Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation

Auteur(s) : Riedel, Meredith L. D. (1967-....)  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : Leo VI and the transformation of Byzantine Christian identity [Texte imprimé] : writings of an unexpected emperor / Meredith L.D. Riedel

Publication : New York (N.Y.) : Cambridge University Press, 2018

Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XX-219 p.) ; 2018

Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
The Byzantine emperor Leo VI (886-912), was not a general or even a soldier, like his predecessors, but a scholar, and it was the religious education he gained under the tutelage of the patriarch Photios that was to distinguish him as an unusual ruler. This book analyses Leo's literary output, focusing on his deployment of ideological principles and religious obligations to distinguish the characteristics of the Christian oikoumene from the Islamic caliphate, primarily in his military manual known as the Taktika. It also examines in depth his 113 legislative Novels, with particular attention to their theological prolegomena, showing how the emperor's religious sensibilities find expression in his reshaping of the legal code to bring it into closer accord with Byzantine canon law. Meredith L. D. Riedel argues that the impact of his religious faith transformed Byzantine cultural identity and influenced his successors, establishing the Macedonian dynasty as a 'golden age' in Byzantium.0

Sujet(s) : Léon VI (0866-0912 ; empereur d'Orient)  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Appartenance religieuse -- Moyen âge  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Identité (psychologie) -- Religion -- Christianisme -- Moyen âge  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Empire byzantin -- 641-1081  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781107053076. - ISBN 1107053072 (br.)

Identifiant de la notice  : ark:/12148/cb45533138b

Notice n° :  FRBNF45533138 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)

Table des matières : The reign of Leo VI ; Romans imitating Saracens? ; The Byzantine Christian approach to war ; The ideal Christian general ; A new Solomon ; Imperial sacrality in action ; Leo VI as homilist ; Byzantines as chosen people ; Byzantine Christian statecraft.