The Byzantine Republic : people and power in New Rome / Anthony Kaldellis.

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"Although Byzantium is known to history as the Eastern Roman Empire, scholars have long claimed that this Greek Christian theocracy bore little resemblance to Rome. This book reconnects Byzantium to its Roman roots, arguing that from the fifth to the twelfth centuries CE the Eastern Roman Empire was...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kaldellis, Anthony (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Byzantine Empire > History > 527-1081.
Byzantine Empire > Politics and government > 527-1081.
Legitimacy of governments > Byzantine Empire.
Power (Social sciences) > Byzantine Empire.
Republicanism > Byzantine Empire.
Monarchy > Byzantine Empire.
Authority > History > To 1500.
To 1500
Authority.
Legitimacy of governments.
Monarchy.
Political science.
Power (Social sciences)
Republicanism.
Byzantine Empire.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xvi, 290 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introducing the Byzantine Republic
  • The emperor in the republic
  • Extralegal authority in a lawful polity
  • The sovereignty of the people in theory
  • The sovereignty of the people in practice
  • The secular republic and the theocratic "imperial idea".