BASIL II

c.958–1025, Byzantine emperor (976–1025), surnamed Bulgaroktonos [Bulgar slayer]. With his brother, Constantine VIII, he nominally succeeded his father, Romanus II, in 963, but had no share in the government during the rule of the usurping generals Nicephorus II (963–69) and John I (969–76). Primarily a soldier, Basil exercised virtually sole rule from 976, while his debauched brother was emperor only in name. Basil suppressed (976–89) a series of revolts of the great landowners led by Bardus Sclerus and revived and strengthened the laws directed against them by Romanus I. He annexed (1018) Bulgaria, although leaving it some measure of autonomy, and later extended the eastern frontier of his empire to the Caucasus. During his reign the schism between the Roman and the Eastern churches widened. Basil was succeeded by Constantine VIII (reigned 1025–28) and by Constantine's daughter Zoë.

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Basil II and the Governance of Empire (976-1025)
Book by Catherine Holmes; Oxford University Press, 2005
Subjects: Basil--Ii--Emperor Of The East--Ca. 958-1025, Byzantine Empire--History--Basil Ii Bulgaroctonus, 976-1025, Emperors--Byzantine Empire--Biography, Scylitzes, John--Fl. 1081--Synopsis Historiarum
Basil Lekapenos: son of Romanos I 469; alliance with Nikephoros II 449, 469; Skleros revolt 156...452; relations with Basil II 46-7, 245, 342, 457-8...Boleslav, king of Poland 514 Boris II of Bulgaria 49, 102, 169...
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The Text of Matthew in the Writings of Basil of Caesarea
Book by Jean - François Racine; Brill, 2004
Subjects: Basil--Saint, Bishop Of Caesarea--Ca. 329-379, Bible--N.T--Matthew--Criticism, Textual, Bible--N.T--Matthew--Quotations, Early
...faith. In addition, Basil compares his discourse...the homiletic works, Basils task was often to explain...of biblical passages. Basil sometimes explains obscure...3:14; 11:1. 47 Basil comments on the latter hermeneutical circle in Eun II.1.25-29: Is there...as from an enemy. On Basils use of Scripture in the...
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Language, Structure, and Reproduction: An Introduction to the Sociology of Basil Bernstein
Book by Paul Atkinson; Methuen, 1985
Subjects: Bernstein, Basil B, Educational Sociology, Language And Education, Sociolinguistics
...And steps leading down to the ground from the house. Theres a tree. Theres flowers in a vase on the posts above the gates, ii Working-class child Theyre all having a party. She doesnt feel well. All the animals havent got anything to eat. Theyve had...
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Basil
Book by Wilkie Collins, Dorothy Goldman; Oxford University, 2000
Subjects: Fathers And Sons--Fiction, Fiction, Inheritance And Succession--Fiction, London (England)--Fiction, Revenge--Fiction, Young Men--Fiction
...Collins jotted four alternative titles: Basil; or Pages from the Story of a Young Mans Life , Basil; a Young Mans Confession , Basil; or Leaves...Chs. I-XIII; Volume Two contains Part II, Chs II-VII and Part III, Chs. I-IV; Volume...
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Selections from the Brief Mention of Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve
Book by Charles Miller William Emil; The Johns Hopkins Press, 1930
Subjects: Books--Reviews, Classical Philology, Philology, Philology--Bibliography
...Correction ; The American Journal of Philology II 401. On IIPIN in the Attic Orators ; ibid...Friedrich Mezger, Pindars Siegeslieder ; ibid. II 497-501 . Footnote ; ibid. II530 . Editorial...Xenophon and Plato ; ibid. III193-202 . II. ; ibid. III202-205 abstract of this...
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Colonial, Neo-colonial, Post-colonial: Images of Christian Missions in Hiram M. Cody's the Frontiersman, Rudy Wiebe's First and Vital Candle and Basil Johnston's Indian School Days
Journal article by Jamie S. Scott; Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 32, 1997
Subjects: Canada, Canadian literature, Cody, Hiram A, Cody, Hiram M, Colonialism, Education, Education policy, History & criticism, Johnston, Basil, Johnston, Basil H, Literary criticism, Missionaries, Native peoples, Wiebe, Rudy, Writers
...Rudy Wiebes First and Vital Candle and Basil Johnstons Indian School Days by Jamie S...on the one hand, and on the other, Basil Johnstons Indian School Days. The appositioning...Rudy Wiebes First and Vital Candle and Basil Johnstons Indian School Days. First...
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Landholding, Leasing, and Inheritance in Richard II
Journal article by William O. Scott; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 42, 2002
Subjects: English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600, Inheritance and succession--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Land tenure--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Law and literature--16th century, Richard II (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Shakespeare, William--Dramatic works
...Shakespeare, 2 Henry VI, IV.ii.74. (41.) Harvey, p...Salisbury (2 Henry VI, III.ii.243-69) and by the petitioners...and the Popular Voice Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1989, pp. 47...Monopoly, and Shakespeares Richard II," in Culture and Politics from...
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From Pigeons to Crystals: The Development of Radio Communication in U.S. Army Tanks in World War II
Journal article by Karl G. Larew; The Historian, Vol. 67, 2005
Subjects: Guderian, Heinz--Military aspects, Radio communications--Innovations, Radio communications--Usage, United States. Army--Military aspects, World War II, 1939-1945--Military aspects
...S. Army Tanks in World War II. by Karl G. Larew THE TERM...serious impact on some World War II campaigns; hence, blitzkrieg...United States and Captain Sir Basil Liddell Hart in the United Kingdom...large units throughout World War II, even as radio and tank technology...
