Power and Representation in Byzantium - The Forging of the Macedonian Dynasty

This book instead adopts a chronological approach and considers how Basil justified his seizure of power, and how his successors went on to articulate their own ideas about authority.

List of contents

Introduction / Basil I: usurping power / Laying foundations: Basil's building work / From emperor to dynasty: family and succession / Leo VI: continuity and change / Leo VI: power contested / Alexander: idler or innovator? / Dynasty destablised: the regency of Zoe / Dynasty under threat: Romanos I and the Lekapenoi / Constantine VII and the re-invention of the dynasty / Conclusion / Bibliography

About the author

Neil Churchill is an independent scholar who specialises in art and politics in Byzantium and the early medieval west. He studied the art and kingship of the Carolingians at the University of Cambridge and completed his doctorate on the art of Basil I, Leo VI and Alexander, the first three Macedonian emperors of Byzantium, at the University of Sussex.

Summary

This book instead adopts a chronological approach and considers how Basil justified his seizure of power, and how his successors went on to articulate their own ideas about authority.

Product details

• Authors: Neil Churchill, Churchill Neil
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.12.2023
• EAN: 9781032185927
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3218592-7
• No. of pages: 266
• Series: Studies in Byzantine Cultural History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; The arts: general issues, HISTORY / General, Social & cultural history, History of art / art & design styles, Medieval History, History of Art, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, History and Archaeology, Art forms, The Arts: art forms, The arts: general topics