Learning objectives
Knowledge of quality and manifestation of power in Byzantium.
Prerequisites
Fundamentals of medieval history.
Course unit content
Biographies of some byzantine Emperors
Bibliography
G. Ravegnani, Imperatori di Bisanzio, Bologna, il Mulino, 2008; Ch. Diehl, Figure bizantine, trad. it., Torino, Einaudi, 2007.
Teaching methods
Academic lessons; seminars.