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Basil II
Byzantium
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Early Middle Ages
Eastern Roman Empire
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Gagik II
Grigor Magistros
Kars
Late Antiquity
Manzikert
Philaretos
Romanos IV
Royal Armenians
the Armenian Church
Vaspurakan
Product details
- ISBN 9780755642465
- Weight: 320g
- Dimensions: 154 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 29 May 2025
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Armenians in the Byzantine Empire is a new study exploring the relationship between the Armenians and Byzantines from the ninth through eleventh centuries. Utilising primary sources from multiple traditions, the evidence is clear that until the eleventh century Armenian migrants were able to fully assimilate into the Empire, in time recognized fully as Romaioi (Byzantine Romans). From the turn of the eleventh century however, migrating groups of Armenians seem to have resisted the previously successful process of assimilation, holding onto their ancestral and religious identity, and viewing the Byzantines with suspicion. This stagnation and ultimate failure to assimilate Armenian migrants into Byzantium has never been thoroughly investigated, despite its dire consequences in the late eleventh century when the Empire faced its most severe crisis since the rise of Islam, the arrival and settlement of the Turkic peoples in Anatolia.
Toby Bromige is Visiting Lecturer at City, University of London. He holds a PhD from Royal Holloway, University of London.
