The chrysobull of Alexius I Comnenus to the Venetians
The date and the debate
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11892979 |
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| Authors | Thomas F Madden (0009-0009-8548-2355, a Department of History, Saint Louis University , 3800 Lindell Boulevard, PO Box 56907, St Louis, MO 63156 0907, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 23-41 |
| Publication date | 2002-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Medieval History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0304-4181 • E-ISSN: 1873-1279 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1016/s0304-4181(01)00020-3 |
| OpenAlex | W2042235008 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Emperor Alexius I Comnenus granted to the Republic of Venice a generous chrysobull of privileges and property in return for the latter's support in Byzantium's war with the Normans. Despite more than a century of criticism, scholarly consensus continues to favour May 1082 as the probable date for this important chrysobull. Various attempts by scholars to offer alternate dates have not met with success or acceptance. The evidence for the date of the imperial charter can be divided into three categories: near-contemporary chronicles, contemporary archival documents, and textual/paleographic evidence. An examination of the evidence considered in its totality appears to confirm the traditional date of May 1082
Ancient history · Archaeology · Charter · Criticism · Emperor · Political science · Balkan and Eastern European Studies · Byzantine Studies and History · Classics · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.12 |
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| Citation span | 2009 - 2020 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |