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Item Details
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BASIL II AND THE GOVERNANCE OF EMPIRE (976-1025)
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| By: |
Catherine Holmes |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£165.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0199279683 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780199279685 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
24 November, 2005 |
| Series: |
Oxford Studies in Byzantium |
| Pages: |
640 |
| Description: |
This is the first book-length study in English of the Byzantine emperor Basil II, the 'Bulgar-slayer'. Basil presided over a Byzantium which was the superpower of the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East in the century before the Crusades. Catherine Holmes peels away the layers of later interpretations to reveal an empire that was governed by a potent mixture of subtle persuasion and brute force. |
| Synopsis: |
This is the first book-length study in English of the Byzantine emperor Basil II. Basil II, later known as 'Bulgar-slayer', is famous for his military conquests and his brutal intimidation of domestic foes. Catherine Holmes considers the problems Basil faced in governing a large, multi-ethnic empire, which stretched from southern Italy to Mesopotamia. Her close focus on the surviving historical narratives, above all the Synopsis Historion of John Skylitzes, reveals a Byzantium governed as much by persuasion as coercion. This book will appeal to those interested in Byzantium before the Crusades, the governance of pre-modern empires, and the methodology of writing early medieval political history. |
| Illustrations: |
4 maps |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Shortlisted for the Criticos Book Prize 2006 |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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