Centre and Periphery in the Age of Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos November 11, 2009

Centre and Periphery in the Age of Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos

From De cerimoniis to De administrando imperio

The splendid, ‘imperial’ age of Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos, although already explored in considerable depth, has often been discussed with a focus on Constantinople and the imperial court, leaving a wide variety of seemingly ‘peripheral’ questions unanswered and problems unsolved. The symposium intends to contrast systematically the imperial city of Constantinople with her hinterland and the empire’s vast ‘border regions’, questioning the very notions of centre and periphery. The focus is on the constant circulation – of ideas and manpower, of all professions and all strata of society – as well as the constant exchanges – cultural, spiritual, diplomatic, ritual, economical, military – which sustained Constantine VII’s, as well as his predecessors and successors’, empire: the constant crossing of borders of all sorts.

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