Belisarius & Antonina: Love and War in the Age of Justinian
Autor David Alan Parnellen Limba Engleză Hardback – 20 aug 2023
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780197574706
ISBN-10: 019757470X
Pagini: 272
Ilustrații: 19 b/w halftones; 5 maps
Dimensiuni: 164 x 236 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.55 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 019757470X
Pagini: 272
Ilustrații: 19 b/w halftones; 5 maps
Dimensiuni: 164 x 236 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.55 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
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This is a splendid analysis of one of the great power couples of Late Antiquity. Outsiders both, Belisarius and Antonina, were alternatively welcome and unwelcome to their contemporaries; their lives together were objects of potent contemporary image making as well as intensely hostile gossip. Parnell does a masterful job untangling the complex traditions stemming from the ambiguity of their positions, both at the time and the later myths surrounding them. In so doing, he offers a valuable picture of the Roman Empire in the sixth century from a fresh perspective.
Parnell brings to life these two enigmatic figures, Antonina and Belisarius, in an enthralling narrative, in which he shows not just the trials and tribulations of Belisarius' career, but also the invaluable role played by Antonina in his western campaigns. Throughout, while taking a middle ground regarding the vexatious Secret History, Parnell has a knack of teasing out valuable insight into Antonina's actions and Belisarius' motives, which are often obscured by Procopius' sometimes cagey accounts.
This book combines military, social, and women's history in just over 200 pages of text. Parnell (Indiana Univ. Northwest) assesses the enduring and successful relationship between Belisarius, Justinian's most famous general, and his wife Antonina... Highly recommended. General readers and advanced undergraduates through faculty.
Extremely welcome. It is not only good research but would make an excellent classroom text.... It is well written and argued without being overly technical or full of academic jargon.... The book provides fodder for discussions of military, diplomatic, gender, and even environmental history.
It is well written and argued without being overly technical or full of academic jargon. It is easy to imagine pairing chapters with conflicting readings from Procopius to teach problems in working with primary sources. The book provides fodder for discussions of military, diplomatic, gender, and even environmental history.
Parnell brings to life these two enigmatic figures, Antonina and Belisarius, in an enthralling narrative, in which he shows not just the trials and tribulations of Belisarius' career, but also the invaluable role played by Antonina in his western campaigns. Throughout, while taking a middle ground regarding the vexatious Secret History, Parnell has a knack of teasing out valuable insight into Antonina's actions and Belisarius' motives, which are often obscured by Procopius' sometimes cagey accounts.
This book combines military, social, and women's history in just over 200 pages of text. Parnell (Indiana Univ. Northwest) assesses the enduring and successful relationship between Belisarius, Justinian's most famous general, and his wife Antonina... Highly recommended. General readers and advanced undergraduates through faculty.
Extremely welcome. It is not only good research but would make an excellent classroom text.... It is well written and argued without being overly technical or full of academic jargon.... The book provides fodder for discussions of military, diplomatic, gender, and even environmental history.
It is well written and argued without being overly technical or full of academic jargon. It is easy to imagine pairing chapters with conflicting readings from Procopius to teach problems in working with primary sources. The book provides fodder for discussions of military, diplomatic, gender, and even environmental history.
Notă biografică
David Alan Parnell is Associate Professor of History at Indiana University Northwest and author of Justinian's Men: Careers and Relationships of Byzantine Army Officers, ca. 518-610.