Basil Ii And The Governance Of Empire (976-1025)

by Catherine Holmes

2021-05-27 04:31:18

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 B... Read more
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-ethnicempire, 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 theCrusades, the governance of pre-modern empires, and the methodology of writing early medieval political history. Less

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