Basil II and the Governance of Empire (976-1025)
Series: Oxford Studies in Byzantium;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 24 November 2005
- ISBN 9780199279685
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages640 pages
- Size 224x146x39 mm
- Weight 888 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 4 maps 0
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Short description:
This is the first book-length study in English of the Byzantine emperor Basil II, the 'Bulgar-slayer'. Basil presided over a Byzantium which was the superpower of the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East in the century before the Crusades. Catherine Holmes peels away the layers of later interpretations to reveal an empire that was governed by a potent mixture of subtle persuasion and brute force.
MoreLong description:
This is the first book-length study in English of the Byzantine emperor Basil II. Basil II, later known as 'Bulgar-slayer', is famous for his military conquests and his brutal intimidation of domestic foes. Catherine Holmes considers the problems Basil faced in governing a large, multi-ethnic empire, which stretched from southern Italy to Mesopotamia. Her close focus on the surviving historical narratives, above all the Synopsis Historion of John Skylitzes, reveals a Byzantium governed as much by persuasion as coercion. This book will appeal to those interested in Byzantium before the Crusades, the governance of pre-modern empires, and the methodology of writing early medieval political history.
Holmes has made major contributions both to the study of medieval historiography and to the reassessment of the nature of Byzantine provincial government in the tenth and early eleventh centuries
Table of Contents:
Basil's reign in modern and medieval historical literature
Basil II and John Skylitzes: the historian's career and working methods
Basil II and the testimony of John Skylitzes: textual analysis
Basil II and the testimony of John Skylitzes: contexts
The revolts of Skleros and Phokas: historiography and the Skleros manifesto
Administration and imperial authority on the eastern frontier
Administration and imperial authority on Byzantium's western frontiers
The reign of Basil II: a reconstruction
