Medievalists.net » Constantine VIII http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Patriarch Alexios Stoudites and the Reinterpretation of Justinianic Legislation against Heretics http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/10/patriarch-alexios-stoudites-reinterpretation-justinianic-legislation-heretics/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/10/patriarch-alexios-stoudites-reinterpretation-justinianic-legislation-heretics/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2014 11:08:31 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54031 Using normative legal sources such as law codes and imperial novels to illuminate Byzantine heresy is a very difficult proposition. One of the great problems in the analysis of Byzantine law in general is that the normative legal sources rarely were adapted to subsequent economic, political, or social conditions.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/10/patriarch-alexios-stoudites-reinterpretation-justinianic-legislation-heretics/feed/ 0 The Normans between Byzantium and the Islamic World http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/15/the-normans-between-byzantium-and-the-islamic-world/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/15/the-normans-between-byzantium-and-the-islamic-world/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:07:14 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=25465 The Normans between Byzantium and the Islamic World TRAVAINI, LUCIA Dumbarton Oaks Papers: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C.(2001) Abstract When dealing with the subject of monetary transactions and exchanges involving the Normans of Italy, Byzantium, and the Islamic world, scholars have been cautioned to use care when discussing terms such as influence […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/15/the-normans-between-byzantium-and-the-islamic-world/feed/ 0 Constantine VIII and Michael Psellos: Rhetoric, Reality, and the Decline of Byzantium, AD 1025-28 http://www.medievalists.net/2009/03/31/constantine-viii-and-michael-psellos-rhetoric-reality-and-the-decline-of-byzantium-ad-1025-28/ http://www.medievalists.net/2009/03/31/constantine-viii-and-michael-psellos-rhetoric-reality-and-the-decline-of-byzantium-ad-1025-28/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:26:13 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=2764 Constantine VIII and Michael Psellos: Rhetoric, Reality, and the Decline of Byzantium, AD 1025-28 By Gary J. Johnson Byzantine Studies / Etudes Byzanines, Vol. 9:2 (1982) Introduction: In the seventh book of his Chronographia and by way of elucidating the reign of Emperor Issak Komnenos (1057-59), Michael Psellos proffers a rhetorical exposition on the decline […]

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