The Emperor Romanus Lecapenus and his Reign: A Study of Tenth-Century Byzantium - Brossura

Runciman, Steven

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ISBN 10: 0521357225 ISBN 13: 9780521357227

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1988

Riassunto

This study, centred around the reign of the usurping Emperor Romanus Lecapenus, was originally published in 1929, reissued in 1963, and has been out of print for several years. It contributed to the revival of interest in Byzantine studies at that time, and has since remained one of the most authoritative and readable accounts of the period.

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Recensione:

'A remarkably able book ... A fine piece of work - in every respect a most valuable contribution to the history of a difficult period.' New Statesman

'Deep learning and taste and skill in its presentation have combined to produce a work which is a credit to Cambridge scholarship and history.' The Times

'A very readable book, extraordinarily full of detail yet never dull. It seems to me to be a model of what such books should be.' Annual Bulletin of Historical Literature

'The author has certainly provided for this hitherto neglected emperor his 'proper mansion in history'.' English Historical Review

Contenuti:

Prologue: sources for a history of the Emperor Romanus Lecapenus; 1. Life in Byzantium at the beginning of the tenth century; 2. The legacy of the Emperor Leo the wise; 3. The regency: Alexander, Nicholas and Zoe; 4. Romanus Lecapenus and his government at home; 5. The Bulgarian war; 6. Byzantium and the nations of the steppes; 7. The eastern frontier; 8. Armenia and the Caucasus; 9. Byzantine Italy; 10. The southern Slavs and Illyricum; 11. The land laws and other legislation; 12. The fall of the Lecapeni; 13. Romanus and his reign's place in history; Appendixes; Bibliography; Appendix; Index; Map.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0521357225
• ISBN 13: 9780521357227
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288