Emperor John II Komnenos

• Verfasst von: Lau, Maximilian C. G. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Emperor John II Komnenos
• Titelzusatz: rebuilding new Rome 1118-1143
• Verf.angabe: Maximilian C.G. Lau
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Jahr: 2023
• Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Oxford studies in Byzantium
• Fussnoten: Also issued in print: 2023 ; Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-0-19-199518-7
• DOI: doi:10.1093/oso/9780198888673.001.0001
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe
• Sach-SW: Politics and government
• Sach-SW: History
• Sach-SW: European history
• Geograph. SW: Byzantine Empire
• Zeit-SW: 1081-1453
• K10plus-PPN: 1871770246
• K10plus-PPN:
  Universitätsbibliothek
• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext
• Lokale URL UB:
  Universitätsbibliothek
• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext

Abstract

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 own campaigns when his father died, it was left to John to try and rebuild the empire all but lost in the eleventh century. This book re-evaluates an emperor traditionally overlooked in favour of his father, hero of the Alexiad written by John's sister Anna, and of his son Manuel, acclaimed for reigning at the height of Komnenian power