This book instead adopts a chronological approach and considers how Basil justified his seizure of power, and how his successors went on to articulate their own ideas about authority.
This book instead adopts a chronological approach and considers how Basil justified his seizure of power, and how his successors went on to articulate their own ideas about authority.
Neil Churchill is an independent scholar who specialises in art and politics in Byzantium and the early medieval west. He studied the art and kingship of the Carolingians at the University of Cambridge and completed his doctorate on the art of Basil I, Leo VI and Alexander, the first three Macedonian emperors of Byzantium, at the University of Sussex.
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Introduction Basil I: usurping power Laying foundations: Basil's building work From emperor to dynasty: family and succession Leo VI: continuity and change Leo VI: power contested Alexander: idler or innovator? Dynasty destablised: the regency of Zoe Dynasty under threat: Romanos I and the Lekapenoi Constantine VII and the re-invention of the dynasty Conclusion Bibliography
Introduction Basil I: usurping power Laying foundations: Basil's building work From emperor to dynasty: family and succession Leo VI: continuity and change Leo VI: power contested Alexander: idler or innovator? Dynasty destablised: the regency of Zoe Dynasty under threat: Romanos I and the Lekapenoi Constantine VII and the re-invention of the dynasty Conclusion Bibliography
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