Heroes and Romans in twelfth-century Byzantium : the Material for history of Nikephoros Bryennios /

Main Author: Neville, Leonora Alice, 1970-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012
Subjects:
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245 1 0 |a Heroes and Romans in twelfth-century Byzantium :   |b the Material for history of Nikephoros Bryennios /   |c Leonora Neville 
260 1 0 |a Cambridge :   |b Cambridge University Press,   |c 2012 
300 1 0 |a xiv, 243 p. :   |b geneal. tables ;   |c 24 cm 
504 1 0 |a Includes bibliographical references 
505 0 0 |a 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. Reading 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; Appendix 1; Appendix 2. Vocabulary of virtue 
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651 3 0 |a Byzantine Empire   |x History   |y Alexius I Comnenus, 1081-1118 
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