Radical Traditionalism - The Influence of Walter Kaegi in Late Antique, Byzantine, and

This volume brings together scholars from fields and disciplines as diverse as medieval history, Byzantine history, Roman art history, and early Islamic studies that were influenced by Walter Kaegi. The contributors examine political culture, source criticism, and institutional continuity and discontinuity in a variety of areas.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Walter Kaegi: A Historiographic Review, David Olster
Part I: Quellenkritik
Chapter 2: Jerusalem in the Roman and Byzantine Periods in Mujir al-Din's Fifteenth-Century History of Jerusalem and Hebron, Robert Schick
Chapter 3: Logos and Ergon in the Histories of John VI Kantakouzenos, Leonidas Pittos
Chapter 4: Constans II's Odd Speech, David Olster
Part II: Politics / Institutional
Chapter 5: Reimagining the Ties between the House of Nubel and the Donatist Church in Late Roman North Africa, Nathan Leidholm
Chapter 6: Attila, Honoria, and the Nature of Hunnic Rule, Charles W. King
Chapter 7: The Optics of Byzantine Blinding in Medieval Eastern Europe, Christian Raffensperger
Part III: Political / Cultural
Chapter 8: The character of Hincmar of Reims in four ninth-century manuscripts, Jeremy Thompson
Chapter 9: George of Pisidia and Contra Severum: Panegyric and Polemic as Sources for Interpreting Religious Policy, Daniel Larison
Chapter 10: Seminaries, Cults, and Militia in Byzantine Heresiologies: A Genealogy of the Labeling of Paulicians, Hisatsugu Kusabu
Chapter 11: Performing History at the Forum of Constantine, Galina Tirnani¿
Chapter 12: The Conversion of Sacrifice in Late Antique Art, Alice Christ
Epilogue: Walter Kaegi and His Legacy, David Olster and Christian Raffensperger

About the author

Christian Raffensperger is associate professor of history at Wittenberg University.

David Olster is professor of history at the University of Kentucky.

Product details

• Authors: David Raffensperger Olster
• Assisted by: David Olster (Editor), Christian Raffensperger (Editor), Raffensperger Christian (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781498584869
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-8486-9
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: Byzantium: A European Empire a; Byzantium: A European Empire a; Byzantium: A European Empire and Its Legacy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Europe, European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, ART / European, Medieval History, History of Art, Ancient World, History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Medieval style, ART / History / European / Medieval