Meredith L. D. Riedel

Broschiertes Buch

Leo VI and the Transformation of Byzantine Christian Identity

Beschreibung

Examines political strategies employed by Leo VI in his writings and the role of religion as a carrier of communal identity in Byzantium. Highlights differences between Christianity and Islam, deployment of Christian identity by the Byzantine emperor, and the role of religion during the heyday of history's longest-lived Christian empire.

Autor

Meredith L. D. Riedel is an Assistant Professor of the History of Christianity at Duke University, North Carolina. She is a historian of early medieval Byzantine political thought and comparative religion, and is currently writing a book on the first five hundred years of interaction between Byzantium and the Caliphate. She serves on the Governing Body of the Byzantine Studies Association of North America.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 354g
• ISBN-13: 9781107662575
• ISBN-10: 1107662575
• Artikelnr.: 61622398