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Authority in Byzantium (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Authority in Byzantium (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's College London
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Authority 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.
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