Church and Society in Byzantium under the Comneni, 1081-1261

List of contents

A note on transliteration; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. The Eleventh Century: 1. Conflict; Part II. Emperors and PATRIARCHS: 2. Alexius Comnenus and the church; 3. Church and politics under Manuel I Comnenus; 4. The failure of the Comnenian church settlement; PART III. THE BISHOP AND LOCAL SOCIETY: 5. The framework; 6. Theophylact of Ohrid; 7. Michael Italikos and George Tornikes; 8. Eustathasius of Thessalonika; 9. Michael Choniates; 10. John Apokaukos; 11. George Bardanes; 12. Demetrius Chomatianos; PART IV. MONASTERIES AND SOCIETY: 13. Alexius I Comnenus and monasticism; 14. Manuel I Comnenus and the monasteries; 15. The role of the monasteries under the Comneni; 16. The monastic estate and society; 17. Lay patronage and the monasteries; 18. The condition of the monasteries under the Comneni; PART V. RELIGION AND SOCIETY: 19. Lay piety: framework and assumptions; 20. Law and marriage; 21. Byzantine woman; 22. Lay piety at Byzantium: beliefs and customs; 23. The Bogomils; PART VI. EXILE 1204-61: 24. Byzantium and the Latins; 25. Imperial authority and the orthodox church; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Angold, Michael (University of Edinburgh) Angold, Michael J. Angold
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.03.2015
• EAN: 9780521269865
• ISBN: 978-0-521-26986-5
• No. of pages: 622
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 33 mm
• Weight: 887 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages