul Magdalino
Author:
Tonia Kiousopoulou
Softcover Paperback, 218 pages,
bibliography, index
Publisher: La Pomme d'or, Geneva,
2011
Languages: English
ISBN: 978-2-9700763-1-5
Dimensions:
23 x 14.5 cm
Price:
34.-
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