An unpublished seal of Konstantinos Philosophos, his family, and the thema of the islands
In the Barber collection of Fine Arts (University of Birmingham) a seal issued by Konstantinos Philosophos, krites and strategos of the Islands dated to the 1070s or 1080s has been preserved. With this seal as a starting point, I examine the historical circumstances of the appointment of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Bulgarian |
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Institute for Byzantine Studies of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
2022-01-01
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| Series: | Zbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0584-9888/2022/0584-98882259027M.pdf |
| Summary: | In the Barber collection of Fine Arts (University of Birmingham) a seal
issued by Konstantinos Philosophos, krites and strategos of the Islands
dated to the 1070s or 1080s has been preserved. With this seal as a starting
point, I examine the historical circumstances of the appointment of
Konstantinos Philosophos in the Islands and particularly the devaluation of
the dignities and the fusion of the civil with the military administration.
Furthermore, the members of the rather obscure family of Philosophoi from
the 11th to the 13th centuries are identified. Finally, the administrative
area where Konstantinos Philosophos exercised his duties is located
territorially in the Southern Aegean, with Kos as its capital, and its
administrative structure is analyzed. This contribution closes with a short
prosopography of the officials who served in the region between the late
10th and the late 13th centuries. |
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| ISSN: | 0584-9888 2406-0917 |