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Zusatztext The eleventh-century rift between the Byzantine Empire and the Armenian people played a crucial role in shaping the future history of Anatolia and the wider region. In this compelling study, Bromige offers an insightful model for understanding how the once-strong bonds connecting these communities collapsed into suspicion and animosity. Informationen zum Autor Toby Bromige received his PhD from Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. He is currently a Visiting Lecturer at City, University of London, UK. Klappentext Armenians in the Byzantine Empire is a new study exploring the relationship between the Armenians and Byzantines from the ninth through eleventh centuries . Utilising primary sources from multiple traditions, the evidence is clear that until the eleventh century Armenian migrants were able to fully assimilate into the Empire, in time recognized fully as Romaioi (Byzantine Romans). From the turn of the eleventh century however, migrating groups of Armenians seem to have resisted the previously successful process of assimilation, holding onto their ancestral and religious identity, and viewing the Byzantines with suspicion. This stagnation and ultimate failure to assimilate Armenian migrants into Byzantium has never been thoroughly investigated, despite its dire consequences in the late eleventh century when the Empire faced its most severe crisis since the rise of Islam, the arrival and settlement of the Turkic peoples in Anatolia. Vorwort A history of the Armenian-Byzantine relations, assimilation and alienation from 867 to 1098 Zusammenfassung Armenians in the Byzantine Empire is a new study exploring the relationship between the Armenians and Byzantines from the ninth through eleventh centuries . Utilising primary sources from multiple traditions, the evidence is clear that until the eleventh century Armenian migrants were able to fully assimilate into the Empire, in time recognized fully as Romaioi (Byzantine Romans). From the turn of the eleventh century however, migrating groups of Armenians seem to have resisted the previously successful process of assimilation, holding onto their ancestral and religious identity, and viewing the Byzantines with suspicion. This stagnation and ultimate failure to assimilate Armenian migrants into Byzantium has never been thoroughly investigated, despite its dire consequences in the late eleventh century when the Empire faced its most severe crisis since the rise of Islam, the arrival and settlement of the Turkic peoples in Anatolia. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of mapsAuthor’s note Byzantium and Armenia: An Introduction The Armenians in the Byzantine Empire: A historiographical overviewRomanisation: A Process ExplainedBeing Roman in ByzantiumBeing Armenian in the early Middle Ages Chapter One: Armenian Assimilation in Action, c.867-1000 A.D. The Areas of Territorial SettlementAcceptance and Adoption of ‘Roman Customs’The Army and the NobilityReligious Conversion and ConformityConclusion Chapter Two: The Byzantine Annexations of Armenia, 1000-1064: Ideology and Opportunism? Basil II and his imageThe Context of the AnnexationsThe Subsequent AnnexationsUnforeseen ConsequencesConclusion Chapter Three: The Alienation of the Armenians, c.1020-1071 The Later Annexations and Settlements: Vaspurakan, Ani and Kars.Religious AntagonismThe Royal Armenians in the EmpireThe ‘Rebellion’ of 1040Grigor MagistrosGagik II of AniThe First Steps to SeparatismConclusion Chapter Four: Separatism, 1071-1098 Romanos IV, Manzikert and the Islamic WorldThe Separatism of the Armenian LordsThe Armenian ChurchFrom Philaretos to the First Crusade (1086-1098)Conclusion Closing Remarks Appendix I: The Harran GateBibliographyPrimary Sources:Secondary Sources:...
