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In La Diplomatie byzantine, de l’Empire romain aux confins de l’Europe (Ve-XVe s.), twelve studies explore from novel angles the complex history of Byzantine diplomacy. After an Introduction, the volume turns to the period of late antiquity and the new challenges the Eastern Roman Empire had to contend with. It then examines middle-Byzantine diplomacy through chapters looking at relations with Arabs, Rus’ and Bulgarians, before focusing on various aspects of the official contacts with Western Europe at the end of the Middle Ages. A thematic section investigates the changes to and continuities of diplomacy throughout the period, in particular by considering Byzantine alertness to external political developments, strategic use of dynastic marriages, and the role of women as diplomatic actors.
Contributors are are Jean-Pierre Arrignon, Audrey Becker, Mickaël Bourbeau, Nicolas Drocourt, Christian Gastgeber, Nike Koutrakou, Élisabeth Malamut, Ekaterina Nechaeva, Brendan Osswald, Nebojša Porčić, Jonathan Shepard, and Jakub Sypiański.
Contributors are are Jean-Pierre Arrignon, Audrey Becker, Mickaël Bourbeau, Nicolas Drocourt, Christian Gastgeber, Nike Koutrakou, Élisabeth Malamut, Ekaterina Nechaeva, Brendan Osswald, Nebojša Porčić, Jonathan Shepard, and Jakub Sypiański.
Price: $167.00
Pages: 470
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Publication Date:
06 August 2020
ISBN: 9789004431805
Format: Hardcover
"This rich book offers many opportunities for reflection [...] variety lies more in different points of view and approaches than in the choice of contexts. In this sense, the book also offers a lesson in methodology: the reader is given a polyphonic image of Byzantine diplomacy thanks to the ability of both the authors and editors to change, even slightly, their focus and their lenses." Isabella Lazzarini, in Diplomatica 4 (2022).
Nicolas Drocourt is an Associate Professor of Medieval history at the University of Nantes. He published Diplomatie sur le Bosphore. Les ambassadeurs étrangers dans l’Empire byzantin des années 640 à 1204 (Leuven, 2015), and numerous articles on Middle Byzantine diplomacy. He also edited or co-edited different volumes on medieval diplomacy, notably La figure de l’ambassadeur entre mondes éloignés (XIe-XVIe siècle) (Rennes, 2015) and Themis en diplomatie. Le droit et les arguments juridiques dans les Relations internationales de l’Antiquité tardive à la fin du XVIIIe siècle (Rennes, 2016). He is currently working on the co-edition of Byzantium and the Latin West (860-1204), to be published by Brill.
Élisabeth Malamut is Professor Emeritus of the University of Aix-Marseille. She is a specialist in the Byzantine Empire. Her research interests focus on island and urban history, holy monks and travelers, diplomatic and cultural relations and on women, especially empresses. She is the author of Les îles de l’Empire byzantin, VIIIe-XIIe s. (Paris, 1988), Sur la route des saints byzantins (Paris, 1993), Alexis Ier Comnène (Paris, 2007). She is currently working on the history of the Byzantine Empire to be published by Humensis.
Élisabeth Malamut is Professor Emeritus of the University of Aix-Marseille. She is a specialist in the Byzantine Empire. Her research interests focus on island and urban history, holy monks and travelers, diplomatic and cultural relations and on women, especially empresses. She is the author of Les îles de l’Empire byzantin, VIIIe-XIIe s. (Paris, 1988), Sur la route des saints byzantins (Paris, 1993), Alexis Ier Comnène (Paris, 2007). She is currently working on the history of the Byzantine Empire to be published by Humensis.