UID:
almahu_9949385962002882
Format:
1 online resource (xviii, 252 pages)
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781315208541
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1315208547
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9781351803953
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1351803956
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9781351803960
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1351803964
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9781351803977
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1351803972
Series Statement:
Publications of the Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies ; 19
Content:
The eleventh century in Byzantium is all about being in between, whether this is between Basil II and Alexios Komnenos, between the forces of the Normans, the Pechenegs and the Turks, or between different social groupings, cultural identities and religious persuasions. It is a period of fundamental changes and transformations, both internal and external, but also a period rife with clichés and dominated by the towering presence of Michael Psellos whose usually self-contradictory accounts continue to loom large in the field of Byzantine studies. The essays collected here, which were delivered at the 45th Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, explore new avenues of research and offer new perspectives on this transitional period. The book is divided into four thematic clusters: 'The age of Psellos' studies this crucial figure and seeks to situate him in his time; 'Social structures' is concerned with the ways in which the deep structures of Byzantine society and economy responded to change; 'State and Church' offers a set of studies of various political developments in eleventh-century Byzantium; and 'The age of spirituality' offers the voices of those for whom Psellos had little time and little use: monks, religious thinkers and pious laymen.
Content:
The eleventh century in Byzantium is all about being in between, whether this is between Basil II and Alexios Komnenos, between the forces of the Normans, the Pechenegs and the Turks, or between different social groupings, cultural identities and religious persuasions. It is a period of fundamental changes and transformations, both internal and external, but also a period rife with cliches and dominated by the towering presence of Michael Psellos whose usually self-contradictory accounts continue to loom large in the field of Byzantine studies. The essays collected here, which were delivered at the 45th Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, explore new avenues of research and offer new perspectives on this transitional period. The book is divided into four thematic clusters: The Age of Psellos studies this crucial figure and seeks to situate him in his time; Social Structures is concerned with the ways in which the deep structures of Byzantine society and economy responded to change; State and Church offers a set of studies of various political developments in eleventh-century Byzantium; and The Age of Spirituality offers the voices of those for whom Psellos had little time and little use: monks, religious thinkers, and pious laymen.
Note:
List of Figures Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Abbreviations Marc D. Lauxtermann Introduction Section I The Age of Psellos 1. Paul Magdalino From 'encyclopaedism' to 'humanism': the turning point of Basil II and the millennium 2. Michael Jeffreys Michael Psellos and the eleventh century: a double helix of reception 3. Floris Bernard Authorial practices and competitive performance in the works of Michael Psellos 4. Jean-Claude Cheynet L'administration provinciale dans la correspondance de Michel Psellos Section II Social Structures 5. James Howard-Johnston The Peira and legal practices in eleventh-century Byzantium 6. Peter Sarris Beyond the great plains and the barren hills: rural landscapes and social structures in eleventh-century Byzantium 7. Tim Greenwood Aristakēs Lastivertc'i and Armenian urban consciousness Section III State and Church 8. Mark Whittow The second fall: the place of the eleventh century in Roman history 9. Jonathan Shepard Storm clouds and a thunderclap: east-west tensions towards the mid-eleventh century 10. Dimitris Krallis Urbanite warriors: smoothing out tensions between soldiers and civilians in Attaleiates' encomium to Emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates 11. Judith Ryder Leo of Chalcedon: conflicting ecclesiastical models in the Byzantine eleventh century 12. Peter Frankopan Re-interpreting the role of the family in Comnenian Byzantium: where blood is not thicker than water Section IV The Age of Spirituality 13. Dirk Krausmüller From competition to conformity: saints' lives, typika, and the Byzantine monastic discourse of the eleventh century 14. Barbara Crostini Eleventh-century monasticism between politics and spirituality 15. Georgi R. Parpulov The rise of devotional imagery in eleventh-century Byzantium Index
Language:
English
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