This dissertation is about history as politics in eleventh-century Byzantium. Focusing on the Historia, the work of the judge and courtier Michael Attaleiates, it examines the uses of history within the Byzantine court in the 1060s and 1070s. I argue that Michael Attaleiates wrote history with his eyes firmly set on the political scene of his times. The production of history was a highly political enterprise that allowed Attaleiates to communicate with his contemporaries and express his ideas about the empire's military and political crisis. At the same time his skills as a historian were presented as skills useful in governance. By demonstrating his understanding of the past Attaleiates hinted at his ability to plan the future. The Histori...
My dissertation studies the Byzantine episcopate at a crucial period in the history of the Empire. T...
My dissertation studies the Byzantine episcopate at a crucial period in the history of the Empire. T...
My dissertation studies the Byzantine episcopate at a crucial period in the history of the Empire. T...
This dissertation is about history as politics in eleventh-century Byzantium. Focusing on the Histor...
This thesis provides the first collective revision of four nearly contemporary eleventh-century hist...
The purpose of this thesis is to further our understanding of the period between the death of Basil ...
Delouis Olivier. Dimitris Krallis, Michael Attaleiates and the Politics of Imperial Decline in Eleve...
Delouis Olivier. Dimitris Krallis, Michael Attaleiates and the Politics of Imperial Decline in Eleve...
The present dissertation examines the ways in which Roman officials and dignitaries acted as active ...
The reign of Basil II (976-1025)is widely accepted as the high point of medieval Byzantium. When the...
This thesis will focus upon the narratives of three Middle Byzantine historians, Michael Psellos, An...
Honors (Bachelor's)History, Department ofUniversity of Michiganhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstre...
This dissertation discusses the politics of conquest and the strategies of legitimization pursued by...
My dissertation studies the Byzantine episcopate at a crucial period in the history of the Empire. T...
My dissertation studies the Byzantine episcopate at a crucial period in the history of the Empire. T...
My dissertation studies the Byzantine episcopate at a crucial period in the history of the Empire. T...
My dissertation studies the Byzantine episcopate at a crucial period in the history of the Empire. T...
My dissertation studies the Byzantine episcopate at a crucial period in the history of the Empire. T...
This dissertation is about history as politics in eleventh-century Byzantium. Focusing on the Histor...
This thesis provides the first collective revision of four nearly contemporary eleventh-century hist...
The purpose of this thesis is to further our understanding of the period between the death of Basil ...
Delouis Olivier. Dimitris Krallis, Michael Attaleiates and the Politics of Imperial Decline in Eleve...
Delouis Olivier. Dimitris Krallis, Michael Attaleiates and the Politics of Imperial Decline in Eleve...
The present dissertation examines the ways in which Roman officials and dignitaries acted as active ...
The reign of Basil II (976-1025)is widely accepted as the high point of medieval Byzantium. When the...
This thesis will focus upon the narratives of three Middle Byzantine historians, Michael Psellos, An...
Honors (Bachelor's)History, Department ofUniversity of Michiganhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstre...
This dissertation discusses the politics of conquest and the strategies of legitimization pursued by...
My dissertation studies the Byzantine episcopate at a crucial period in the history of the Empire. T...
My dissertation studies the Byzantine episcopate at a crucial period in the history of the Empire. T...
My dissertation studies the Byzantine episcopate at a crucial period in the history of the Empire. T...
My dissertation studies the Byzantine episcopate at a crucial period in the history of the Empire. T...
My dissertation studies the Byzantine episcopate at a crucial period in the history of the Empire. T...