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Record Nr.

UNINA9910616356603321

Autore

Jovanović Aleksandar

Titolo

Michael Palaiologos and the Publics of the Byzantine Empire in Exile, c.1223–1259 / / by Aleksandar Jovanović

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022

ISBN

9783031092787

9783031092770

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 pages)

Collana

New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture, , 2730-9371

Disciplina

949.5

949.504

Soggetti

History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: Meeting the Roman Public  -- 2. Making Officials in Exile: The Case of the Palaiologoi  -- 3. Linking the Golden Chain: The Social Network of Michael Palaiologos  -- 4. "Je veux être calife à la place du calife": Michael Palaiologos in the Saljuq Sultanate of Rum  -- 5. "The Return of the King": Michael Palaiologos Claims Imperial Dignity  -- 6. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book follows the public life of Michael Palaiologos from his early days and upbringing, through to his assumption of the Byzantine imperial throne in 1258. It explores multiple narratives, highlighting the various public communities in the Byzantine polity, primarily focusing on intellectuals and clerks rather than the emperor himself. Drawing on insights from power relations, studies of class and the public sphere, this book provides an account of thirteenth-century Byzantium that highlights the role of communicative and symbolic actions in the public sphere, and argues they were integral to Palaiologos' political success. Aleksandar Jovanović is Sessional Instructor in History at the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford, Canada. .