Nadine Viermann
Author
Publisher
De Gruyter
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Focusing on the rule of Heraclius (610-643), this study examines the development of the Byzantine monarchy at the threshold between antiquity and the Middle Ages. It shows how the reigning Emperor responded to the domestic and external political challenges that endangered his rule and brought the Byzantine Empire to the brink of collapse.
Mit Fokus auf die Herrschaft des Herakleios (610-641) verfolgt die Studie die Entwicklung der oströmischen Monarchie...
Publisher
De Gruyter
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
When Emperor Constantine triggered the rise of a Christian state, he opened a new chapter in the history of Constantinople and Jerusalem. In the centuries that followed, the two cities were formed and transformed into powerful symbols of Empire and Church. For the first time, this book investigates the increasingly dense and complex net of reciprocal dependencies between the imperial center and the navel of the Christian world. Imperial influence,...