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Item Details
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THE EMPIRE OF MANUEL I KOMNENOS, 1143-1180
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| By: |
Paul Magdalino |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£130.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521305713 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521305716 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
20 May, 1993 |
| Pages: |
584 |
| Description: |
A study of twelfth-century Byzantine government, society and culture through the reign of Manuel I. |
| Synopsis: |
The reign of Manuel I (1143-1180) marked the high point of the revival of the Byzantine empire under the Comnenian dynasty. It was, however, followed by a rapid decline, leading to the sack of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1204. This book, the first devoted to Manuel's reign for over eighty years, re-evaluates the emperor and his milieu in the light of recent scholarship. It shows that his foreign policy was a natural response to the western crusading movement and the expansionism of the German emperor Frederick Barbarossa. It also shows that what he ruled was more than the impoverished rump of a once great empire, or a society whose development had been arrested by a repressive regime. The twelfth century is presented here as a distinctive, creative phase in Byzantine history, when the empire maintained existing traditions and trends while adapting to a changing world. |
| Illustrations: |
3 b/w illus. 4 tables |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Runciman Award 1993 |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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