Leo VI and the transformation of Byzantine Christian identity : writings of an unexpected emperor / Meredith L.D. Riedel, Duke University, North Carolina
The Byzantine emperor Leo VI (886-912), was not a general or even a soldier, like his predecessors, but a scholar, and it was the religious education he gained under the tutelage of the patriarch Photios that was to distinguish him as an unusual ruler. This book analyses Leo's literary output,...
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Riedel, Meredith L. D. 1967- (DE-588)1043737987 aut Leo VI and the transformation of Byzantine Christian identity writings of an unexpected emperor Meredith L.D. Riedel, Duke University, North Carolina 6th 6. New York Cambridge University Press [2018] xx, 219 Seiten txt n nc Enthält Literaturverzeichnis auf Seite 189-210 The Byzantine emperor Leo VI (886-912), was not a general or even a soldier, like his predecessors, but a scholar, and it was the religious education he gained under the tutelage of the patriarch Photios that was to distinguish him as an unusual ruler. This book analyses Leo's literary output, focusing on his deployment of ideological principles and religious obligations to distinguish the characteristics of the Christian oikoumene from the Islamic caliphate, primarily in his military manual known as the Taktika. It also examines in depth his 113 legislative Novels, with particular attention to their theological prolegomena, showing how the emperor's religious sensibilities find expression in his reshaping of the legal code to bring it into closer accord with Byzantine canon law. Meredith L. D. Riedel argues that the impact of his religious faith transformed Byzantine cultural identity and influenced his successors, establishing the Macedonian dynasty as a 'golden age' in Byzantium.0 The reign of Leo VI. - Romans imitating Saracens?. - The Byzantine Christian approach to war. - The ideal Christian general. - A new Solomon. - Imperial sacrality in action. - Leo VI as homilist. - Byzantines as chosen people. - Byzantine Christian statecraft Leo VI. Imperium Byzantinum, Imperator 865-912 p (DE-588)118901486 Ostkirche s (DE-588)4044087-4 Religiöse Identität s (DE-588)4354651-1 AT-OBV ubw0228 AT-OBV UBGZES YWBYZ BYZ-BIB IBF-RiedLeoVI 2231658470004498 |
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