The Byzantine Empire : a historical encyclopedia

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    • LePree, James Francis
    • Djukic, Ljudmila

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The Byzantine Empire : a historical encyclopedia

James Francis LePree, editor ; Ljudmila Djukic, assistant editor

(Empires of the world)

ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2019]

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Summary: "An indispensable resource for investigating the history of the Byzantine Empire, this book provides a comprehensive summary of its overall development as well as its legacy in the modern world"-- Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index

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An indispensable resource for investigating the history of the Byzantine Empire, this book provides a comprehensive summary of its overall development as well as its legacy in the modern world. The existence and development of Byzantium covers more than a millennium and coincides with one of the darkest periods of European history. Unfortunately, the Empire's achievements and brightest moments remain largely unknown except to Byzantine scholars. Through reference entries and primary source documents, this encyclopedia provides essential information about the Byzantine Empire from the reign of Diocletian to the Fall of Constantinople. The reference entries are grouped in eight topical sections on the most significant aspects of the history of the Byzantine Empire. These sections include individuals, key events, key places, the military, objects and artifacts, administration and organization, government and politics, and groups and organizations. Each section begins with an overview essay and contains approximately thirty entries on carefully selected topics. The entries conclude with suggestions for further reading along with cross-references., A selection of primary source documents gives readers first-hand accounts of the Byzantine world.

