10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOGOTHETE»
Discover the use of
logothete in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
logothete and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Reign of Leo VI (886-912): Politics and People
The fundamental problem at the root of negative perceptions of the reign of Leo
VI is a source one, as Jenkins and Karlin-Hayter recognised.30 For the study of
the reign the two major sources are the chronicle of Symeon the Logothete and
the ...
2
Word and Power in Mediaeval Bulgaria
The head of the Bulgarian chancery was the “great logothete”. Of the other
officials, we know of the logothete, the tainik, and the grammatiks. They will be
discussed separately further on. Also part of the imperial chancery were probably
many ...
3
The Making of Byzantium, 600-1025
Apart from these two the history of the ninth century is only recorded in texts
compiled in the second half of the tenth century: the Logothete's chronicle;12 the
History of Genesios; Theophanes Continuatus; and Pseudo-Symeon magistros.
Manannan smiled at the Logothete's words. “Really, well I have in mind another
way of raising the cash. As from today, all the citizens of eastern Hamidan are
exempt from paying tax, altogether, in money or in kind, on the produce of land, ...
5
United States Monthly Law Magazine
We have also alluded to the fact that, at a later period, after the name of the Prato-
rian Prafeet had passed away, his judicial, and in some degree, also, his
ministerial functions, are found united with the office of the Logothete, a
functionary of ...
6
The Empire of Manuel I Komnenos, 1143-1180
Although the dromos ceased, after 1107-8, to exist as a separate organisation, its
head, the logothete of the drome (logothetes tou dromou) retained responsibility
for communicating official information, and for dealing with foreigners in ...
7
The Oxford History of Byzantium
Now the chief ministers were three officials called logothetes: the Postal
Logothete (Logothete-s tou dromou), who, besides ... the General Logothete (
Logothete-s tou genikou), in charge oftaxation, and the Military Logothete (
Logothete-s tou ...
8
Translating the Middle Ages
The Slavic Logothete most probably predated the several copies of the Letovnik
from the 1380s that contain two passages from it regarding the Creation and the
Cherubim (Moscow 148 [Moscow, State Historical Museum, MS Sin. 148]: ff.
Dr Karen L Fresco, Dr Charles D Wright, 2013
9
Byzantium and Venice: A Study in Diplomatic and Cultural ...
It was now laid down that in all disputes about money plaintiffs against Venetians
should be heard before the Venetian authorities, while Venetian complaints
against Greeks should be tried before the Logothete of the Dromos or, in his ...
10
The Cambridge Medieval History Series volumes 1-5
The Logothete of the Dromos was originally entrusted with the service of
transport and the post (dromos is the translation of the Latin cursus publicus), but
gradually became the Minister of Home Affairs and of Police, the Secretary for
Foreign ...
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOGOTHETE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
logothete is used in the context of the following news items.
Dick Cheney Goes All Teddy Roosevelt on Obama and Iraq
To which Roosevelt responded by “slamming,” as today's twitterers would put it, the president as “Professor Wilson, that Byzantine logothete, ... «The Nation., Jun 14»
Political Insults: Cheap Shots or Do They Play an Important Role in …
He called Wilson "a Byzantine logothete backed by flubdubs and mollycoddles." (In Layman's terms, a logothete is an administrator; a flubdud ... «Huffington Post, Mar 14»
Finally completing the last leg of a young man's walk right across …
Paddy liked lists: he could make a mantra of the ancient titles of the region, the Ban, the Logothete and Hospodar, of its great families, of the ... «Evening Standard, Sep 13»
Edmund Morris's Misuse of Teddy Roosevelt and History in the New …
Like Woodrow Wilson, whom you once called a "Byzantine logothete"? A. It is highly desirable that a leader of opinion in a democracy should ... «U.S. News & World Report, Oct 08»
