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Leo VI and the transformation of Byzantine Christian identity :

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1107281962

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110857274X

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9781107281967

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9781108572743

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9781107053076

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9781107662575

Title Proper

Leo VI and the transformation of Byzantine Christian identity :

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[Book]

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writings of an unexpected emperor /

First Statement of Responsibility

Meredith L.D. Riedel, Duke University, North Carolina.

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New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2018.

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1 online resource

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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The reign of Leo VI -- Romans imitating Saracens? -- The Byzantine Christian approach to war -- The ideal Christian general -- A new Solomon -- Imperial sacrality in action -- Leo VI as homilist -- Byzantines as chosen people -- Byzantine Christian statecraft.

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The Byzantine emperor Leo VI (886-912), was not a general or even a soldier, like his predecessors, but a scholar, and it was the religious education he gained under the tutelage of the patriarch Photios that was to distinguish him as an unusual ruler. This book analyses Leo's literary output, focusing on his deployment of ideological principles and religious obligations to distinguish the characteristics of the Christian oikoumene from the Islamic caliphate, primarily in his military manual known as the Taktika. It also examines in depth his 113 legislative Novels, with particular attention to their theological prolegomena, showing how the emperor's religious sensibilities find expression in his reshaping of the legal code to bring it into closer accord with Byzantine canon law. Meredith L.D. Riedel argues that the impact of his religious faith transformed Byzantine cultural identity and influenced his successors, establishing the Macedonian dynasty as a 'golden age' in Byzantium.0.

Title

Leo VI and the transformation of Byzantine Christian identity.

International Standard Book Number

9781107053076

Leo, VI,866-912.

Leo, VI,866-912.

Identification (Religion)-- History-- To 1500.

Identity (Psychology)-- Religious aspects-- Christianity.

HISTORY-- Europe-- General.

Identification (Religion)

Identity (Psychology)-- Religious aspects-- Christianity.

Byzantine Empire, History, 527-1081.

Byzantine Empire.

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Riedel, Meredith L. D., (Meredith Leigh Dear),1967-

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20200822145724.0

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