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- Title
The Byzantine Court ceremonial and its impact on the French suite during the Second Crusade.
- Authors
Sofronie, Vlad
- Abstract
The study presents the French campaign during the second crusade with a special focus on the Byzantine ceremonial and how it was perceived by the chronic of Odo de Deuil. I try to analyze the way the ceremonial affected the relations between Louis VII. and Manuel Comnenos and if it had any impact on the future developing of the Latin psychological propaganda against Byzantium in the second part of the 12th century. The cause for the deterioration of the French- Byzantine relations was not the court ceremonial but the military failure of Louis VII. His defeat should have been justified in the Occident by the initiators of the crusade. The total collapse of the second crusade was the reason for the increased antibyzantine propaganda which is going to dominate the second half of the 12th century. The consequence for that was the military unfulfilment not the interpretation of the court ceremonial.
- Subjects
ROMANIA; FRANCE; BYZANTINE rite (Catholic Church); RITES &; ceremonies; LOUIS VII, King of France, ca. 1121-1180; DE Deuil, Odo; COMNENOS, Manuel; CHURCH history
- Publication
Revista Transilvania, 2012, Issue 2, p58
- ISSN
0255-0539
- Publication type
Article