In what ways do Liutprand and Fulbert point to both the successes and failures of Charlemagne’s political vision as revealed in the capitulary of the missi?
In what ways do Liutprand and Fulbert point to both the successes and failures of Charlemagne’s political vision as revealed in the capitulary of the missi?
Based on Liutprand’s account and the Harbaville Triptych, what factors shaped the Byzantine elites’ self-understanding? What was Liutprand’s attitude toward this understanding?
Based on Liutprand’s account and the Harbaville Triptych, what factors shaped the Byzantine elites’ self-understanding? What was Liutprand’s attitude toward this understanding?
In what ways are Al-rāzī’s intellectual achievements reflected in Ahmad al-Ya‘qūbī’s portrait of Baghdad?
In what ways are Al-rāzī’s intellectual achievements reflected in Ahmad al-Ya‘qūbī’s portrait of Baghdad?
How do Liutprand and Ahmad al-Ya‘qūbī seek to enhance the image of their respective rulers? What does this suggest about the role of praise in both Eastern and Western cultures during the tenth century?
How do Liutprand and Ahmad al-Ya‘qūbī seek to enhance the image of their respective rulers? What does this suggest about the role of praise in both Eastern and Western cultures during the tenth century?
When viewed together, what do these documents reveal about the development of Byzantium, Islam, and western Europe as distinctive societies with their own identities in the ninth, tenth, and eleventh centuries?
When viewed together, what do these documents reveal about the development of Byzantium, Islam, and western Europe as distinctive societies with their own identities in the ninth, tenth, and eleventh centuries?