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Basil II and the Governance of Empire (976-1025) (Oxford Studies in Byzantium) by Catherine Holmes is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
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"Catherine Holmes considers the problems inherent in governing such a large, multi-ethnic empire, and the solutions that Basil adopted. She explains how the extant sources make unmasking the political realities of this period so difficult, and demonstrates that a convincing picture of Basil's reign only emerges when these sources are understood in their original contexts. Particular attention is paid to the impact that the Synopsis Historian of John Skylitzes, a little-studied text from the reig
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- Author
- Catherine Holmes
- Publisher
- Oxford University PressOxford
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781429421980
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- History, Biography, Historical Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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