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VOLUME 1 Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chronology Government and Politics Overview Essay Agentes in Rebus Athanasios, Political Reforms of Late 13th/Early 14th Centuries Autocracy Bureau of Barbarians Byzantinism Caesaropapism Church Synods Cursus Publicus De Administrando Imperio (Constantine VII) (10th century) Diplomacy Eastern Orthodox Church Ecumenical Church Councils Factions, Political John the Lydian (ca. 490-ca. 570 CE) Justinian I, Governmental Reforms of (sixth century) Kletorologion of Philotheos (899 CE) Koubikoularios Kouropalates Magistros Master of Offices Nobelissimos Notarius Patriarchs Patrikios Proedros Sebastos/Sebaste Senate Suffragia Taktikon Uspensky (842 CE) Vestiarion Organization and Administration Overview Essay Annona Bureaucracy Clergy Corruption Dignities Environment Feudalism Fiscal System Guilds Hierarchy Institutes Judge, Justice Law Market Municipal Administration Offices Penalties Province Recruitment Slavery State Property Taxes Usury Weights Writing Individuals Overview Essay Anastasius, Flavius (r. 491-518 CE) Arcadius (r. 395-408 CE) Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria (328-373 CE) Basil of Caesarea (330-379 CE) Belisarius (505-565 CE) Chrysostom, John (349-407 CE) Comnena, Anna (1083-1153) Comnenus, Alexius I (r. 1081-1118) Constantine the Great (r. 306-337 CE) Diocletian (r. 284-305 CE) Gregory of Nazianzus (ca. 329-390 CE) Gregory the Great (r. 590-604 CE) Heraclius (r. 610-641 CE) Irene (r. 797-802 CE) Julian the Apostate (r. 361-363 CE) Justinian (r. 527-565 CE) Lecapenus, Romanus I (r. 920-944 CE) Leo III, the Isaurian (r. 717-741 CE) Liudprand of Cremona (920-972 CE) Maurice (r. 582-602 CE) Methodius (826-869 CE) and Cyril (815-885 CE), Apostles to the Slavs Narses (478-573 CE) Nestorius, Bishop of Constantinople (ca. 386-ca. 451 CE) Phocas (r. 602-610 CE) Procopius (500-565 CE) Rufinus (335-395 CE) Sozomen Scholasticus (400-450 CE) Theodora (500-548 CE) Theodosius II (r. 408-450 CE) Zeno (r. 474-491 CE) Groups and Organizations Overview Essay Anchorites Aporoi Arians Avars Bulgars Cenobites Collegia Coloni Curiales Demes Dynatoi Eunuchs Family Franks Gentry Iconoclasts Iconodules Khazars Mesoi Monophysites Muslims Nestorians Normans Persians Political Parties Praetorian Guard Professional Associations Secret Societies Slavs Venationes Index VOLUME 2 Key Events Overview Essay Adrianople, Battle of (378 CE) Black Death Chalcedon, Council of (451 CE) Charlemagne, Coronation of (800 CE) Constantinople, Siege and Fall of (1453) Corpus Iuris Civilis Fifth Ecumenical Council of Constantinople (553 CE) First Crusade (1095-1099) Fourth Crusade (1202-1204) Golden Age (Reign of Justinian I) (527-565 CE) Great Schism (1054) Henoticon (482 CE) Iconoclastic Controversy (711-843 CE) Islam, Expansion of Justinian I, Reconquest of the West (527-565 CE) Manzikert, Battle of (1071) Milvian Bridge, Battle of (312 CE) Nicaea, Council of (325 CE) Nika Revolt (532 CE) Persia, Wars with (fourth-seventh centuries) Rome, Fall of (fifth century) Second Crusade (1147-1150) Second Ecumenical Council of Constantinople (381 CE) Sicilian Vespers (1282) Sixth Ecumenical Council of Constantinople (680-681 CE) Theodosian Code (438 CE) Thessalonica, Edict of (380 CE) Thessalonica, Massacre of (390 CE) Third Ecumenical Council of Ephesus Three Chapters Controversy (sixth century) Yarmouk, Battle of (636 CE) Military Overview Essay Athenatoi Bucellari Cataphracts Comitatenses De Re Militari Doryphoroi Dromon Dux Excubitors Foederati Greek Fire Hetairoi Limitanei Notitia Dignitatum Noumeroi Pamphylians Pentarchs Scholae Palatinae Scutari Strategicon Strategika Strategos Sylloge Tacticorum Tactica of Leo VI Tagmata Themes Tribune Varangian Guard Vexallationes Objects and Artifacts Overview Essay Antioch Chalice Barberini Ivory Cappadocian Image of Camuliana Codex Sinaiticus Codex Vaticanus Crown of Aleppo David Plates Equestrian Statue of Justinian I Gold Solidus of Justinian I Hagia Sophia Mosaics Holy Lance Icon of the Virgin Hodegetria Khakhuli Triptych Madaba, Map of Mandylion of Edessa Missorium of Theodosius I Nerezi Murals Obelisk of Theodosius I True Cross Veroli Casket Key Places Overview Essay Antioch Bulgaria Byzantium Chalcedon Church of San Vitale (Ravenna, Italy) Church of the Holy Apostles (Constantinople) Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem) Church of the Nativity (Bethlehem) Egypt Forum of Constantine (Constantinople) Golden Gate (Constantinople) Great Palace of Constantinople Hagia Sophia (Constantinople) Hippodrome (Constantinople) Jerusalem Monastery of Saint Catherine (Mount Sinai, Egypt) Mount Athos (Greece) Saint Mark's Basilica (Venice) Theodosian Harbor (Constantinople) Walls of Theodosius (Constantinople) Primary Documents 1. Basil the Great on Cenobitic Monasticism (fourth century) 2. The Conversion of Constantine (312 CE) 3. Constantine Exempts Members of the Christian Clergy from Compulsory Public Duties (313 CE) 4. Lactantius: The Edict of Milan (313 CE) 5. Constantine Restricts the Entrance of Decuriones (City Council Members) into the Ranks of the Clergy (329 CE) 6. An Imperial Constitution of Constantine Allowing Bishops Jurisdiction over Secular Courts (333 CE) 7. Holy Relics: Saint Helena Finds the True Cross (337 CE) and the Discovery of the Holy Lance (1098) 8. Council of Nicaea: Letter of Eusebius of Caesarea to His Diocese (350 CE) 9. Theodoret Describes Julian the Apostate's Edict Forbidding Christians to Teach the Classics (362 CE) 10. Socrates Scholasticus Describes How Christians Evaded Julian the Apostate's Edict against Christians Teaching the Classics (363 CE) 11. Battle of Adrianople (378 CE) 12. First Council of Ephesus: The Condemnation of Nestorius (431 CE) 13. Pope Gelasius I on Spiritual and Temporal Power (494 CE) 14. Procopius on the Economic Impact of Emperor Justinian's Condemnation of Christian Heresies (sixth century) 15. Agapetus Counsels Justinian on the Proper Conduct of Christian Rulers (sixth century) 16. Emperor Anastasius I Awards Clovis the Titles of Consul and Patrician (508 CE) 17. Procopius' Account of Empress Theodora's Speech during the Nika Revolt (532 CE) 18. Procopius' Description of Hagia Sophia, Church of Holy Wisdom (537 CE) 19. Theophanes the Confessor Describes the Start of the Iconoclastic Controversy (724 CE) 20. "Spoiling the Egyptians": Military Strategy in the Tactica of Leo VI (886-912 CE) 21. Emperor Constantine VII Porphyogenitus Warns His Son Not to Share Greek Fire, a Gift from God, with Heretics and Non-Believers (10th century) 22. Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus Instructs His Son on the Byzantine Art of Diplomacy in an Excerpt from His De administrando imperio (950 CE) 23. Robert the Monk's Account of the Council of Clermont and Pope Urban II's Call for Christians to Take Up the Cross (1095) 24. Robert the Monk's Description of the Foundation of Constantinople (12th century) 25. Pope Innocent III's Letter to the Leaders of the Fourth Crusade Following Their Capture of Constantinople (1204) 26. Venetian Doge Andrea Dandolo Describes the Miraculous Power of the Virgin Hodegetria Icon (1343) 27. An Eyewitness Account of the Monastery of St. Catherine (mid-14th century) 28. Nicolo Barbaro's Account of the Fall of Constantinople and the Fulfillment of Constantine's Prophecies (1453) Appendix: Dynasties of the Byzantine Empire Glossary Select Bibliography Editors and Contributors Index

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