The Byzantine Empire : a historical encyclopedia
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The Byzantine Empire : a historical encyclopedia
（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
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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.
Table of Contents
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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