Noel Lenski
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4997017 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Noel Lenski |
| PRENOMES | Noel |
| SOBRENOME | Lenski |
| ASSINATURA | LENSKI N |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Yale University |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 20 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 26 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 18 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 2 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1996 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
New Paths to Power
Human Trafficking in Medieval Europe
The Late Roman Colonate
The ‘bound colonate’ is a subject of controversy among scholars, some of whom argue that it existed as a new status between free and slave, while others feel it was merely a fiscal concern that has been exaggerated into a historiographic myth. A survey of the evidence confirms that the bound colonate grew out of fiscal registration in the late third century but then took on a life of its own as a third status of semi-servility in the following ce…
Failure of Empire
Failure of Empire is the first comprehensive biography of the Roman emperor Valens and his troubled reign (a.d. 364-78). Valens will always be remembered for his spectacular defeat and death at the hands of the Goths in the Battle of Adrianople. This singular misfortune won him a front-row seat among history's great losers. By the time he was killed, his empire had been coming unglued for several years: the Goths had overrun the Balkans; Persians…
Framing the Question
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Introduction
Ancient Slaveries and Modern Ideology
What Is a Slave Society
The practice of slavery has been common across a variety of cultures around the globe and throughout history. Despite the multiplicity of slavery's manifestations, many scholars have used a simple binary to categorize slave-holding groups as either 'genuine slave societies' or 'societies with slaves'. This dichotomy, as originally proposed by ancient historian Moses Finley, assumes that there were just five 'genuine slave societies' in all of hum…
Constantine and the Cities
Roman Emperor Constantine raised Christianity from a minority religion to imperial status, but his religious orientation was by no means unambiguous. In Constantine and the Cities , Noel Lenski demonstrates how the emperor and his subjects used the instruments of government in a struggle for authority over the religion of the empire
Constantine and the Tyche of Constantinople
The notion of monarchy is fraught with contradiction. No ruler rules alone, for the very basis of power is control over the many. Whether the monarch achieves this in the realm of fiscal policy, administrative apparatus, social legislation, military campaigns, or religious authority, his exercise of power is always constructed in dialogue with those over whom he rules. Constantine appears to have been particularly successful at ruling, for despit…
Alexandru Madgearu, A comparison between two migrations in the Byzantine Empire
The study compares from several points of view two migratory movements across the Lower Danube: the Tervingi Goths in 376 and the Pechenegs in 1045-1047. In both cases the imperial authorities hoped they would gain supplementary military forces, but the events turned both migratory groups into internal enemies. There are some similarities in the causes of the aforementioned migrations, in the way the Danube was crossed, and as concerns the places…
Procopius
Procopius was born in Palestinian Caesarea ( Bell . 1.1.1; Anecd . 11.25), probably ca. 500 CE . Nothing firm is known of his family background.
Working Models
Evoking the Pagan Past
The inscription on Constantine’s arch claims that he defeated Maxentius “by the instigation of the divine”(“instinctu divinitatis”). Scholars long have recognized the significance of this phrase in the context of Constantine’s vision or visions before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. This study examines the phrase from a philological perspective and demonstrates that it likely was formulated by pagan senators rather than the emperor himself. It …
The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Constantine
The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Constantine offers students a comprehensive one-volume survey of this pivotal emperor and his times. Richly illustrated and designed as a readable survey accessible to all audiences, it also achieves a level of scholarly sophistication and a freshness of interpretation that will be welcomed by the experts. The volume is divided into five sections that examine political history, religion, social and economic h…
Failure of EmpireValens and the Roman State in the Fourth Century A.D
This book is a biography of the Roman emperor Valens and his troubled reign (A.D. 364–78). Valens will always be remembered for his spectacular defeat and death at the hands of the Goths in the Battle of Adrianople. By the time he was killed, Valens' empire had been coming apart for several years: the Goths had overrun the Balkans; Persians, Isaurians, and Saracens were threatening the east; the economy was in disarray; and pagans and Christians …
The Election of Jovian and the Role of the Late Imperial Guards
Assimilation and Revolt in the Territory of Isauria, From the 1st Century BC to the 6th Century AD
This article investigates shifts in the scale and organization of violence in the region of Isauria during the period of Roman rule. In contrast with the fundamental paper of B. Shaw in JESHO, volume 33 (1990), which argues that Isaurian violence was a constant in all periods of history, this study attempts to show that major Isaurian uprisings were brought under control from the mid-first century to the mid-third century AD. In these centuries t…
Basil and the Isaurian Uprising of A. D. 375
The Roman Imperial Coinage X
The Election of Jovian and the Role of the Late Imperial Guards
Evoking the Pagan Past
The inscription on Constantine’s arch claims that he defeated Maxentius “by the instigation of the divine”(“instinctu divinitatis”). Scholars long have recognized the significance of this phrase in the context of Constantine’s vision or visions before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. This study examines the phrase from a philological perspective and demonstrates that it likely was formulated by pagan senators rather than the emperor himself. It …
Failure of EmpireValens and the Roman State in the Fourth Century A.D
