Imperial Ideology and Political Thought in Byzantium, 1204-1330

This text was the first systematic study of Byzantine imperial ideology, court rhetoric and political thought after the Latin conquest of Constantinople in 1204.

Autorentext
Dimiter Angelov is a Research Fellow and Lecturer in the Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies at the University of Birmingham. He studied at Harvard University and has also taught at Western Michigan University.

Zusammenfassung
This study is the first to systematically investigate Byzantine imperial ideology, court rhetoric and political thought after the Latin conquest of Constantinople in 1204. It investigates the correspondence and fissures between official political rhetoric and the political ideas of lay thinkers and churchmen, analysing a wide body of sources.

Inhalt
Introduction; Part I. Official Ideology: 1. Analyzing imperial propaganda; 2. The imperial idea: continuity and change in the imperial image; 3. Rhetorical theories of succession; 4. The ideology of imperial government; 5. The panegyrists as lobbyists; Part II. The Independent Theorists: 6. Tradition and innovation in theoretical texts; 7. Theodore II Laskaris as a political thinker; 8. The critics of the Palaiologoi: fiscal responsibility and elective kingship; 9. The controversy on imperial taxation; 10. Manuel Moschopoulos, Plato, and government as social covenant; Part III. The Ecclesiastics: 11. The emperor - subject to the church: late Byzantine hierocratic theories; Conclusions.

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