The Reign of Leo VI (886-912)
Biographical note
Shaun Tougher, Ph.D. (1994) in Mediaeval History, University of St. Andrews, is Lecturer in Byzantine Studies at the Queen's University of Belfast. He has published articles on Leo VI, including The Wisdom of Leo VI' in New Constantines (Aldershot, 1994).
Readership
All those interested in the history of Byzantium in particular and medieval history in general, the history of kingship and imperial ideology, and the dynamics of political and personal relationship.
Reviews
'...eine fundierte und unspectakuläre Bestandsaufnahme unseres Wissens über Leon VI...'
Johannes Koder, Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik, 2001.
Johannes Koder, Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik, 2001.
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Map: The Empire of Leo VI, c. 899
Introduction: Aims and Sources 1
1. The Establishment of the Macedonian Dynasty: The Reigns of Basil I and Leo VI (867-912) 23
2. Macedonian or Amorian? 42
3. The End of Photios 68
4. The Dominate of Stylianos Zaoutzes 89
5. The Reality of Leo the Wise 110
6. The Four Wives of Leo VI 133
7. Military Matters: The Bulgarian War, the Arab Naval Threat and the Taktika 164
8. The Emperor's Men: Eunuchs and Strategoi 194
9. Alexander 219
Conclusion 233
Bibliography 237
Index 253
Abbreviations
Map: The Empire of Leo VI, c. 899
Introduction: Aims and Sources 1
1. The Establishment of the Macedonian Dynasty: The Reigns of Basil I and Leo VI (867-912) 23
2. Macedonian or Amorian? 42
3. The End of Photios 68
4. The Dominate of Stylianos Zaoutzes 89
5. The Reality of Leo the Wise 110
6. The Four Wives of Leo VI 133
7. Military Matters: The Bulgarian War, the Arab Naval Threat and the Taktika 164
8. The Emperor's Men: Eunuchs and Strategoi 194
9. Alexander 219
Conclusion 233
Bibliography 237
Index 253
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