Aspekte Der Politischen Verflechtung Des Patriarchen In Der Mittelbyzantinischen Zeit
The patriarch of Constantinople became an important political factor in the 
 middle Byzantine period. Three aspects will be discussed: 1. Responsibility 
 for the inauguration of the ruler, 2. Support of usurpations and political 
 coups, 3. Mediation.
Kaiserprophetien und Hochverrat. Apokalyptische Schriften und Kaiservaticinien als Medium antikaiserlicher Propaganda
Im Juli oder August des Jahres 1280 erließ Kaiser Michael VIII. Palaiologos († 11.12. 1282) ein Gesetz, das auf den ersten Blick etwas eigenartig anmutet. Der eigentliche Text dieses Gesetzes ist nicht berliefert. Allein der Historiker Georgios Pachymeres berichtet ber den Vorgang; seine Mitteilung dar ber und insbesondere der Kontext der Ereignisse sind allerdings schwer zu verstehen. Schon Karl Krumbacher kennzeichnete die Lekt re dieses Geschichtswerkes – vçllig berechtigt – als „qualvoll“, und der Abschnitt (IV,24), der mit der Nachricht ber das Gesetz endet, gehçrt zu den schwierigsten. Es ging jedenfalls um bestimmte „Flugbl tter“ (v2lousa), deren Besitz, Lekt re oder gar Ver-
The Influence Of Prophecy In The Later Middle Ages A Study In Joachimism
Since the original publication of this title, the 12th-century Calabrian Abbot, Joachim of Fiore, has been accorded an increasingly central position in the history of medieval thought and culture. In this work, Marjorie Reeves shows the wide extent of Joachimist influence from the 13th to the 16th centuries and demonstrates the continuity between medieval and Renaissance thought in the field of prophecy. Reeves pinpoints some of the most original aspects of Joachim's theology of history and traces his reputation and influence through succeeding centuries. She also explains how his vision of a final age of the Spirit in history became a powerful force in shaping expectations of the future in Western Europe. The book traces in detail the development of the three great images in which these expectations came to be focused: New Spiritual Men, Angelic Pope, and Last World Emperor. In addition, Reeves illuminates how the pervading influence of Joachim's concepts of a future golden age forms the basis for an understanding of prophetic visions in later centuries. In the light of the current expansion of Joachimist and millenium studies, medieval scholars and students should find the renewed availability of this volume useful, with the addition of an annotated bibliography of material published on Joachimism between 1969 and 1992.