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Twelfth-century Byzantium is characterized by a striking artistic vitality and profound socio-political changes. The Constantinopolitan elites, led by the Komnenian dynasty initiated by Alexios I, were the driving force behind the renewed intellectual landscape and power dynamics of the century. Despite the wealth of studies devoted to the Komnenians, the sebastokrator Isaac (1093–after 1152) has received limited attention in modern scholarship.Yet, Isaac is a fascinating figure at the crossroads of different worlds. He was an intellectual, the author of the first running commentary on the Iliad ever written in Byzantium. He was a patron, sponsoring magnificent buildings and supporting artists in and outside the capital. He was a would-be usurper, attempting to seize the throne several times. He was a shrewd diplomat, forging alliances with Armenian, Turkish, and Latin rulers.Modern scholars have so far failed to see the interplay between Isaac’s multiple personae. Isaac the scholar is rarely brought into conversation with Isaac the usurper, Isaac the patron, or Isaac the world traveller. Bringing together experts from a range of disciplines, this book fills a significant gap in the literature. As the first comprehensive study of one of the protagonists of the Komnenian era, it is essential reading for students of the Byzantine Empire. In addition, the portrait of Isaac presented here provides scholars of pre-modern civilizations with a relevant case study. By exposing the permeability of the theoretical and geographical ‘borders’ we use to conceptualize the past, Isaac epitomizes the interconnectedness at the heart of the so-called Global Middle Ages.
Isaac Komnenos Porphyrogennetos
Walking the Line in Twelfth-Century Byzantium
Inbunden, Engelska, 2024
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Twelfth-century Byzantium is characterized by a striking artistic vitality and profound socio-political changes. The Constantinopolitan elites, led by the Komnenian dynasty initiated by Alexios I, were the driving force behind the renewed intellectual landscape and power dynamics of the century. Despite the wealth of studies devoted to the Komnenians, the sebastokrator Isaac (1093–after 1152) has received limited attention in modern scholarship.Yet, Isaac is a fascinating figure at the crossroads of different worlds. He was an intellectual, the author of the first running commentary on the Iliad ever written in Byzantium. He was a patron, sponsoring magnificent buildings and supporting artists in and outside the capital. He was a would-be usurper, attempting to seize the throne several times. He was a shrewd diplomat, forging alliances with Armenian, Turkish, and Latin rulers.Modern scholars have so far failed to see the interplay between Isaac’s multiple personae. Isaac the scholar is rarely brought into conversation with Isaac the usurper, Isaac the patron, or Isaac the world traveller. Bringing together experts from a range of disciplines, this book fills a significant gap in the literature. As the first comprehensive study of one of the protagonists of the Komnenian era, it is essential reading for students of the Byzantine Empire. In addition, the portrait of Isaac presented here provides scholars of pre-modern civilizations with a relevant case study. By exposing the permeability of the theoretical and geographical ‘borders’ we use to conceptualize the past, Isaac epitomizes the interconnectedness at the heart of the so-called Global Middle Ages.
Del 16 - Translated Texts for Byzantinists
John Tzetzes: The Little and Big Iliad
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
2 532 kr
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Twelfth-century Byzantium is often described as a period of renewed engagement with Homer and the classical past, marked by literary experimentation and heightened authorial self-consciousness. Few figures embody this trend more comprehensively than John Tzetzes (c. 1110–after 1180), one of the most prolific and idiosyncratic scholars of Komnenian Constantinople.Composed at the outset of his career and intended to establish his reputation, the Little and Big Iliad is a hexametric retelling of the Trojan Saga that combines narrative concision with encyclopaedic ambition. In reshaping the Troy material in his own voice, Tzetzes situates himself not only in dialogue with Homer, but also within the broader continuum of Greek literature. The poem is accompanied by an extensive body of scholia through which Tzetzes displays his learning across disciplines ranging from grammar and rhetoric to military tactics and astrology.This is the first English translation of Tzetzes’ Little and Big Iliad – and the first translation of the accompanying scholia into any modern language. Together, poem and scholia offer valuable insights into Byzantine intellectual culture, illuminating educational practice, learned debates and aristocratic taste, and contributing to the study of the transmission and the mediaeval reception of the Trojan tradition.