Byzantine Institutions

Course Information
TitleΘεσμοί του Βυζαντίου / Byzantine Institutions
CodeΙΒΥ730
FacultyPhilosophy
SchoolHistory and Archaeology
Cycle / Level2nd / Postgraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID280007147

Class Information
Academic Year2013 – 2014
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Class ID
280095426
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Familiarization with the primary sources and the methods of historical research Exercise on the interpretation of the relevant primary sources Preparation of papers on the administration of justice
General Competences
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Week #1 General Introduction Week #2 Primary sources and modern research Week #3 The emperor aa judge- the imperial tribunal Week #4 The central tribunals and the examination of the appeals during the early Byzantine period Week #5 The reforms of Justinian I and the first "professional" judges Week #6 The judges (krites) of the capital (eparchos, koiaistor, epi ton deeseon) Week# 7 The covered hippodrome, the droungarios of the vigla, and the judges of the velum and of the hippodrome Week #8 Officials of the imperial secretariat and the finance that connected with the administration of justice Week#9 The judges of the themes Week#10 The reforms of Constantine IX Monomachos Week#11 The administration of justice in the Comnenian era Week#12 The administration of justice during the Palaiologan era: The imperial sekreton and the katholikoi krites Week#13 Conclusions
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
Description
PowerPoint presentations -Use of free online sources and journals -Use of the digital database of seals created by the instructor in cooperation of Ioannes Leontiades
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures391.3
Total391.3
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Assignment (Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Αικ. Χριστοφιλοπούλου, Το πολίτευμα και οι θεσμοί της βυζαντινής αυτοκρατορίας 324-1204. Κράτος-διοίκηση-οικονομία-κοινωνία, Αθήνα 2004. -Α. Γκουτζιουκώστας, Ο θεσμός του κοιαίστωρα του ιερού παλατίου: Η γένεση, οι αρμοδιότητες και η εξέλιξή του [Εταιρεία Βυζαντινών Ερευνών, 18], Θεσσαλονίκη 2001. -Α. Γκουτζιουκώστας, Η απονομή δικαιοσύνης στο Βυζάντιο (9ος-12ος αιώνες). Τα κοσμικά δικαιοδοτικά όργανα και δικαστήρια της πρωτεύουσας, Θεσσαλονίκη 2004. -R. Guilland, Recherches sur les institutions byzantines, Ι-ΙΙ, [Berliner Byzantinische Arbeiten, 35], Berlin - Amsterdam 1967. -R. Guilland, Titres et fonctions de l’empire byzantin, VR, London 1976. -Ι. Καραγιαννόπουλος, Το βυζαντινό κράτος4, Θεσσαλονίκη 2001. -N. Oikonomidès, Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles, [Le Monde Byzantin], Paris 1972. -Οικονομική ιστορία του Βυζαντίου από τον 7ο έως τον 15ο αιώνα, γενική εποπτεία Αγγελική Λαΐου, επιστημονική επιτροπή C. Morrisson, Χ. Μπούρας, Ν. Οικονομίδης, Κ. Πιτσάκης, τ. Α΄-Γ΄, Αθήνα 2006. -Κ. Ε. Πλακογιαννάκης, Τιμητικοί τίτλοι και ενεργά αξιώματα στο Βυζάντιο, Θεσσαλονίκη 2001.
Last Update
30-10-2013