Inhaltsangabe: Politics and tradition between Rome, Ravenna and Constantinople :

Parallelsachtitel:	Cassiodorus and the Variae, 527-554
1. Verfasser:	Bjornlie, M. Shane, 1969-
Ort/Verlag/Jahr:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Umfang/Format:	xiii, 370 p. ; 24 cm.
Schriftenreihe:	Cambridge studies in medieval life and though ; 4th ser., 89
Schlagworte:	Cassiodorus, > Senator, > approximately 487-approximately 580. > Variae. Cassiodorus, > Senator, > approximately 487-approximately 580 > Political and social views. HISTORY / Europe / General Italy > Politics and government > 476-1268. Imperium Romanum > Germanic Invasions, 3rd-6th centuries.
iDAI.gazetteer:	Imperium Romanum
Inhalte/Bestandteile:	2 Datensätze
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Inhaltsangabe:

Machine generated contents note: Part I. The Variae as Windows onto Painted Curtains: Introduction; 1. Cassiodorus and Italy at the end of the long-fifth century; Part II. Cassiodorus and the Circumstances of Political Survival: 2. The age of bureaucracy; 3. The reign of Justinian; 4. Voices of discontent in Constantinople; 5. The Anicii between Rome, Ravenna and Constantinople; 6. The memory of Boethius in the Variae; Part III. Reading the Variae as Political Apologetic: 7. Literary aspects of the Variae; 8. Antiquitas and Novitas: the language of good governance in the Variae; 9. Natura and Law in Justinian's Novellae and the Variae; 10. Reading good governance in the Variae and the De anima; 11. The Variae as apologetic narrative; 12. Conclusion: innovative traditionalism and its consequence; Bibliography.