Landscapes of Power: Selected Papers from the XV Oxford University Byzantine Society International Graduate Conference

327 Pages·2014·1.961 MB·English

by  Maximilian Lau, Caterina Franchi, Morgan Di Rodi

s
This volume contains selected papers from the XV International
10
e
Graduate Conference, highlighting the latest scholarship from
i
a new generation of Late Antique and Byzantine scholars
d
from around the world. The theme of the conference explored
u
the interaction between power and the natural and human
environments of Byzantium, an interaction that is an essential t
L
part of the empire’s legacy. This legacy has come down to us a S
u
through buildings, literature, history and more, and has proved ,

F c
enduring enough to intrigue and fascinate scholars centuries after r
a
the fall of Constantinople. From religion and trade at the end of n i Maximilian Lau, Caterina Franchi
c n
Antiquity, imperial propaganda and diplomacy at the end of the h and Morgan Di Rodi (eds)
i

first millennium, to culture and conquest under the Komnenian a e
n s
d le
and Palaeologan dynasties – this volume demonstrates the length i
d
D lu
and breadth of the forays being made by young academics into the i eSt
still often undiscovered country of the Late Antique and Byzantine R c
o hi
d n
world. e
i ( oell Landscapes of Power
e h
d o
s ee
Maximilian Lau was President of the Oxford University Byzantine ) N
Nd Selected Papers from the
Society, reading for a DPhil at Oriel College under Mark Whittow on L n
a a XV Oxford University Byzantine Society
the Reign of Emperor John II Komnenos and the Transformation of nd ne International Graduate Conference
the Old Order, 1118–43. s dti
c n
a a
p nz
e y
Caterina Franchi was Secretary of the Society, reading for a DPhil s B
a

at Exeter College under Marc Lauxtermann on the Alexander o
f 10

Romance and the reception of Alexander the Great in the Medieval P e
o
tradition. w n
e
r
i
Introduction by Peter Frankopan
Morgan Di Rodi was Treasurer of the Society, reading for a DPhil t
at St Cross College under Bryan Ward-Perkins on the rise of n
Christianity as a force in the monumental landscape of Levantine
a
cities between the fourth and sixth centuries.
z
y
Peter Lang
ISBN 978-3-0343-1751-1
B
www.peterlang.com
s
This volume contains selected papers from the XV International
10
e
Graduate Conference, highlighting the latest scholarship from
i
a new generation of Late Antique and Byzantine scholars
d
from around the world. The theme of the conference explored
u
the interaction between power and the natural and human
environments of Byzantium, an interaction that is an essential t
L
part of the empire’s legacy. This legacy has come down to us a S
u
through buildings, literature, history and more, and has proved ,

F c
enduring enough to intrigue and fascinate scholars centuries after r
a
the fall of Constantinople. From religion and trade at the end of n i Maximilian Lau, Caterina Franchi
c n
Antiquity, imperial propaganda and diplomacy at the end of the h and Morgan Di Rodi (eds)
i

first millennium, to culture and conquest under the Komnenian a e
n s
d le
and Palaeologan dynasties – this volume demonstrates the length i
d
D lu
and breadth of the forays being made by young academics into the i eSt
still often undiscovered country of the Late Antique and Byzantine R c
o hi
d n
world. i ( oelle Landscapes of Power
e h
d o
s ee
Maximilian Lau was President of the Oxford University Byzantine ) N
Nd Selected Papers from the
Society, reading for a DPhil at Oriel College under Mark Whittow on L n
a a XV Oxford University Byzantine Society
the Reign of Emperor John II Komnenos and the Transformation of nd ne International Graduate Conference
the Old Order, 1118–43. s dti
c n
a a
p nz
e y
Caterina Franchi was Secretary of the Society, reading for a DPhil s B
a

