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The Byzantine Republic : people and power in New Rome /

Main Author: Kaldellis, Anthony.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massuchetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Legitimacy of governments > Byzantine Empire.
Power (Social sciences) > Byzantine Empire.
Republicanism > Byzantine Empire.
Monarchy > Byzantine Empire.
Authority > History > To 1500.
Byzantine Empire > History > 527-1081.
Byzantine Empire > Politics and government > 527-1081.
Table of Contents:
  • Introducing the Byzantine Republic
  • The emperor in the republic
  • Extralegal authority in a lawful polity
  • The sovereignty of the people in theory
  • The sovereignty of the people in practice
  • The secular republic and the theocratic "imperial idea".

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