000 02321 a2200337 4500
001 1351956566
005 20250317111556.0
008 250312042016GB eng
020 _a9781351956567
037 _bTaylor & Francis
_cGBP 42.99
_fBB
040 _a01
041 _aeng
072 7 _aN
_2thema
072 7 _aNHTB
_2thema
072 7 _aNHC
_2thema
072 7 _a1QBCB
_2bisac
072 7 _a3K
_2bisac
072 7 _aHBLC1
_2bic
072 7 _aHBTB
_2bic
072 7 _aHBLA1
_2bic
072 7 _a1QDAZ
_2bisac
072 7 _aHIS002000
_2bisac
072 7 _aHIS000000
_2bisac
072 7 _a303.3304950902
_2bisac
100 1 _aPamela Armstrong
245 1 0 _aAuthority in Byzantium
250 _a1
260 _aOxford
_bRoutledge
_c20161205
300 _a388 p
520 _bAuthority is an important concept in Byzantine culture whose myriad modes of implementation helped maintain the existence of the Byzantine state across so many centuries, binding together people from different ethnic groups, in different spheres of life and activities. Even though its significance to understanding the Byzantine world is so central, it is nonetheless imperfectly understood. The present volume brings together an international cast of scholars to explore this concept. The contributions are divided into nine sections focusing on different aspects of authority: the imperial authority of the state, how it was transmitted from the top down, from Constantinople to provincial towns, how it dealt with marginal legal issues or good medical practice; authority in the market place, whether directly concerning over-the-counter issues such as coinage, weights and measures, or the wider concerns of the activities of foreign traders; authority in the church, such as the extent to which ecclesiastical authority was inherent, or how constructs of religious authority ordered family life; the authority of knowledge revealed through imperial patronage or divine wisdom; the authority of text, though its conformity with ancient traditions, through the Holy scriptures and through the authenticity of history; exhibiting authority through images of the emperor or the Divine. The final section draws on personal experience of three great ’authorities’ within Byzantine Studies: Ostrogorsky, Beck and Browning.
999 _c3699
_d3699