Power and Representation in Byzantium: The Forging of the Macedonian Dynasty

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Figures
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
	The study of imperial art under the Macedonians
	Art and power in Constantinople
	The construction of power
	Relations of power
	A note on artworks and sources
1. Basil I: Usurping power
	Basil\'s accession to the throne
	Usurpation and images of heavenly crowning
2. Laying foundations: Basil\'s building work
	The claims of the Vita Basilii
	Early renovations: an emperor cursed or blessed?
	Later construction: prestige, piety and conspicuous consumption
	The New Imperial Church
	An eye to the people
3. From emperor to dynasty: Family and succession
	Family portraits
	Power relations at Basil\'s court
	Basil and Leo
4. Leo VI: Continuity and change
	Leo\'s accession
	Leo\'s iconography
	Leo\'s building programme
	The curious case of an emperor in the narthex
5. Leo VI: Power contested
	Patriarchal art in mid-ninth century
	The Paris Gregory as a product of patriarchal art
	Signs of spiritual power in imperial art
6. Alexander: Idler or innovator?
	Alexander\'s iconography
	Portrait of Alexander
	Alexander and the succession
7. Dynasty destabilised: The regency of Zoe
8. Dynasty under threat: Romanos I and the Lekapenoi
	The struggle for precedence
	Romanos in power
	The question of succession
9. Constantine VII and the re-invention of the dynasty
	The character of imperial power
	The return of imperial lineage
	The theatre of power
	Managing the succession
Conclusion
Bibliography
	Primary Sources
	Secondary Sources
Index