Michael Palaiologos and the Publics of the Byzantine Empire in Exile, c.1223–1259 (New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture)

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Note on Translation and Transliteration
Contents
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1 Introduction: Meeting the Roman Public
	1.1 The Empire of the Romans in Exile (1204–1261)
	1.2 The Empire of Individuals: Communicative Actions and Individual Agency
	1.3 Biography: A Vehicle for Writing Social History
	1.4 Places of Communication: The Public Arena
	1.5 Publics and Actions by Chapters
2 Making Officials in Exile: The Case of the Palaiologoi
	2.1 The Palaiologoi: Seven Generations Serving the Empire
	2.2 Preparing for Greatness: Education at the Imperial Court
	2.3 Education: A Public Affair
	2.4 Progymnasmata in Action: Michael Palaiologos’ Erudition on Public Display
	2.5 Like Father Like Son: Andronikos and Michael Palaiologos in the Public Eye
	2.6 A Useful Life: Andronikos Palaiologos in Provincial Public Service
	2.7 A Useful Afterlife: The Place of Andronikos Palaiologos in the Public Memory of Thessaloniki
3 Linking the Golden Chain: The Social Network of Michael Palaiologos
	3.1 Keeping Checks and Balances Among the Romans
	3.2 Michael’s Trial: A Hot Mess?
	3.3 A Fresh Start with Old Friends: Imperial Son-in-Law and New Appointment
	3.4 Theodoros II Laskaris: The Breaker of Chains
4 “Je veux être calife à la place du calife”: Michael Palaiologos in the Saljuq Sultanate of Rum
	4.1 The Prodigal Son: The Saljuq Sultanate of Rum
	4.2 The Sultanate of Rum: A Byzantine Haven?
	4.3 The Roman Diaspora in the Saljuq Sultanate of Rum and Frankish Greece: A Comparison
	4.4 Flight to the (Un)Known
	4.5 Michael Palaiologos: A Saljuq Dignitary
	4.6 There and Back Again
5 “The Return of the King”: Michael Palaiologos Claims Imperial Dignity
	5.1 Homecoming
	5.2 The Rhetorical Side of Public Deliberations: Obtaining Public Support for the Mouzalones’ Regency
	5.3 The Violent Side of Public Deliberations: Obtaining Public Support for the Palaiologan Regency
	5.4 Social Capital and Public Deliberations: Michael Palaiologos, Guardian of the Empire
	5.5 The Final Countdown: Michael Palaiologos Goes for the Throne
	5.6 Panem et Circenses: Michael Palaiologos and the Public Consensus
	5.7 The Man Who Wrote the Book
6 Conclusion
	6.1 The Publics and Their Wants
	6.2 Concluding the Conclusion
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