Church and Society in Byzantium Under the Comneni, 1081-1261

ISBN-13: 9780521269865 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 622 str.

Michael Angold

Opis

In this major study the theme of "church and society" provides a means of examining the condition of the Byzantine Empire at an important period of its history, up to and well beyond the fall of Constantinople in 1204.

Recenzje

'The range of Angold's work is impressive and it provides a rich source of material on the increasingly complex interaction between church and society during this period.' Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies

Spis treści

A note on transliteration; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. The Eleventh Century: 1. Conflict; Part II. Emperors and PATRIARCHS: 2. Alexius Comnenus and the church; 3. Church and politics under Manuel I Comnenus; 4. The failure of the Comnenian church settlement; PART III. THE BISHOP AND LOCAL SOCIETY: 5. The framework; 6. Theophylact of Ohrid; 7. Michael Italikos and George Tornikes; 8. Eustathasius of Thessalonika; 9. Michael Choniates; 10. John Apokaukos; 11. George Bardanes; 12. Demetrius Chomatianos; PART IV. MONASTERIES AND SOCIETY: 13. Alexius I Comnenus and monasticism; 14. Manuel I Comnenus and the monasteries; 15. The role of the monasteries under the Comneni; 16. The monastic estate and society; 17. Lay patronage and the monasteries; 18. The condition of the monasteries under the Comneni; PART V. RELIGION AND SOCIETY: 19. Lay piety: framework and assumptions; 20. Law and marriage; 21. Byzantine woman; 22. Lay piety at Byzantium: beliefs and customs; 23. The Bogomils; PART VI. EXILE 1204–61: 24. Byzantium and the Latins; 25. Imperial authority and the orthodox church; Bibliography.