{"product_id":"heroes-and-romans-in-twelfth-century-byzantium-the-material-for-history-of-nikephoros-bryennios-paperback-9781316628935","title":"Heroes and Romans in Twelfth-Century Byzantium; The Material for History of Nikephoros Bryennios (Paperback \/ softback) 9781316628935","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHeroes and Romans in Twelfth-Century Byzantium\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Material for History of Nikephoros Bryennios\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book reveals how cultural memories of classical Roman honor informed Nikephoros Bryennios' history of the eleventh century and his political choices.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLeonora Neville (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781316628935, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 September 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e258 pages, 2 b\/w illus.  2 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.37 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… dazzling and insightful …' Mike Markowitz, The NYMAS Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNikephoros Bryennios' history of the Byzantine Empire in the 1070s is a story of civil war and aristocratic rebellion in the midst of the Turkish conquest of Anatolia. Commonly remembered as the passive and unambitious husband of Princess Anna Komnene (author of the Alexiad), Bryennios is revealed as a skilled author whose history draws on cultural memories of classical Roman honor and proper masculinity to evaluate the politicians of the 1070s and implicitly to exhort his twelfth-century contemporaries to honorable behavior. Bryennios' story valorizes the memory of his grandfather and other honorable, but failed, generals of the eleventh century while subtly portraying the victorious Alexios Komnenos as un-Roman. This reading of the Material for History sheds new light on twelfth-century Byzantine culture and politics, especially the contested accession of John Komnenos, the relationship between Bryennios' history and the Alexiad and the function of cultural memories of Roman honor in Byzantium.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Contexts: 1. Twelfth-century politics and the House of Komnenos\u003cbr\u003e 2. Writing history in twelfth-century Constantinople\u003cbr\u003e 3. Nikephoros' reading\u003cbr\u003e 4. Sources for the Material for History\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Reading in the Material for History: 5. Problems of the Empire: civil war and mercenaries\u003cbr\u003e 6. The rise of Alexios\u003cbr\u003e 7. Romans and their enemies\u003cbr\u003e 8. Military virtue\u003cbr\u003e 9. Roman family politics\u003cbr\u003e 10. Religion and providence\u003cbr\u003e 11. Roman heroes\u003cbr\u003e 12. A Roman mother\u003cbr\u003e 13. A bold young man\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Material for History in Twelfth-Century Politics and Culture: 14. The Material for History and imperial politics of the twelfth century\u003cbr\u003e 15. Nikephoros and Anna\u003cbr\u003e 16. Roman ideals and twelfth-century Constantinopolitan culture\u003cbr\u003e Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2. Vocabulary of virtue.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early history: c 500 to c 1450\/1500 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early history: c 500 to c 1450\/1500\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20history:%20c%20500%20to%20c%201450\/1500%20%5BHBLC%5D%22\"\u003eHBLC\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e], History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45909165375768,"sku":"9781316628935","price":29.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781316628935i.jpg?v=1696708742","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/heroes-and-romans-in-twelfth-century-byzantium-the-material-for-history-of-nikephoros-bryennios-paperback-9781316628935","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}