Emperor John II Komnenos : rebuilding new Rome 1118-1143 /

Emperor John II Komnenos : rebuilding new Rome 1118-1143 / Maximilian C.G. Lau.

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"John II Komnenos was born into an empire on the brink of destruction, with his father Alexios barely preserving the empire in the face of civil wars and invasions. A hostage to crusaders as a child, married to a Hungarian princess as a teenager to win his father an alliance, and leading his ow...

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Main Author: Lau, Maximilian (Author)
Other title:Rebuilding new Rome 1118-1143
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Series:Oxford studies in Byzantium.
Subjects:
John > II Comnenus, > Emperor of the East, > 1087 or 1088-1143.
1081-1453
Politics and government.
Byzantine Empire > History > John II Comnenus, 1118-1143.
Byzantine Empire > Politics and government > 1081-1453.
Empire byzantin > Histoire > 1118-1143 (Jean II Comnène)
Empire byzantin > Politique et gouvernement > 1081-1453.
Byzantine Empire.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Overshadowed by Father and Son?
  • Sources: Problems and Opportunities
  • Young Emperor John and the Rule of Constantinople
  • The Horizons of 1118
  • Nomad Invasion
  • Client Management and the Crisis of 1126
  • The Raškan Insurrection and the Hungarian War
  • Betrayal and Conquest in Anatolia
  • The Great Eastern Campaign for Cilicia and Syria
  • The Last Campaigns
  • Fortresses, the Provinces, and the Army
  • The Church under John: Philanthropy and Ecumenism
  • Conclusion: New Rome Rebuilt?

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