The Family Strategy for Purple – Comparing the Methods of Andronikos I and Alexios I Komnenos of Constructing Imperial Power

Lachowicz, Paweł

dc.contributor.author	Lachowicz, Paweł
dc.date.accessioned	2021-08-27T10:00:28Z
dc.date.available	2021-08-27T10:00:28Z
dc.date.issued	2019-12-30
dc.identifier.issn	2084-140X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11089/38864
dc.description.abstract	In this paper I would like to concentrate on strategies and methods that were guiding Alexios I and Andronikos I of the Komnenos dynasty during the process of gaining and consolidating their power in the Byzantine Empire. Between these two emperors, who belonged to the same family, there exist many analogies in the way of carrying out a coup and constructing the authority based on a group of faithful aristocrats. It is crucial to highlight the active family politics which characterized both the emperors, as it was the main strategy aimed at ensuring the durability of the freshly acquired power. Between Andronikos’ and his grandfather’s coups passed almost exactly one hundred years. The completely different social and political situation of the Byzantine Empire in the late 12th century forced Andronikos to take a different approach. The most striking change was in the way of eliminating potential threats from the circles of Constantinopolitan aristocracy, especially when it comes to his relatives. Such a comparative analysis leads to some important observations concerning the social changes in the late 11th and 12th centuries, as well as mechanisms of seniority and precedence of power in the Komnenos family.	en
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego	pl
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Studia Ceranea. Journal of the Waldemar Ceran Research Centre for the History and Culture of the Mediterranean Area and South-East Europe	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
dc.subject	Andronikos I Komnenos	en
dc.subject	Alexios I Komnenos	en
dc.subject	Byzantine aristocracy	en
dc.subject	imperial authority	en
dc.subject	twelfth century	en
dc.title	The Family Strategy for Purple – Comparing the Methods of Andronikos I and Alexios I Komnenos of Constructing Imperial Power	en
dc.type	Article
dc.page.number	301-317
dc.contributor.authorAffiliation	University of Wrocław, Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences	en
dc.identifier.eissn	2449-8378
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dc.identifier.doi	10.18778/2084-140X.09.16
dc.relation.volume	9

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