Identities and Ideologies in the Medieval East Roman World (Edinburgh Byzantine Studies)

This Book Offers An Interdisciplinary Approach - Historical, Literary, Art-historical And Archaeological - To The Topics Of Ideology And Identity In The Medieval East Roman World. The Individual Chapters Explore Ideological Discourses And Practices In Various Contexts. In Particular, They Focus On The Content Of Ideas And Their Role In Shaping Different Kinds Of Group Attachments And Identifications Within The Imperial Social Order. Moreover, They Explore The Various Visions Of Community Which Different Collective Identity Discourses Projected Within And Beyond The Political Boundaries Of The Empire. Including Both Top-down And Bottom-up Perspectives, And Exploring Both The Empire's Centre And Its Periphery, This Collection Offers New Insights Into Ideology And Identity In The Byzantine World.-- This Collection Offers New Insights Into Ideology And Identity In The Byzantine World. The Range Of International Contributors Explore The Content And Role Of Various Ideological Discourses In Shaping The Relationship Between The Imperial Centre And The Provinces. Crucially, They Examine Various Kinds Of Collective Identifications And Visions Of Community In The Broader Byzantine World Within And Beyond The Political Boundaries Of The Empire.-- Part I: Top-down And Bottom-up Approaches. Is Byzantinism An Orientalism? Reflections On Byzantium's Constructed Identities And Debated Ideologies / Yannis Stouraitis ; Ruling Elites And The Common People: Some Considerations On Their Diverging Identities And Ideologies / Johannes Koder ; The Dēmosia, The Emperor, And The Common Good: Byzantine Ideas On Taxation And Public Wealth, Eleventh-twelfth Century / Kostis Smyrlis ; Beyond Religion: Homilies As Conveyor Of Political Ideology In Middle Byzantium / Theodora Antonopoulou ; Performing Byzantine Identity: Gender, Status And The Cult Of The Virgin / Leslie Brubaker ; 'middle-class' Ideology Of Education And Language, And The 'bookish' Identity Of John Tzetzes / Panagiotis A. Agapitos ; Byzantium From Below: Rural Identity In Byzantine Arabia And Palaestina, 500-630 / Daniel Reynolds ; Community Building And Collective Identity In Middle Byzantine Athens / Fotini Kondyli -- Part Ii: Centre And Periphery. Provincial Rebellions As An Indicator Of Byzantine 'identity' (tenth-twelfth Centuries) / Jean Claude Cheynet ; Provincial Separatism In The Late Twelfth Century: A Case Of Power Relations Or Disparate Identities? / Alicia Simpson ; Irrevocable Blood: Violence And Collective Identity Formation In The Late Twelfth Century / Dionysios Stathakopoulos ; Adjustable Imperial Image-projection And The Greco-roman Repertoire: Their Reception Among Outsiders And Longer-stay Visitors / Jonathan Shepard ; Two Paradoxes Of Border Identity: Michael Viii Palaiologos And Constantine Doukas Nestongos In The Sultanate Of Rūm / Dimitri Korobeinikov ; The Coriander Field: Ideologies And Identities In Post-roman Ravenna / Francesco Borri ; Cultural Policy And Political Ideology: How Imperial Was The Norman Realm Of Sicily? / Annick Peters-coustot ; Changes In Identity And Ideology In The Byzantine World In The Second Half Of The Twelfth Century: The Case Of Serbia / Vlada Stanković. Edited By Yannis Stouraitis. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.