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- Heroes and Romans in Twelfth-Century Byzantium
- Heroes and Romans in Twelfth-Century Byzantium
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Note on citations
- Main characters and genealogical tables
- Note on Nikephoros and Bryennios
- Introduction
- Part I Contexts
- Part II Readings in the Material for History
- Chapter 5 Problems of the Empire: civil war and mercenaries
- Chapter 6 The rise of Alexios
- Chapter 7 Romans and their enemies
- Chapter 8 Military virtue
- Chapter 9 Roman family politics
- Chapter 10 Religion and Providence
- Chapter 11 Roman heroes
- Chapter 12 A Roman mother
- Chapter 13 A bold young man
- Part III The Material for History in twelfth-century politics and culture
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2 Vocabulary of virtue
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 12 - A Roman mother
from Part II - Readings in the Material for History
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2012
- Heroes and Romans in Twelfth-Century Byzantium
- Heroes and Romans in Twelfth-Century Byzantium
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Note on citations
- Main characters and genealogical tables
- Note on Nikephoros and Bryennios
- Introduction
- Part I Contexts
- Part II Readings in the Material for History
- Chapter 5 Problems of the Empire: civil war and mercenaries
- Chapter 6 The rise of Alexios
- Chapter 7 Romans and their enemies
- Chapter 8 Military virtue
- Chapter 9 Roman family politics
- Chapter 10 Religion and Providence
- Chapter 11 Roman heroes
- Chapter 12 A Roman mother
- Chapter 13 A bold young man
- Part III The Material for History in twelfth-century politics and culture
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2 Vocabulary of virtue
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Heroes and Romans in Twelfth-Century ByzantiumThe Material for History of Nikephoros Bryennios, pp. 139 - 158Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012