at Exeter College under Marc Lauxtermann on the Alexander o
f 10

Romance and the reception of Alexander the Great in the Medieval P e
o
tradition. w n
e
r
i
Introduction by Peter Frankopan
Morgan Di Rodi was Treasurer of the Society, reading for a DPhil t
at St Cross College under Bryan Ward-Perkins on the rise of n
Christianity as a force in the monumental landscape of Levantine
a
cities between the fourth and sixth centuries.
z
y
Peter Lang
B
www.peterlang.com
Landscapes of Power
Byzantine and Neohellenic Studies
Vol. 10
Edited by
Andrew Louth and David Ricks
PETER LANG
Oxford • Bern • Berlin • Bruxelles • Frankfurt am Main • New York • Wien
Maximilian Lau, Caterina Franchi
and Morgan Di Rodi (eds)
Landscapes of Power
Selected Papers from the
XV Oxford University Byzantine Society
International Graduate Conference
PETER LANG
Oxford • Bern • Berlin • Bruxelles • Frankfurt am Main • New York • Wien
Bibliographic information published by Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche National biblio-
grafie; detailed bibliographic data is available on the Internet at http://dnb.d-nb.de.
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
Library of Congress Control Number: 2013956722
ISSN 1661-1187
ISBN 978-3-0343-1751-1 (print)
ISBN 978-3-0353-0566-1 (eBook)
© Peter Lang AG, International Academic Publishers, Bern 2014
Hochfeldstrasse 32, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
[email protected], www.peterlang.com, www.peterlang.net
All rights reserved.
All parts of this publication are protected by copyright.
Any utilisation outside the strict limits of the copyright law, without the
permission of the publisher, is forbidden and liable to prosecution.
This applies in particular to reproductions, translations, microfilming,
and storage and processing in electronic retrieval systems.
This publication has been peer reviewed.
Printed in Germany
Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Maximilian C.G. Lau
Preface – Opening Remarks of the XV Conference xi
Acknowledgements xv
Peter Frankopan
Introduction 1
Adrastos Omissi
Caput Imperii, Caput Imperatoris: The Display and Mutilation
of the Bodies of Emperors in Rome and Beyond, 296–416 17
Mariana Bodnaruk
Beyond a Landscape of Conf lict:
The Occursus in Fourth-century Rome 31
Morgan Di Rodi
Christ and the City: Bishops, Churches and Temples
in the Late Antique Levant 55
Thomas J. MacMaster
‘Not With a Bang?’ The Economics of Trade and the
End of Byzantine North Africa 73
vi
Lorenzo Bondioli
Justinian’s Legacy. The Western Byzantine Landscape
of Power (VI –VII Century) 93
Vedran Bileta
Remapping the Socio-political Landscape on the Fringes
of an Imperium: The End of Byzantine Histria 111
Caterina Franchi
‘S’af facciò l’Orda, e il mondo le fu pane’.
Landscapes of Destruction in the Apocalyptic Tradition 125
Maria Papadaki
Exploring Ecclesiastical Landscapes: Holy Men in the
Peloponnese During the Middle Byzantine Period and
their Role in the Formation of Religious Landscapes in the Region 143
AnnaLinden Weller
Maintaining the Image of Byzantine Power:
Normative Ideology in the Epistolary Correspondence of
Leo Choirosphaktes and Symeon I of Bulgaria 159
Theofili Kampianaki
Vita Basilii: The Power of Rhythm in Constructing
the Narrative Landscape of Imperial Propaganda 179
Maximilian C.G. Lau
The Power of Poetry – Portraying the Expansion of the Empire
under John II Komnenos 195
vii
Nicholas Matheou
Khoniates’ Asia Minor: Earthly and Ultimate Causes of Decline 215
Katerina Ragkou
A Cityscape of Change: From Byzantine to Frankish Corinth 231
Jake Ransohof f
All the Tsar’s Men: Ref lections on Power and Society
in Asenid Bulgaria (1257–1393) 253
Lorenzo M. Ciolfi
John III Vatatzes: History, Myth and Propaganda 273
Kirsty Stewart
Literary Animals in a Human Landscape 289
Notes on Contributors 303