Leo VI and the transformation of Byzantine Christian identity: writings of an unexpected emperor

The Byzantine emperor Leo VI (886-912), was not a general or even a soldier, like his predecessors, but a scholar, and it was the religious education he gained under the tutelage of the patriarch Photios that was to distinguish him as an unusual ruler. This book analyses Leo's literary output,...

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Main Author: Riedel, Meredith L. D. 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge New York, NY Port Melbourne, VIC New Delhi Singapore Cambridge University Press [2018]
In:Year: 2018
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Leo VI Byzantine Empire, Emperor 865-912 / Religious identity / Christianity
Further subjects:B Leo VI 866-912 Leo VI 866-912 To 1500
B Byzantine Empire History 527-1081 Byzantine Empire
B Identification (religion)
B Leo, 866-912 *Emperor of the East* VI
B Identity (Psychology) Religious aspects Christianity
B Identification (religion) History To 1500
B Bibliography
B Byzantine Empire History 527-1081
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