The eleventh century in Byzantium is all about being in between, whether this is between Basil II and Alexios Komnenos, between the forces of the Normans, the Pechenegs and the Turks, or between different social groupings, cultural identities and religious persuasions. It is a period of fundamental changes, both internal and external, but also a
The eleventh century in Byzantium is all about being in between, whether this is between Basil II and Alexios Komnenos, between the forces of the Normans, the Pechenegs and the Turks, or between different social groupings, cultural identities and religious persuasions. It is a period of fundamental changes, both internal and external, but also a
Marc D. Lauxtermann is Bywater and Sotheby Professor of Byzantine and Modern Greek Language and Literature and Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford University. He hails from Amsterdam. He has written extensively on Byzantine poetry and metre, and is the co-editor of a recent book on the letters of Psellos. Further research interests include translations of oriental tales in Byzantium, the earliest grammars and dictionaries of vernacular Greek, and the development of the Greek language in the eighteenth century. Mark Whittow is the University Lecturer in Byzantine Studies at the University of Oxford. Recent or forthcoming publications include 'Byzantium's Eurasian Policy in the Age of the Türk Empire', in Maas and Di Cosmo's Entangled Empires: Rome, Iran, China, and the Eurasian Steppe in Late Antiquity (2017); 'Byzantium and the Feudal Revolution' in Howard-Johnston and Whittow's The Transformation of Byzantium (2017); 'The End of Antiquity in the Lykos Valley' in ¿im¿ek's, The Lykos Valley and Neighbourhood in Late Antiquity (2016).
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List of Figures Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Abbreviations Marc D. Lauxtermann Introduction Section I The Age of Psellos 1. Paul Magdalino From 'encyclopaedism' to 'humanism': the turning point of Basil II and the millennium 2. Michael Jeffreys Michael Psellos and the eleventh century: a double helix of reception 3. Floris Bernard Authorial practices and competitive performance in the works of Michael Psellos 4. Jean-Claude Cheynet L'administration provinciale dans la correspondance de Michel Psellos Section II Social Structures 5. James Howard-Johnston The Peira and legal practices in eleventh-century Byzantium 6. Peter Sarris Beyond the great plains and the barren hills: rural landscapes and social structures in eleventh-century Byzantium 7. Tim Greenwood Aristak¿s Lastivertc'i and Armenian urban consciousness Section III State and Church 8. Mark Whittow The second fall: the place of the eleventh century in Roman history 9. Jonathan Shepard Storm clouds and a thunderclap: east-west tensions towards the mid-eleventh century 10. Dimitris Krallis Urbanite warriors: smoothing out tensions between soldiers and civilians in Attaleiates' encomium to Emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates 11. Judith Ryder Leo of Chalcedon: conflicting ecclesiastical models in the Byzantine eleventh century 12. Peter Frankopan Re-interpreting the role of the family in Comnenian Byzantium: where blood is not thicker than water Section IV The Age of Spirituality 13. Dirk Krausmüller From competition to conformity: saints' lives, typika, and the Byzantine monastic discourse of the eleventh century 14. Barbara Crostini<
List of Figures Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Abbreviations Marc D. Lauxtermann Introduction Section I The Age of Psellos 1. Paul Magdalino From 'encyclopaedism' to 'humanism': the turning point of Basil II and the millennium 2. Michael Jeffreys Michael Psellos and the eleventh century: a double helix of reception 3. Floris Bernard Authorial practices and competitive performance in the works of Michael Psellos 4. Jean-Claude Cheynet L'administration provinciale dans la correspondance de Michel Psellos Section II Social Structures 5. James Howard-Johnston The Peira and legal practices in eleventh-century Byzantium 6. Peter Sarris Beyond the great plains and the barren hills: rural landscapes and social structures in eleventh-century Byzantium 7. Tim Greenwood Aristak¿s Lastivertc'i and Armenian urban consciousness Section III State and Church 8. Mark Whittow The second fall: the place of the eleventh century in Roman history 9. Jonathan Shepard Storm clouds and a thunderclap: east-west tensions towards the mid-eleventh century 10. Dimitris Krallis Urbanite warriors: smoothing out tensions between soldiers and civilians in Attaleiates' encomium to Emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates 11. Judith Ryder Leo of Chalcedon: conflicting ecclesiastical models in the Byzantine eleventh century 12. Peter Frankopan Re-interpreting the role of the family in Comnenian Byzantium: where blood is not thicker than water Section IV The Age of Spirituality 13. Dirk Krausmüller From competition to conformity: saints' lives, typika, and the Byzantine monastic discourse of the eleventh century 14. Barbara Crostini<
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