The Byzantine Republic : : People and Power in New Rome /

The Byzantine Republic : : People and Power in New Rome / / Anthony Kaldellis.

Although Byzantium is known to history as the Eastern Roman Empire, scholars have long claimed that this Greek Christian theocracy bore little resemblance to Rome. Here, in a revolutionary model of Byzantine politics and society, Anthony Kaldellis reconnects Byzantium to its Roman roots, arguing tha...

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Kaldellis, Anthony,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (274 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Introducing the Byzantine Republic
  • 2. The Emperor in the Republic
  • 3. Extralegal Authority in a Lawful Polity
  • 4. The Sovereignty of the People in Theory
  • 5. The Sovereignty of the People in Practice
  • 6. The Secular Republic and the Theocratic "Imperial Idea"
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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