The Byzantine Republic: People And Power In New Rome Anthony Kaldellis Harvard University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία History General Issues

Although Byzantium Is Known To History As The Eastern Roman Empire Scholars Have Long Claimed That This Greek Christian Theocracy Bore Little Resemblance Rome Here In A Revolutionary Model Of Byzantine Politics And Society Anthony Kaldellis Reconnects Its Roots Arguing From Fifth Twelfth Centuries Ce Was Essentially Republic With Power Exercised On Behalf People Sometimes By Them Too Recovers For Historical Record Less Autocratic More Populist Whose Greek-Speaking Citizens Considered Themselves Fully Their Latin-Speaking “Ancestors ”Kaldellis Shows Idea Rigid Imperial Misleading Construct Western Historians Since Enlightenment Court Proclamations Often Draped Rhetoric Notion Divine Kingship Emerged Way Disguise Inherent Vulnerability Each Regime Legitimacy Emperors Not Predicated An Absolute Right Throne But Popularity Individual Grip Tenuous Despite Stability Institution Itself Examines Overlooked Concept Polity Along Complex Relationship Law Ways They Bolstered Popular Acceptance Avoided Challenges Rebellions Periodically Rocked Were Aberrations He Essential Part Functioning Republican Monarchy Σελίδες: 312 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0202 Διαστάσεις: 15 6X15 6Cm