Emperor and Priest - The Imperial Office in Byzantium (Hardcover)


The figure of the Byzantine emperor, a ruler who sometimes was also designated a priest, has long fascinated the western imagination. Written by one of the world's leading Byzantine scholars, this classic book studies in detail the imperial union of "two powers," temporal and spiritual, against the broad background of the relationship between church and state and religious and political spheres.

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The figure of the Byzantine emperor, a ruler who sometimes was also designated a priest, has long fascinated the western imagination. Written by one of the world's leading Byzantine scholars, this classic book studies in detail the imperial union of "two powers," temporal and spiritual, against the broad background of the relationship between church and state and religious and political spheres.

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Imprint

Cambridge UniversityPress

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Series

Past and Present Publications

Release date

October 2003

Availability

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

First published

2003

Authors

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Dimensions

229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)

Format

Hardcover

Pages

356

ISBN-13

978-0-521-80123-2

Barcode

9780521801232

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LSN

0-521-80123-0



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