Law, Power, and Imperial Ideology in the Iconoclast Era: C.680-850

Law, Power, and Imperial Ideology in the Iconoclast Era: C.680-850
ISBN-10
0198701578
ISBN-13
9780198701576
Category
History
Pages
312
Language
English
Published
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Author
M. T. G. Humphreys

Description

Law was central to the ancient Roman conception of themselves and their empire. Yet what happened to Roman law and the position it occupied ideologically during the turbulent years of the Iconoclast era, c.680-850, is seldom explored and little understood. This volume uses Roman law and canon law to chart the various responses to these changing times - especially the rise of Islam, from Justinian II's Christocentric monarchy to the Old Testament-inspired Isauriandynasty - and the transformation from the late antique Roman Empire to medieval Byzantium.

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