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The reign of Manuel I (1143-1180) marked the high point of the revival of the Byzantine empire under the Comnenian dynasty. It was, however, followed by a rapid decline, leading to the sack of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1204. This book, the first devoted to Manuel's reign for over eighty years, re-evaluates the emperor and his milieu in the light of recent scholarship. It shows that his foreign policy was a natural response to the western crusading movement and the expansionism of the German emperor Frederick Barbarossa. It also shows that what he ruled was more than the impoverished rump of a once great empire, or a society whose development had been arrested by a repressive regime. The twelfth century is presented here as a distinctive, creative phase in Byzantine history, when the empire maintained existing traditions and trends while adapting to a changing world.

Manuel --- Byzantine Empire --- Empire byzantin --- History --- Histoire --- Manuel I Comnenus, Emperor of the East --- -History --- -Manuel --- -Manuel I Comnenus, Emperor of the East --- Arts and Humanities --- Manuel - I Comnenus, - Emperor of the East, - 1143-1180 --- Byzantine Empire - History - Manuel I Comnenus, 1143-1180 --- Comnenus, Manuel, --- Emmanuel --- Komnenos, Emmanuel, --- Komnin, Manojlo, --- Manouēl

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Church buildings --- City and town life --- Monasteries --- Eglises --- Vie urbaine --- Monastères --- Istanbul (Turkey) --- Byzantine Empire --- Istanbul (Turquie) --- Empire byzantin --- Buildings, structures, etc --- History --- Social conditions --- Constructions --- Histoire --- Conditions sociales --- Monastères --- BYZANCE --- CONSTANTINOPLE --- EMPIRE BYZANTIN --- HISTOIRE URBAINE --- HISTOIRE --- MOYEN AGE --- CIVILISATION --- EMPIRE D'ORIENT

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Astrology --- Science and astrology --- Science --- Science, Ancient --- Astrologie --- Sciences et astrologie --- Sciences --- Sciences anciennes --- History --- Histoire --- Byzantine Empire --- Empire byzantin --- Intellectual life --- Civilization --- Vie intellectuelle --- Civilisation --- Christianisme et astrologie --- Cosmologie --- Église orthodoxe --- Aspect religieux. --- Histoire des doctrines --- Église orthodoxe --- History. --- Astrologie. --- Astrology. --- Occultism --- Occultism. --- Occultisme --- Orthodoxe Kirche. --- Religion. --- Histoire. --- Byzantine Empire. --- Byzantinisches Reich. --- Intellectual life.

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One thousand years ago, the Byzantine Empire was reaching the height of its revival as a medieval state. The ten contributions to this volume by scholars from six European countries re-assess key aspects of the empire's politics and culture in the long reign of the emperor Basil II, whose name has come to symbolise the greatness of Byzantium in the age before the crusades. The first five chapters deal with international diplomacy, the emperor's power, and government in Asia Minor and the frontier provinces of the Balkans and southern Italy. The second half of the volume covers aspects of law, history-writing, poetry and hagiography, and concludes with a discussion of Byzantine attitudes to the Millennium.

Byzantine Empire --- Empire byzantin --- History --- Histoire --- Basil II Bulgaroctonus, 976-1025 --- Kongress. --- Politik. --- Byzance --- Byzantine Empire - History - Basil II Bulgaroctonus, 976-1025

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Istanbul (Turkey) --- Byzantine Empire --- History. --- Istanbul (Turquie) --- Empire byzantin --- History --- Histoire