The Byzantine Theocracy
by Steven Runciman
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The constitution of the Byzantine Empire was based on the conviction that it was the earthly copy of the Kingdom of Heaven. Just as God ruled in Heaven, so the Emperor, made in his image, should rule on earth and carry out his commandments. This was the theory, but in practice the state was never free from its Roman past, particularly the Roman law, and its heritage of Greek culture. Sir Steven Runciman's Weil lectures trace the various ways in which the Emperor tried to put the theory into show more practice - and thus the changing relationship between church and state - from the days of the first Constantine to those of the eleventh. The theocratic constitution remained virtually unchanged during those eleven centuries. No other constitution in the Christian era has endured for so long. show lessTags
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Sir Steven Runciman was one of the most acclaimed historians of the Byzantine ear and the author of many influential works, including the three-volume History of the Crusades.
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- Canonical title
- The Byzantine Theocracy
- Original title
- The Byzantine Theocracy
- Original publication date
- 1977 (1st UK originale publishing, Cambridge university press) (1st UK originale publishing, Cambridge university press)
- Original language
- English (UK) (UK)
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 274.95 — Religion History of Christianity Christianity in Europe Minor Countries Byzantine empire and modern Greece
- LCC
- BX300 .R86 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Christian Denominations Christian Denominations Orthodox Eastern Church General
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- Languages
- English, Greek, Hungarian, Italian
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- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 7
