1st Edition
Aspects of the Mind of Byzantium Political Theory, Theology, and Ecclesiastical Relations with the See of Rome
368 Pages
by
Routledge
368 Pages
by
Routledge
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This volume of studies by the late Milton Anastos contains his major articles published after his previous collection appeared, along with the first publication of a portion of ’The Mind of Byzantium’, Anastos’s projected multi-volume survey of Byzantine intellectual history. These essays deal with the theoretical foundations of Byzantine imperial autocracy, with the formulation of Byzantine... Read more
Contents: Introduction, Speros Vryonis, Jr.; Byzantine political theory: its classical precedents and legal embodiment; Basil's Kata Eunomiou: a critical analysis; CI. 1.14.4 and the emperors' exemption from the laws; The Emperor Justin I's role in the restoration of Chalcedonian doctrine, 518-519; Basil's lapses into Arianism and how Athanasius had avoided them; The papal legates at the Council of 861 and their compliance with the wishes of the Emperor Michael III; The coronation of Emperor Michael IV in 1034 by Empress Zoe and its significance; Constantinople and Rome: a survey of the relations between the Byzantine and the Roman Churches; Index.
Biography
Milton V. Anastos, Speros Vryonis, Nicholas Goodhue
