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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