Basil II and the Governance of Empire (976-1025)Oxford University Press, 2005 - 625 Seiten "Catherine Holmes considers the problems inherent in governing such a large, multi-ethnic empire, and the solutions that Basil adopted. She explains how the extant sources make unmasking the political realities of this period so difficult, and demonstrates that a convincing picture of Basil's reign only emerges when these sources are understood in their original contexts. Particular attention is paid to the impact that the Synopsis Historian of John Skylitzes, a little-studied text from the reign of Alexios Komnenos (1081-1118), has on our understanding of Basil. As the late eleventh-century context in which Skylitzes operated is exposed, so the political, military, and administrative history of Basil's reign is reconstructed. Basil's Byzantium is revealed as a state where the rhetoric of imperial authority became reality through the astute manipulation of force and persuasion."--page 4 of cover. |
Inhalt
Introduction | 1 |
1 Basils Reign in Modern and Medieval Historical Literature | 16 |
The Historians Career and Working Methods | 66 |
Textual Analysis | 120 |
Contexts | 171 |
Historiography and the Skleros Manifesto | 240 |
6 Administration and Imperial Authority on the Eastern Frontier | 299 |
7 Administration and Imperial Authority on Byzantiums Western Frontiers | 392 |
A Reconstruction | 448 |
Coverage of Basils Reign in John Skylitzes Synopsis Historion | 544 |
Translation of the Prooimion to John Skylitzes Synopsis Historion | 548 |
Bibliography | 551 |
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administrative al-Rudhrawari Alexios Antioch Arab Aristakes aristocratic Armenian Armenische Geschichte Baghdad Balkan Frontier Balkans Bardas Phokas Bardas Skleros Basil II Basil II’s Basil the Bulgar-Slayer Basil’s reign battle Bourtzes Bulgarian Buyid Byzantine Empire Byzantium campaign Chaldia chapter Cheynet chronological command Constantine Constantinople contemporary context coverage CronograWa defeat discussion diVerent diYcult doux east eastern frontier eleventh century emperor empire’s Eustathios evidence Fatimids Greek historians Iberia Ibid idem identiWed imperial John Skylitzes John Tzimiskes katepano Kekaumenos Komnenos later tenth Legend of Basil Leo the Deacon litzes medieval Michael Psellos military narrative neighbours Nikephoros Phokas ŒÆd Oikonomides Ouranos oYce oYcials Parakoimomenos political rebel region reign of Basil reXect Romanos Lekapenos Samuel seals Seibt senior sie`cle sigillographical signiWcance Skleros revolt southern Italy Stephen of Taron Stephenson strategos Synopsis Historion Taronites tenth century testimony theme Theophanes Continuatus Thessalonika Vaspurakan Weld army Wgures Wnal Wscal Yahya ibn Sa’id Zonaras