The invisible force of authority bound the diverse groups in the Byzantine state and maintained its existence across many centuries. The present volume brings together an international cast of contributors to explore the many aspects and construction of authority within the state, the church and the family. They examine the authority of knowledge and text, the depiction of authority, and lastly, the legacy of three great scholars of Byzantine studies. Five of the sections are followed by responses from a specialist in the western Middle Ages bringing a wider European perspective to the subject.…mehr
The invisible force of authority bound the diverse groups in the Byzantine state and maintained its existence across many centuries. The present volume brings together an international cast of contributors to explore the many aspects and construction of authority within the state, the church and the family. They examine the authority of knowledge and text, the depiction of authority, and lastly, the legacy of three great scholars of Byzantine studies. Five of the sections are followed by responses from a specialist in the western Middle Ages bringing a wider European perspective to the subject.
Dr Pamela Armstrong is Director, Oxford Byzantine Ceramics Project, Member of the Sub-faculty of Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology, and Member of Common Room, Wolfson College, University of Oxford, UK.
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Contents: Preface; Introduction; Part I The Authority of the State: Aspects of moral leadership: the imperial city and lucre from legality Jonathan Shepard; Trial by ordeal in Byzantium: on whose authority? Ruth Macrides; A case study: the use of the nominative on imperial portraits from Antiquity to Byzantium Sergey Ivanov; Response Susan Reynolds. Part II Authority in the Market-Place: Displaying the emperor's authority and kharaktèr on the marketplace Cécile Morrisson; The authority of the Eparchos in the markets of Constantinople (according to the Book of the Eparch) Johannes Koder; Response Chris Wickham. Part III The Authority of the Church: Coming of age in Byzantium: agency and authority in rites of passage from infancy to adulthood Jane Baun; The authority of the Church in uneasy times: the example of Demetrios Chomatenos archbishop of Ohrid in the state of Epiros 1216-1236 Gÿnter Prinzing; Response Miri Rubin. Part IV Authority within the Family: Family ties bonds of kinship (9th-11th centuries) Christine Angelidi; The limits of marital authority: examining continence in the lives of Saints Julian and Basilissa and Saints Chrysanthus and Daria Anne P. Alwis; Response Janet Nelson. Part V The Authority of Knowledge: Knowledge in authority and authorised history: the imperial intellectual programme of Leo VI and Constantine VII Paul Magdalino; The authority of knowledge in the name of the authority of mimesis Charalambos Bakirtzis; On whose authority? Regulating medical practice in the 12th and early 13th centuries Dionysios Stathakopoulos; Response Alexander Murray. Part VI The Authority of the Text: Believe it or not: authority in religious texts Albrecht Berger; From the workshop of Niketas Choniates: the authority of tradition and literary mimesis Alicia Simpson; 'And many many more': a 16th-century description of private libraries in Constantinople and the authority of books Marc D. Lauxtermann. Part VII Exhibiting A
Contents: Preface; Introduction; Part I The Authority of the State: Aspects of moral leadership: the imperial city and lucre from legality Jonathan Shepard; Trial by ordeal in Byzantium: on whose authority? Ruth Macrides; A case study: the use of the nominative on imperial portraits from Antiquity to Byzantium Sergey Ivanov; Response Susan Reynolds. Part II Authority in the Market-Place: Displaying the emperor's authority and kharaktèr on the marketplace Cécile Morrisson; The authority of the Eparchos in the markets of Constantinople (according to the Book of the Eparch) Johannes Koder; Response Chris Wickham. Part III The Authority of the Church: Coming of age in Byzantium: agency and authority in rites of passage from infancy to adulthood Jane Baun; The authority of the Church in uneasy times: the example of Demetrios Chomatenos archbishop of Ohrid in the state of Epiros 1216-1236 Gÿnter Prinzing; Response Miri Rubin. Part IV Authority within the Family: Family ties bonds of kinship (9th-11th centuries) Christine Angelidi; The limits of marital authority: examining continence in the lives of Saints Julian and Basilissa and Saints Chrysanthus and Daria Anne P. Alwis; Response Janet Nelson. Part V The Authority of Knowledge: Knowledge in authority and authorised history: the imperial intellectual programme of Leo VI and Constantine VII Paul Magdalino; The authority of knowledge in the name of the authority of mimesis Charalambos Bakirtzis; On whose authority? Regulating medical practice in the 12th and early 13th centuries Dionysios Stathakopoulos; Response Alexander Murray. Part VI The Authority of the Text: Believe it or not: authority in religious texts Albrecht Berger; From the workshop of Niketas Choniates: the authority of tradition and literary mimesis Alicia Simpson; 'And many many more': a 16th-century description of private libraries in Constantinople and the authority of books Marc D. Lauxtermann. Part VII Exhibiting A
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