The political problem of internal "ἀσφάλεια" in Niketas Choniates' Chronikè Diéghesis: a contributing factor to the Constantinople's fall in 1204

In this essay I analyze the idea of aspháleia (safety) in the political thought of the Byzantine historian Niketas Choniates (1150-55/1217 ca.), as it appears in his Chronikè Diéghesis. This historical work covers the period 1118-1206 and is a very significant source about the history of Byzantine E...

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Main Author: Andrea CATANZARO
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: National Hellenic Research Foundation 2013-02-01
Series:Byzantina Symmeikta
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Online Access:http://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/bz/article/view/3781