Emperor and Priest: The Imperial Office in Byzantium - Brossura

Dagron, Gilbert

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ISBN 10: 0521036976 ISBN 13: 9780521036979

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Riassunto

This is a revised and translated edition of Gilbert Dagron's Empereur et prêtre, an acknowledged masterwork by one of the great Byzantine scholars of our time. The figure of the Byzantine emperor, a ruler who sometimes was also designated a priest, has long fascinated the western imagination. This book studies in detail the imperial union of 'two powers', temporal and spiritual, against a wide background of relations between Church and state and religious and political spheres. Presenting much unfamiliar material in complex, brilliant style, it is aimed at all historians concerned with royal and ecclesiastical sources of power.

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Recensione:

'... This is a very significant book for Byzantine specialists ... Indeed, no one interested in the varieties of earthly sovereignty should be unaware of it.' John W. Barker, Speculum

Descrizione del libro:

The figure of the Byzantine emperor, who sometimes was also designated a priest, has long fascinated the western imagination. This classic book studies in detail the imperial union of 'two powers', temporal and spiritual, against a broad background of relations between Church and state and religious and political spheres.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0521036976
• ISBN 13: 9780521036979
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 356