This book is a biography of the Roman emperor Valens and his troubled reign (A.D. 364–78). Valens will always be remembered for his spectacular defeat and death at the hands of the Goths in the Battle of Adrianople. By the time he was killed, Valens' empire had been coming apart for several years: the Goths had overrun the Balkans; Persians, Isaurians, and Saracens were threatening the east; the economy was in disarray; and pagans and Christians …
Assimilation and Revolt in the Territory of Isauria, From the 1st Century BC to the 6th Century AD
This article investigates shifts in the scale and organization of violence in the region of Isauria during the period of Roman rule. In contrast with the fundamental paper of B. Shaw in JESHO, volume 33 (1990), which argues that Isaurian violence was a constant in all periods of history, this study attempts to show that major Isaurian uprisings were brought under control from the mid-first century to the mid-third century AD. In these centuries t…
Basil and the Isaurian Uprising of A. D. 375
The Roman Imperial Coinage X
Assimilation and Revolt in the Territory of Isauria, From the 1st Century BC to the 6th Century AD
This article investigates shifts in the scale and organization of violence in the region of Isauria during the period of Roman rule. In contrast with the fundamental paper of B. Shaw in JESHO, volume 33 (1990), which argues that Isaurian violence was a constant in all periods of history, this study attempts to show that major Isaurian uprisings were brought under control from the mid-first century to the mid-third century AD. In these centuries t…
Basil and the Isaurian Uprising of A. D. 375
The Election of Jovian and the Role of the Late Imperial Guards
Failure of EmpireValens and the Roman State in the Fourth Century A.D
This book is a biography of the Roman emperor Valens and his troubled reign (A.D. 364–78). Valens will always be remembered for his spectacular defeat and death at the hands of the Goths in the Battle of Adrianople. By the time he was killed, Valens' empire had been coming apart for several years: the Goths had overrun the Balkans; Persians, Isaurians, and Saracens were threatening the east; the economy was in disarray; and pagans and Christians …
The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Constantine
The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Constantine offers students a comprehensive one-volume survey of this pivotal emperor and his times. Richly illustrated and designed as a readable survey accessible to all audiences, it also achieves a level of scholarly sophistication and a freshness of interpretation that will be welcomed by the experts. The volume is divided into five sections that examine political history, religion, social and economic h…
Evoking the Pagan Past
The inscription on Constantine’s arch claims that he defeated Maxentius “by the instigation of the divine”(“instinctu divinitatis”). Scholars long have recognized the significance of this phrase in the context of Constantine’s vision or visions before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. This study examines the phrase from a philological perspective and demonstrates that it likely was formulated by pagan senators rather than the emperor himself. It …
Procopius
Procopius was born in Palestinian Caesarea ( Bell . 1.1.1; Anecd . 11.25), probably ca. 500 CE . Nothing firm is known of his family background.
Working Models
Constantine and the Tyche of Constantinople
The notion of monarchy is fraught with contradiction. No ruler rules alone, for the very basis of power is control over the many. Whether the monarch achieves this in the realm of fiscal policy, administrative apparatus, social legislation, military campaigns, or religious authority, his exercise of power is always constructed in dialogue with those over whom he rules. Constantine appears to have been particularly successful at ruling, for despit…
Alexandru Madgearu, A comparison between two migrations in the Byzantine Empire
The study compares from several points of view two migratory movements across the Lower Danube: the Tervingi Goths in 376 and the Pechenegs in 1045-1047. In both cases the imperial authorities hoped they would gain supplementary military forces, but the events turned both migratory groups into internal enemies. There are some similarities in the causes of the aforementioned migrations, in the way the Danube was crossed, and as concerns the places…
Constantine and the Cities
Roman Emperor Constantine raised Christianity from a minority religion to imperial status, but his religious orientation was by no means unambiguous. In Constantine and the Cities , Noel Lenski demonstrates how the emperor and his subjects used the instruments of government in a struggle for authority over the religion of the empire
Framing the Question
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Introduction
Ancient Slaveries and Modern Ideology
What Is a Slave Society
The practice of slavery has been common across a variety of cultures around the globe and throughout history. Despite the multiplicity of slavery's manifestations, many scholars have used a simple binary to categorize slave-holding groups as either 'genuine slave societies' or 'societies with slaves'. This dichotomy, as originally proposed by ancient historian Moses Finley, assumes that there were just five 'genuine slave societies' in all of hum…
Failure of Empire
Failure of Empire is the first comprehensive biography of the Roman emperor Valens and his troubled reign (a.d. 364-78). Valens will always be remembered for his spectacular defeat and death at the hands of the Goths in the Battle of Adrianople. This singular misfortune won him a front-row seat among history's great losers. By the time he was killed, his empire had been coming unglued for several years: the Goths had overrun the Balkans; Persians…
The Late Roman Colonate
The ‘bound colonate’ is a subject of controversy among scholars, some of whom argue that it existed as a new status between free and slave, while others feel it was merely a fiscal concern that has been exaggerated into a historiographic myth. A survey of the evidence confirms that the bound colonate grew out of fiscal registration in the late third century but then took on a life of its own as a third status of semi-servility in the following ce…
New Paths to Power
Human Trafficking in Medieval Europe
History (15 obras) · Ancient history (12 obras) · Classical Antiquity Studies (11 obras) · Political science (10 obras) · Byzantine Studies and History (8 obras) · Art (7 obras) · Archaeology (5 obras) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (5 obras) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (5 obras) · Empire (5 obras)