Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople
- The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Place and Its People
- Part II Practical Matters
- Part III Urban Experiences
- 8: Imperial Constantinople
- 9: Residential Constantinople
- 10: Commercial Constantinople
- 11: Sacred Dimensions: Church Building and Ecclesiastical Practice
- 12: Sacred Dimensions: Constantinopolitan Monasticism
- 13: Sacred Dimensions: Death and Burial
- Part IV Institutions and Activities
- Part V Encountering Constantinople
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
- References
8: - Imperial Constantinople
from Part III - Urban Experiences
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople
- The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Place and Its People
- Part II Practical Matters
- Part III Urban Experiences
- 8: Imperial Constantinople
- 9: Residential Constantinople
- 10: Commercial Constantinople
- 11: Sacred Dimensions: Church Building and Ecclesiastical Practice
- 12: Sacred Dimensions: Constantinopolitan Monasticism
- 13: Sacred Dimensions: Death and Burial
- Part IV Institutions and Activities
- Part V Encountering Constantinople
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
- References
Summary
Chapter 8, “Imperial Constantinople,” maps the imperial presence in Constantinople’s urban and suburban space during its lifetime as a Roman capital, looking at the space reserved to the emperor and the court hierarchy, at satellite residences of the imperial hub, and at the use and politicization of public space
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- The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople , pp. 135 - 149Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
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Ebersolt, J. Le Grand Palais de Constantinople et le Livre des Cérémonies (Paris, 1910).Google Scholar
Featherstone, M., Spieser, J.-M., Tanman, G., and Wulf-Rheidt, U., eds., The Emperor’s House. Palaces from Augustus to the Age of Absolutism (Berlin-Boston, 2015).Google Scholar
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