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Heroes and Romans in twelfth-century Byzantium : the Material for history of Nikephoros Bryennios /
"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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; HEROES AND ROMANS IN TWELFTH-CENTURY BYZANTIUM; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgments; Note on citations; Main characters and genealogical tables; Note on Nikephoros and Bryennios; Introduction; The Manuscript; Part I Contexts; Chapter 1 Twelfth-century politics and the House of Komnenos; Nikephoros the author; Chapter 2 Writing history in twelfth-century Constantinople; Chapter 3 Nikephoros's reading; Chapter 4 Sources for the Material for History; Part II Readings in the Material for History; Chapter 5 Problems of the Empire: civil war and mercenaries.
- Chapter 6 The rise of AlexiosChapter 7 Romans and their enemies; Chapter 8 Military virtue; Chapter 9 Roman family politics; Chapter 10 Religion and Providence; Chapter 11 Roman heroes; Chapter 12 A Roman mother; Chapter 13 A bold young man; Part III The Material for History in twelfth-century politics and culture; Chapter 14 The Material for History and imperial politics of the twelfth century; Chapter 15 Nikephoros and Anna; Chapter 16 Roman ideals and twelfth-century Constantinopolitan culture; Conclusions; Appendix 1; Appendix 2: Vocabulary of virtue; Bibliography; Index.