Imperial Ideology and Political Thought in Byzantium, 1204-1330.(Book review)

The Historian | March 22, 2009| | Copyright

Imperial Ideology and Political Thought in Byzantium, 1204-1330. By Dimiter Angelov. (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Pp. xx, 453. $110.00.)

Quite correctly, the author of this book distinguishes imperial ideology from political thought. Especially in recent years, many historians have mistaken Byzantine panegyrics of emperors for serious political statements. Dimiter Angelov realizes that they were rhetorical exercises and scarcely even propaganda: "Imperial panegyric never had an extensive outreach as propaganda, because the speakers addressed ...

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