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Gift-giving in Byzantine diplomacy
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Author
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Abstract
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| Gift exchange was an integral and crucial part of Byzantine diplomacy. The practice of Byzantine gift-giving varied with diplomatic con text. The main division is that between Byzantine diplomacy with Muslim rulers and Byzantine diplomacy with (Christian) rulers to the North and West. While the termer happened on a more egalitarian footing, the latter was structured in more explicitly hierarchical terms. This difference was reflected in the practice of gift exchange: in who participated, how they comported themselves and the nature of the objects being exchanged. Even so, in both contexts, the function of diplomatic gift-giving was to claim and justify authority, be that the authority of the One (Byzantine Emperor) over the Many (Christian rulers, people of the Roman lands), or the authority of the Few (Byzantine Emperor and Muslim Caliph) over the Many (their respective subordinates). |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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The Hague journal of diplomacy. - Leiden, 2006, currens
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Publication
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Leiden
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Brill
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2021
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ISSN
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1871-1901
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1871-191X
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DOI
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10.1163/1871191X-BJA10057
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Volume/pages
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16
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(2021)
, p. 155-165
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ISI
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000621793000010
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Full text (publisher's version - intranet only)
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