Abstract
Introduction Part I. Official Ideology: 1. Analyzing imperial propaganda 2. The imperial idea: continuity and change in the imperial image 3. Rhetorical theories of succession 4. The ideology of imperial government 5. The panegyrists as lobbyists Part II. The Independent Theorists: 6. Tradition and innovation in theoretical texts 7. Theodore II Laskaris as a political thinker 8. The critics of the Palaiologoi: fiscal responsibility and elective kingship 9. The controversy on imperial taxation 10. Manuel Moschopoulos, Plato, and government as social covenant Part III. The Ecclesiastics: 11. The emperor - subject to the church: late Byzantine hierocratic theories Conclusions.
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