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Genre/Form: | History Sources |
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Named Person: | Nicephorus Bryennius; Nicephorus Bryennius |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Leonora Alice Neville; John W Rowe; Jeanne M Rowe |
ISBN: | 9781107009455 1107009456 9781316628935 1316628930 |
OCLC Number: | 984475077 |
Notes: | Originally published: 2012. |
Description: | 243 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Introduction -- Part I. Contexts. 1. Twelfth-century politics and the House of Komnenos -- 2. Writing history in twelfth-century Constantinople -- 3. Nikephoros' reading -- 4. Sources for the Material for History -- Part II. Readings in the Material for History. 5. Problems of the Empire: civil war and mercenaries -- 6. The rise of Alexios -- 7. Romans and their enemies -- 8. Military virtue -- 9. Roman family politics -- 10. Religion and providence -- 11. Roman heroes -- 12. A Roman mother -- 13. A bold young man -- Part III. The Material for History in twelfth-century politics and culture. 14. The Material for History and imperial politics of the twelfth century -- 15. Nikephoros and Anna -- 16. Roman ideals and twelfth-century Constantinopolitan culture -- Conclusions. |
Responsibility: | Leonora Neville, John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe. |
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'... elegantly written and persuasively argued ... it rekindles the conversation about twelfth-century culture, politics, and historiography, aligning it with recent scholarship in the fields of Roman and Byzantine studies.' Dimitris Krallis, English Historical Review '... dazzling and insightful ...' Mike Markowitz, The NYMAS Review Read more...
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