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The Horoscope of Emperor Baldwin II
Political and Sociocultural Dynamics in Latin-Byzantine Constantinople
Series: - The Medieval Mediterranean, Volume: 114
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In The Horoscope of Emperor Baldwin II Filip Van Tricht presents a microstudy of political, social and cultural life in Latin-Byzantine Constantinople and Romania. A ânewâ set of sources is used to question the traditionally negative view of the Byzantine capital under Latin rule. Combined with an analysis of other underused historical materials, mid-13th century Latin-Byzantine Constantinople is redefined as a city thatâin spite of the Western conquest during the Fourth Crusadeâremained dynamic, with vibrant internal and international politics, and with interesting developments in the social, religious, artistic, and scientific spheres. Against the background of a shared Roman past the metropolis on the Bosporus became a fascinating laboratory of Latin-Byzantine interaction.
Filip Van Tricht, Ph.D. (2003), University of Ghent, is researcher at the Department of History at that university. He has authored publications on the Byzantine empire and Latin Romania in the 13th century, including The Latin Renovatio of Byzantium (Brill, 2011).
Lâétude de Filip Van Tricht devait au départ nâêtre quâun article. Il faut se féliciter que lâA. ait pris le parti dâen faire un livre, aussi instructif quâagréable à lire:câest une véritable exploration de Constantinople au milieu du xiiie siècle qui se trouve ici proposée, et le format dâun livre donne évidemment une hauteur de vue sans comparaison avec un article.
Xavier Hélary, in Comptes Rendus, Le Moyen Age , 126, (2020).
Xavier Hélary, in Comptes Rendus, Le Moyen Age , 126, (2020).
Preface
Introduction
1 Manuscript Tradition, Authorship, Date & Aim
2 A Byzantine-Style Imperial Ideology
3 Internal Rivalries at Court
4 Attempts at Geopolitical Restauration
5 The Astrological Corpus: Western and Byzantine Influences
6 Literature and Sciences in Latin-Byzantine Constantinople
7 The Arts and Artistic Production in Latin-Byzantine Constantinople
Conclusion
1 Astrological poem
2 Horoscope of BaldwinII of Courtenay
3 Introductoire dâAstronomie: Selected Chapters
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
1 Manuscript Tradition, Authorship, Date & Aim
Part 1:Political Dynamics
2 A Byzantine-Style Imperial Ideology
3 Internal Rivalries at Court
4 Attempts at Geopolitical Restauration
Part 2:Cultural Dynamics
5 The Astrological Corpus: Western and Byzantine Influences
6 Literature and Sciences in Latin-Byzantine Constantinople
7 The Arts and Artistic Production in Latin-Byzantine Constantinople
Conclusion
Part 3:Appendixes
1 Astrological poem
2 Horoscope of Baldwin
3 Introductoire dâAstronomie: Selected Chapters
Bibliography
Index
All those interested in the history of Byzantium, the history of the Crusades, and the history of the Middle Ages (culture, arts, sciences).