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This is a reprint of the second revised edition of the text and translation of the De Administrando Imperio written and compiled by Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus in the tenth century. It contains a wide variety of information on both foreign relations and internal administration and is one of the most important historical documents surviving from the Middle Byzantine period. Its confidential character and generally honest appraisal of the empire’s political situation enhance its value for students of Byzantium and Europe during this period. The edition includes general and critical introductions, an index of proper names, and an extensive glossary, as well as grammatical notes and an index of sources and parallel passages.
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Dear Internet Archive Supporter. Constantinus Porphyrogenitus de thematibus et de administrando imperio By Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (Emperor of the East). (Περί τω̑ν θεμάτων), conventional title of the book written by Constantine VII or under his auspices on the geography of.Author:Kazragul ShagarCountry:MyanmarLanguage:English (Spanish)Genre:TechnologyPublished (Last):27 July 2015Pages:190PDF File Size:19.30 MbePub File Size:4.73 MbISBN:567-7-42032-266-4Downloads:5534Price:Free.Free Regsitration RequiredUploader:For questions on access or troubleshooting, please check our FAQsand if you can”t find the answer there, please contact us. Retrieved from ” https: Moravcsik, Gyulaed. History of the Byzantine State. De conversione Croatorum et Serborum: He gave up the plan for an edition, surrendering it to Gyula Moravcsik in The Greek text in its entirety was published seven times.Please subscribe or login to access full text content. De Thematibus – Oxford ReferenceDon’t have an account?
Public users are able to search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter without a subscription.By using this site, you agree to thematbus Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Chapters thematibu, 10—12 explain imperial policy toward the Pechenegs and Turks.
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Sign in to annotate. Search within my subject specializations: It is a domestic and foreign policy manual for the use of Constantine’s son and successor, the Emperor Romanos II. Bandur which is collated copy of the first edition and manuscript P.
De Administrando Imperio was written between and In the preamble, the emperor makes a point that he has avoided convoluted expressions and ” lofty Atticisms ” on purpose, so as to make everything ” plain as the beaten track of common, everyday speech ” for his son and those high officials with whom he might later choose to share the work. De thematibus work by Constantine VII The guides to the incorporation and taxation of new imperial provinces, and to some parts of civil and naval administration, are in chapters 49— These later chapters and chapter 53 were designed to give practical instructions to the emperor Romanus II, and are probably added during the year —52, in order to mark Romanus’ fourteenth birthday To this combination were added Constantine’s own political instructions to his son Romanus.Chapter 13 is a general directive on foreign policy coming from the Emperor. The book content, according to its preface, is divided into four sections: Constantine himself thematibue not given the work a name, preferring instead to start the text with the standard formal salutation: The next edition belongs to the A.
International Congress of Byzantine Studies, Copenhagen De Administrando Imperio 2nd revised ed. The historical and antiquarian treatise, which the Emperor had compiled during the s, thematibuz contained in the chapters 12— Sign dd via your Institution.
De thematibusSign in with your library card. Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies.The language Constantine uses is rather straightforward High Medieval Greeksomewhat more elaborate than that of the Canonic Gospelsand easily comprehensible to an educated modern Greek.Constantine was a scholar-emperor, who sought to foster learning and education in the Eastern Roman Tehmatibus. Moravscik and its English translation by R. The only difficulty is the regular use of technical terms which, being in standard use at the time, may present prima facie hardships thematinus a modern reader.Laiou 1 January From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, Emperor Of The East
Banduri’s ee was reprinted twice: Vari planned a new critical edition of this work and J.Jenkins appeared in Budapest in.