The role of the Slavs within the Byzantine empire, 500-1018
Michael David Graebner
The role of the Slavs within the Byzantine empire, 500-1018
Graebner Michael David
Degree date: 1975
Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey, Ph.D., 1975 History, medieval
© 1975
MICHAEL DAVID GRAEBNER
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
A thesis submitted to The Graduate School of Rutgers University
in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
Written under the direction of Professor Peter Charanis of the Department of History and approved by ...
New Brunswick, New Jersey January, 1975
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS . . . . . . . ii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . . . . . v
A TERMINOLOGICAL AND ORTHOGRAPHICAL NOTE . . . . . . . x
TRANSLITERATION CHART . . . . . . . xii
ABBREVIATIONS . . . . . . . xiii
Chapter
I. INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . 1
II. PRELUDE—BYZANTIUM AND THE SLAVS DURING THE ERA OF MIGRATIONS . . . . . . . 31
III. THE SLAVS WITHIN BYZANTIUM — THE INITIAL STAGES . . . . . . . 57
IV. SLAVIC PERSONALITIES IN THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE . . . . . . . 85
V. BYZANTINIZATION—THE SLAVS IN ASIA MINOR . . . . . . . 114
VI. SEMI-AUTONOMY, THE SLAVS IN BYZANTINE EUROPE . . . . . . . 133
VII. POSTLUDE — TRACES OF THE SLAVS WITHIN BYZANTIUM . . . . . . . 165
VIII. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS . . . . . . . 194
BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . 201
VITA . . . . . . . 226