John II Komnenos, Emperor of Byzantium : in the shadow of father and son

"John II Komnenos ruled over the Byzantine Empire from 1118 to 1143. His contemporaries often describe him as the best emperor of his dynasty, the Komnenoi, and 'one of the best emperors of all time' (so wrote the famous historian Niketas Choniates). However, today John remains the le...

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Autres auteurs : Bucossi Alessandra (Éditeur scientifique), Rodriguez Suarez Alex (Éditeur scientifique)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : John II Komnenos, Emperor of Byzantium : in the shadow of father and son / edited by Alessandra Bucossi and Alex Rodriguez Suarez
Publié : Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY : Routledge , cop. 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xxi-237 p.)
Collection : Publications (Centre for Hellenic studies, King's College London) ; 17
Sujets :
  • Life and reign of John II Komnenos (1118-1143) : a chronology / Alex Rodriguez Suarez
  • John II Komnenos : a historiographical essay / Dionysios Stathakopoulos
  • John II Komnenos before the year 1118 / Vlada Stanković
  • Narratives of John II Komnenos' wars : comparing Byzantine and modern approaches / Ioannis Stouraitis
  • The political ideology of John II Komnenos / Angeliki Papageorgiou
  • The triumph of 1133 / Paul Magdalino
  • Emperor John II's encounters with foreign rulers / Martin Marko Vučetić
  • From Greek into Latin : western scholars and translators in Constantinople during the reign of John II / Alex Rodriguez Suarez
  • Literary trends in the Constantinopolitan courts in the 1120s and 1130s / Elizabeth Jeffreys
  • Seeking a way out of the impasse : the Filioque Controversy during John' s reign / Alessandra Bucossi
  • Architecture and patronage in the age of John II / Robert Ousterhout
  • Imperial impersonations : disguised portraits of a Komnenian prince and his father / Kalliroe Linardou
  • Coinage, numismatic circulation and monetary policy under John II / Pagona Papadopoulou