Twin Rivers

Literature & Fiction

Nesbitt, John

Genre Fiction

Robert Hale, Ltd.

In recent years scholars have shown considerable interest in early Christian attitudes toward peace and war. Some researchers have expanded this field of study to include Augustine's views and their elaboration during the Middle Ages; others have focused on Reformation concepts about the virtues of peace and the causes of armed conflicts. Very few scholars, however, have considered how Byzantine theologians, politicians, and secular intellectuals conceived of the two. This volume of essays, compiled in honor of prominent Byzantine scholar George T. Dennis, S.J., is the first to examine the Byzantine Christian tradition of peace and war. Grouped into three distinct sections, the essays collected here offer the reader an opportunity to examine aspects of a Christian tradition different from that of Roman Catholicism or Protestantism. The first essays examine how Byzantine society conceived of peace, the essays in the second section treat the manner in which the Byzantines waged war and how their soldiers actually lived, and the essays in the third section address specific sources for Byzantine military history. Although this last part is primarily for specialists, even here one finds information of general interest. While the essays focus on many diverse aspects of Byzantine military history, two major themes emerge: first, that Byzantine religious and political writers considered peace the highest gift of God and the principal purpose of any legitimate state; and second, that the soldiers of Byzantium, both as the Empire's protectors from impious barbarians and as members of a profession stained with blood, held an ambivalent position in society. Because an examination of the Byzantine moral perspective on the problem of organized violence may provide valuable new insights on the challenge of preserving peace in our time, this collection of original scholarly essays should appeal to a diverse audience--not only to those with an interest in Byzantine history but also to individuals interested in social and military history, theology, canon law, and the psychology and justification of war. Timothy S. Miller is associate professor of history at Salisbury State University in Maryland. John Nesbitt is a research fellow at Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies in Washington, D.C., and an instructor at American University. Contributors: John W. Barker, John V. A. Fine, Thomas Halton, Walter K. Hanak, Emily Albu Hanawalt, David W. Johnson, S.J., Alexander Kazhdan, Leslie S. B. MacCoull, Eric McGeer, Stamatina McGrath, Timothy S. Miller, Joseph A. Munitiz, S.J., John Nesbitt, Nicholas Oikonomides, Marios Philippides, Robert F. Taft, S.J., Patrick Viscuso, and John Wortley.

Peace and War in Byzantium: Essays in Honor of George T. Dennis

Miller, Timothy S.

Dennis, George T.

Essays & Correspondence

Catholic Univ of Amer Pr

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Nesbitt, Dallas

Uchimaru, Keiko

Words, Language & Grammar

Emc Pub.

A funeral sermon preached at the merchants lecture at Pinner's-Hall, Broadstreet upon the death of the reverend Mr. Thomas Gouge who deceased Jan. 8 1699/1700 by John Nesbitt. (1700)

Religion & Spirituality

EEBO Editions, ProQuest

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Rose, V.J.

Wolfpack Publishing

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