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Theodore Metochites - Patterns Of Self-Representation In Fourteenth-Century Byzantium

by Ioannis Polemis

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 The statesman and scholar Theodore Metochites was one of the most important personalities of the fourteenth-century Byzantine Empire. A close advisor to the emperor Andronikos II and restorer of the famous monastery of Chora in Constantinople, Metochites left various writings including orations, poems, essays and commentaries on classical and religious texts, in which he discusses the numerous problems that troubled him and his contemporaries, such as the decline of the state and the tension between public life and that of the philosopher. In this book, Ioannis Polemis provides the first in-depth study of Metochites'' oeuvre, revealing the complex way he represented the authorial self to critique the politics and mores of his day, whilst at the same time shielding himself from potential criticism. Polemis details the way Metochites deftly manipulated figures and tropes from classical antiquity and early Christianity to justify his role in public life, which was traditionally shunned by scholars in the pursuit of ''logos''. The book provides unique insights into one of the late Empire''s most important figures, as well as more widely deepening our understanding of classical reception in Byzantium and the social, political and intellectual climate of Constantinople in the fourteenth century.
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From Byzantine To Norman Italy - Mediterranean Art And Architecture In Medieval Bari

by Clare (Birkbeck, University Of London, Uk) Vernon

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 Using Italian sources unavailable in English, this book analyses the art and architecture of the archdiocese of Bari and Canosa during the Byzantine period
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Theodore Metochites - Patterns Of Self-Representation In Fourteenth-Century Byzantium

by Ioannis Polemis

34,57€ + 10% CARD

 The statesman and scholar Theodore Metochites was one of the most important personalities of the fourteenth-century Byzantine Empire. A close advisor to the emperor Andronikos II and restorer of the famous monastery of Chora in Constantinople, Metochites left various writings including orations, poems, essays and commentaries on classical and religious texts, in which he discusses the numerous problems that troubled him and his contemporaries, such as the decline of the state and the tension between public life and that of the philosopher. In this book, Ioannis Polemis provides the first in-depth study of Metochites'' oeuvre, revealing the complex way he represented the authorial self to critique the politics and mores of his day, whilst at the same time shielding himself from potential criticism. Polemis details the way Metochites deftly manipulated figures and tropes from classical antiquity and early Christianity to justify his role in public life, which was traditionally shunned by scholars in the pursuit of ''logos''. The book provides unique insights into one of the late Empire''s most important figures, as well as more widely deepening our understanding of classical reception in Byzantium and the social, political and intellectual climate of Constantinople in the fourteenth century.
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Byzantium In The Popular Imagination - The Modern Reception Of The Byzantine Empire

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 What is the contemporary cultural legacy of Byzantium or The Eastern Roman Empire? This book explores the varied reception history of the Byzantine Empire across a range of cultural production. Split into four sections: the origins of ''Byzantomania'' in France, modern media, literature, and politics, it provides case studies which show the numerous ways in which the empire''s legacy can be felt today. Covering television, video games and contemporary political discourse, contributors also consider a wide range of national and geographical perspectives including Russian, Turkish, Polish, Greek and Hungarian. It will be essential reading for scholars and students of the reception and cultural history of the Byzantine Empire.
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Byzantium In The Popular Imagination - The Modern Reception Of The Byzantine Empire

34,57€ + 10% CARD

 What is the contemporary cultural legacy of Byzantium or The Eastern Roman Empire? This book explores the varied reception history of the Byzantine Empire across a range of cultural production. Split into four sections: the origins of ''Byzantomania'' in France, modern media, literature, and politics, it provides case studies which show the numerous ways in which the empire''s legacy can be felt today. Covering television, video games and contemporary political discourse, contributors also consider a wide range of national and geographical perspectives including Russian, Turkish, Polish, Greek and Hungarian. It will be essential reading for scholars and students of the reception and cultural history of the Byzantine Empire.
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From Byzantine To Norman Italy - Mediterranean Art And Architecture In Medieval Bari

by Clare Vernon

35,76€ + 10% CARD

 Using Italian sources unavailable in English, this book analyses the art and architecture of the archdiocese of Bari and Canosa during the Byzantine period
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From Byzantine To Norman Italy - Mediterranean Art And Architecture In Medieval Bari

