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Zusatztext "Judith Herrin has been a fixture on the Byzantine academic stage for nearly half a century and her volume of collected essays is a testament to her sustained and vital contributions to the field. . . . But as engaging as are the essays, far more fascinating are the introduction to the book and the introductions to the individual essays, which offer a remarkable window through which the reader can discern not only the intellectual but the social, professional, and at times even the personal, contexts of her work. . . . We realize as we read her articles that scholarship is no less about who we are than on our conclusions about the past." ---David Olster, European Legacy Informationen zum Autor Judith Herrin is professor emeritus in the Department of Classics at King’s College London. Her books include Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe ; Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire ; Unrivalled Influence: Women and Empire in Byzantium ; Women in Purple: Rulers of Medieval Byzantium ; and The Formation of Christendom (all Princeton). She lives in Oxford, England. Klappentext This volume explores the political! cultural! and ecclesiastical forces that linked the metropolis of Byzantium to the margins of its far-flung empire. Focusing on the provincial region of Hellas and Peloponnesos in central and southern Greece! Judith Herrin shows how the prestige of Constantinople was reflected in the military! civilian! and ecclesiastical officials sent out to govern the provinces. She evokes the ideology and culture of the center by examining different aspects of the imperial court! including diplomacy! ceremony! intellectual life! and relations with the church. Particular topics treat the transmission of mathematical manuscripts! the burning of offensive material! and the church's role in distributing philanthropy. Zusammenfassung Explores the political, cultural, and ecclesiastical forces that linked the metropolis of Byzantium to the margins of its far-flung empire. Focusing on the provincial region of Hellas and Peloponnesos in central and southern Greece, this title shows how the prestige of Constantinople was reflected in the military, civilian, and more. Inhaltsverzeichnis Abbreviations ix Introduction xiii MARGINS 1. A Christian Millennium: Greece in Byzantium--How the Empire Worked at Its Edge 3 2. Aspects of the Process of Hellenization in the Early Middle Ages 33 3. Realities of Provincial Government: Hellas and Peloponnesos! 1180-1204 58 4. The Ecclesiastical Organization of Central Greece at the Time of Michael Choniates: New Evidence from the Codex Atheniensis 1371 103 5. The Collapse of the Byzantine Empire in the Twelfth Century: A Study of a Medieval Economy 111 6. Byzantine Kythera 130 METROPOLIS 7. Byzantium: The Palace and the City 159 8. Philippikos and the Greens 179 9. Philippikos "the Gentle" 192 10. The Historical Context of Iconoclast Reform 206 11. Constantinople! Rome! and the Franks in the Seventh and Eighth Centuries 220 12. The Pentarchy: Theory and Reality in the Ninth Century 239 13. From Bread and Circuses to Soup and Salvation: The Origins of Byzantine Charity 267 14. Ideals of Charity! Realities of Welfare: The Philanthropic Activity of the Byzantine Church 299 15. Mathematical Mysteries in Byzantium: The Transmission of Fermat's Last Theorem 312 16. Book Burning as Purification in Early Byzantium 335 Index 357 ...
