Main entry:

Angold, Michael.

Title & Author:

Church and society in Byzantium under the Comneni, 1081-1261 / Michael Angold.

Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.

Description:

xvi, 604 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 564-587) and index.
I. Eleventh century : Conflict and debate -- II. Emperors and patriarchs : Alexius I Comnenus and the church ; Church and politics under Manuel I Comnenus ; The failure of the Comnenian church settlement -- III. The bishop and local society : The framework ; Theophylact of Ohrid ; Michael Italikos and George Tornikes ; Eustathius of Thessalonica ; Michael Choniates ; John Apokaukos ; George Bardanes ; Demetrius Chomatianos -- IV. Monasteries and society : Alexius I Comnenus and monasticism ; Manuel I Comnenus and the monasteries ; The role of the monasteries under the Comneni ; The monastic estate and society ; Lay patronage and the monasteries ; The condition of the monasteries under the Comneni -- V. Religion and society : Lay piety: framework and assumptions ; Law and marriage ; Byzantine women ; Lay piety at Byzantium: beliefs and customs ; The Bobomils -- VI. Exile 1204-1261 : Byzantium and the Latins ; Imperial authority and the orthodox church.

Summary:

In this major study the theme of 'church and society' provides a means of examining the condition of the Byzantine Empire at an important period of its history, up to and well beyond the fall of Constantinople in 1204. Of all the Byzantine dynasties, the Comneni came closest to realising the Caesaro-papist ideal. However, Comnenian control over the orthodox church was both deceptive and damaging: deceptive because the church's institutional strength increased, and with it its hold over lay society; damaging because the church's leadership was demoralised by subservience to imperial authority. Thus the church found itself in a dilemma: it had the strength but not the will to assert itself against an imperial establishment that was in rapid decline by 1180; and neither side was in a position to provide Byzantine society with a sense of purpose. This lack of direction lay at the heart of the malaise that afflicted Byzantium at the time of the fourth crusade. The impasse was resolved largely after 1204, when in exile the orthodox church took the lead in reconstructing Byzantine society.

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ISBN:

0521264324 (hardback)
9780521264327 (hardback)
0521269865
9780521269865
0052126432
9780052126439
0052126439
9780511562341 (ebook)
0511562349

Subject:

Comnenus family.
Orthodox Eastern Church History.
Église orthodoxe Histoire.
Orthodox Eastern Church
Orthodox Eastern Church History 12th-13th centuries.
Caesaropapism History.
Césaropapisme Histoire.
15.59 history of great parts of the world, peoples, civilizations: other.
Caesaropapism
Byzantijnse kerk.
Church and state Byzantine Empire 12th-13th centuries.
Église Histoire Empire byzantin.
Césaropapisme Moyen âge.
Église et État Empire byzantin.
Byzantine Empire Church history.
Byzantine Empire History 1081-1453.
Empire byzantin Histoire religieuse.
Empire byzantin Histoire 1081-1453.
Byzantine Empire
Constantinople (Ecumenical patriarchate) History 12th-13th centuries.
Byzantine Empire Church history Comneni dynasty, 1081-1185.
Empire byzantin 1081-1185 (Dynastie des Comnène)
Empire byzantin Histoire religieuse 1054-1261.
Eastern Orthodoxy History

Form/genre:

Church history
History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 112713
Call No.: ID BX300.A54; ID:96-B2216
Status: Available