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Authority in Byzantium, edited by Pamela Armstrong (Ashgate, 2013)

 

Authority in Byzantium is volume 14 in the series of publications by the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King’s College, London. In addition to a preface (xxi) and introduction (1-6) by editor Pamela Armstrong, the book contains twenty-five articles that are divided among the nine sections. There is an index.

Part I The Authority of the State

Jonathan Shepard, “Aspects of Moral Leadership: The Imperial City and Lucre from Legality,” 9-30
Ruth Macrides, “Trial by Ordeal in Byzantium: on whose Authority?”, 31-46
Sergey Ivanov, “A Case Study: The Use of the Nominative on Imperial Portraits from Antiquity to Byzantium,” 47-58
Susan Reynolds, “Response,” 59-61

Part II Authority in the Marketplace

Cécile Morrisson, “Displaying the Emperor’s Authority and Kharaktèr on the Marketplace,” 65-82
Johannes Koder, “The Authority of the Eparchos in the Markets of Constantinople (according to the Book of the Eparch),” 83-108
Chris Wickham, “Response,” 109-110

Part III The Authority of the Church

Jane Baun, “Coming of Age in Byzantium: Agency and Authority in Rites of Passage from Infancy to Adulthood,” 113-135
Günter Prinzing, “The Authority of the Church in Uneasy Times: The Examples of Demetrios Chomatenos, Archbishop of Ohrid, in the State of Epiros, 1216-1236,” 137-150
Miri Rubin, “Response,” 151-152

Part IV Authority within the Family

Christine Angelidi, “Family Ties, Bonds of Kinship (9th-11th Centuries), 155-166
Anne P. Alwis, “The Limits of Marital Authority: Examining Continence in the Lives of Saints Julian and Basilissa, and Saints Chrysanthus and Daria,” 167-179
Janet Nelson, “Response,” 181-183

Part V The Authority of Knowledge

Paul Magdalino, “Knowledge in Authority and Authorised History: The Imperial Intellectual Programme of Leo VI and Constantine VII,” 187-209
Charalambos Bakirtzis, “The Authority of Knowledge in the Name of the Authority of Mimesis,” 211-226
Dionysios Stathakopoulos, “On Whose Authority? Regulating Medical Practice in the Twelfth and Early Thirteenth Centuries,” 227-238
Alexander Murray, “Response,” 239-243

Part VI The Authority of the Text

Albrecht Berger, “Believe It or Not: Authority in Religious Texts,” 247-258
Alicia Simpson, “From the Workshop of Niketas Choniates: The Authority of Tradition and Literary Mimesis,” 259-268
Marc D. Lauxtermann, “‘And many, many more’: A Sixteenth-Century Description of Private Libraries in Constantinople, and the Authority of Books,” 269-282

Part VII Exhibiting Authority in Provincial Societies

Leonora Neville, “Organic Local Government and Village Authority,” 285-295

Part VIII Exhibiting Authority in Museums

Maria Vassilaki, “Exhibiting Authority: Byzantium 330-1453,” 299-323

Part IX Authority in Byzantine Studies

Ljubomir Maksimović, “George Ostrogorsky St Petersburg, 19 January 1902–Belgrade, 24 October, 1972,” 327-335
Vera von Falkenhausen, “Hans-Georg Beck,” 337-343
Elizabeth Jeffreys, “Robert Browning,” 345-353