by Clare Vernon

35,76€ + 10% CARD

 Using Italian sources unavailable in English, this book analyses the art and architecture of the archdiocese of Bari and Canosa during the Byzantine period
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Politics And Government In Byzantium - The Rise And Fall Of The Bureaucrats

by Jonathan Shea

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 The eleventh century marked a turning point in the history of the Byzantine Empire. At its start Byzantium was the paramount power in the Mediterranean world, by turns feared, respected and admired. By the century''s close the empire had lost half of its territory and had managed only a partial recovery under the leadership of the Komnenos family. How did a powerful and famously wealthy empire collapse so quickly? The contemporary accounts of this turbulent ''long'' century (taken here as c. 950-1100) attribute the empire''s decline to the emperors'' reckless and self-serving favouring of civilian bureaucrats and, while these sources are today widely acknowledged as biased and unreliable, modern assessments of the century have hitherto failed to suggest any tangible alternatives. To circumvent this dearth of archival material, Jonathan Shea has meticulously analysed 2,200 unpublished seals from the period (more than a third of the known total extant today) to uncover exactly whom the emperors were favouring and promoting, as well as developing a nuanced and revealing picture of the makeup of the much-chastised civilian bureaucracy. The sigillographic evidence is throughout measured against the written material to give a fresh account of this key transitional century and a rare insight into Byzantine politics.
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Politics And Government In Byzantium - The Rise And Fall Of The Bureaucrats

by Jonathan Shea

27,41€ + 10% CARD

 The eleventh century marked a turning point in the history of the Byzantine Empire. At its start Byzantium was the paramount power in the Mediterranean world, by turns feared, respected and admired. By the century''s close the empire had lost half of its territory and had managed only a partial recovery under the leadership of the Komnenos family. How did a powerful and famously wealthy empire collapse so quickly? The contemporary accounts of this turbulent ''long'' century (taken here as c. 950-1100) attribute the empire''s decline to the emperors'' reckless and self-serving favouring of civilian bureaucrats and, while these sources are today widely acknowledged as biased and unreliable, modern assessments of the century have hitherto failed to suggest any tangible alternatives. To circumvent this dearth of archival material, Jonathan Shea has meticulously analysed 2,200 unpublished seals from the period (more than a third of the known total extant today) to uncover exactly whom the emperors were favouring and promoting, as well as developing a nuanced and revealing picture of the makeup of the much-chastised civilian bureaucracy. The sigillographic evidence is throughout measured against the written material to give a fresh account of this key transitional century and a rare insight into Byzantine politics.
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From Byzantine To Norman Italy - Mediterranean Art And Architecture In Medieval Bari

by Clare (Birkbeck, University Of London, Uk) Vernon

~~121,67€~~ 85,17€ 30% OFF

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 Using Italian sources unavailable in English, this book analyses the art and architecture of the archdiocese of Bari and Canosa during the Byzantine period
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Theodore Metochites - Patterns Of Self-Representation In Fourteenth-Century Byzantium

by Ioannis (University Of Athens, Greece) Polemis

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Byzantium In The Popular Imagination - The Modern Reception Of The Byzantine Empire

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Ataturk - Father Of The Republic Of Turkey

by George W. Gawrych

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Theodore Metochites - Patterns Of Self-Representation In Fourteenth-Century Byzantium

by Ioannis (University Of Athens, Greece) Polemis

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Heroine Worship

by Sarah Kuhn

~~10,80€~~ 7,56€ 30% OFF
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Byzantium In The Popular Imagination - The Modern Reception Of The Byzantine Empire

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Titan Song

by Dan Stout

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Sinners And Saints

by Jennifer Roberson

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Unreconciled

by W. Michael Gear

~~12,16€~~ 8,51€ 30% OFF
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Spectrum

by Julie E. Czerneda

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Mirage

by Julie E. Czerneda

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Titan'S Day

by Dan Stout

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Implacable Alpha

by W. Michael Gear

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Bottle Demon

by Stephen Blackmoore

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