1st Edition
Power and Representation in Byzantium The Forging of the Macedonian Dynasty
By Neil Churchill
Copyright 2024
278 Pages
18 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
278 Pages
18 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
278 Pages
18 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Throughout the history of Byzantium 65 emperors were dethroned and only 39 reigns ended peacefully. How might a usurper get away with murdering his predecessor? And how could a bloody act of regicide lead to one of the most glorious of all eras in Byzantium? These were questions that puzzled Michael Psellos as he looked back at Basil I’s assassination of Michael III and the origin of the... Read more
Introduction
- Basil I: usurping power
- Laying foundations: Basil’s building work
- From emperor to dynasty: family and succession
- Leo VI: continuity and change
- Leo VI: power contested
- Alexander: idler or innovator?
- Dynasty destablised: the regency of Zoe
- Dynasty under threat: Romanos I and the Lekapenoi
- Constantine VII and the re-invention of the dynasty
Conclusion
Bibliography
Biography
Neil Churchill is an independent scholar who specialises in art and politics in Byzantium and the early medieval west. He studied the art and kingship of the Carolingians at the University of Cambridge and completed his doctorate on the art of Basil I, Leo VI and Alexander, the first three Macedonian emperors of Byzantium, at the University of Sussex.