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A Mission of Vengeance: Vichy French in Indochina in World War II
Journal article by Martin L. Mickelsen; Air Power History, Vol. 55, 2008
Subjects: Japanese occupation--History, Military missions--Evaluation, United States (World War II), Vietnamese history, World War II, 1939-1945
...British South African prisoner of war, Gunner Basil Bancroft, who had escaped from the Saigon...Cate, The Army Air Forces in World War II, Vol. 4, The Pacific: Guadalcanal to...of U.S. Naval Operations in World War II, Vol. 13, The Liberation of the Philippines...
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Adages III IV 1 to IV II 100. Vol. 35 of Collected Works of Erasmus
Journal article by Jr. Albert Rabil; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 59, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Collected Works of Erasmus: Adages III iv 1 to IV ii 100 (Book)--Book reviews, Collected Works of Erasmus: Expositions of the Psalms (Book)--Book reviews
...Erasmus, Desiderius. Adages III iv 1 to IV ii 100. Vol. 35 of Collected Works of Erasmus...works in a series. Adages III iv 1 to IV ii 100 (CWE 35) is the fifth of seven volumes...Chrysostom (1530, Latin translation), Basil (1532, editio princeps of Greek edition...
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Cardinal Basil Hume Didn't Want to Know about the Victims of Priestly Child Abuse
Magazine article by Cristina Odone; New Statesman, Vol. 131, April 29, 2002
Subjects: Catholic Church--Government, Child sexual abuse--United Kingdom, Clergy--Sexual behavior, Hume, Basil Cardinal--Conduct of life
Cardinal Basil Hume Didnt Want to Know about the Victims...lukewarm in my praise for the late Cardinal Basil Hume. The saintly man had single-handedly...public scourging at the hands of John Paul II. American Catholics may view this as too...
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Free of Our Humbug: Notes on Basil Bunting
Magazine article by Christian Wiman; New Criterion, Vol. 22, April 2004
Subjects: Bunting, Basil--Criticism and interpretation, Modernism (Literature)--Criticism and interpretation, Poets--Criticism and interpretation
Free of Our Humbug: Notes on Basil Bunting. by Christian Wiman All through my twenties I read Basil Bunting with a kind of avid awe. The sounds...British intelligence in Persia in World War II. It says something about his character that...
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What Really Happened at Vatican II
Magazine article by Richard John Neuhaus; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, October 2008
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Vatican II: Renewal Within Tradition (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, What Happened at Vatican II (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...doctor of the Church, Saint Basil, who compared the period after...through the years since Vatican II will recognize the description...their introduction to Vatican II: Renewal Within Tradition...twenty-fifth century, Vatican II will be remembered as another...
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Axis and Allied Intervention, Collaboration in Iran
Magazine article by Basil H. Aboul-Enein, Faisal H. Aboul-Enein, J. D. Thornton; Infantry, Vol. 99, November 2010
Subjects: Agreements, Divisions, Iraq War-2003, Nazi era, Oil fields, Petroleum refineries, World War II
...Intervention, Collaboration in Iran by Basil H. Aboul-Enein , Faisal H...before the onset of World War II. A key interest was obtaining...Soviet Policy Before World War II British and Soviet involvement...sovereignty only after World War II. The Russians and the British...
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The Anglo-french Intervention in the Levant June 8 to July 11, 1941
Magazine article by Youssef Aboul-Enein, Basil H. Aboul-Enein; Infantry, Vol. 97, May/Jun 2008
Subjects: Iraq, Prime ministers, Syria, World War II
...1941 by Youssef Aboul-Enein , Basil H. Aboul-Enein The defeat...North African fronts in World War II garnered much attention, it...military leaders. During World War II, Syria and Lebanon were French...the Middle East. The World War II American Consul in Beirut, Cornelius...
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Basil's Faulty Towers ...and the Gem That Is Coventry; 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF MAN WHO DESIGNED INSPIRATIONAL CATHEDRAL SPECIAL REPORT
Newspaper article; Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England), September 9, 2007
Basils Faulty Towers ...and the...the Luftwaffe during World War II. On the right, the glory of...designed by the architect Sir Basil Spence, who gained his knighthood...project manager of the Sir Basil Spence Archive Project, based...Thanks to the foresight of Basil Spence, that has now happened...
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HERR RAISING! Calm Down, Basil. Scientists May Claim That We Brits Are Actually German, but Our Island Nation's Soul Will for Ever Remain Gloriously British
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 20, 2006
HERR RAISING! Calm Down, Basil. Scientists May Claim That We Brits Are Actually German, but Our...Continent. Without it, Britain would have been overrun by Philip II of Spain, Louis XIV, Napoleon, Kaiser Wilhelm II and Hitler. Geography...
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RUSSIA'S ICY PAST REVISITED; White City: Moscow's Trinity Lavra of St Sergius Monastery Illuminating: St Basil's Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 24, 2009
Subjects: Historic sites
...Sergius Monastery Illuminating: St Basils Cathedral in Moscows Red Square...of the outbreak of World War II prompting a huge upsurge in battlefield...enthusiast, the ultimate World War II tour experience is to be found...Russian memorials toWorld War II are the finest in the world...
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THE MEN WHO WOULD BE POPE; as John Paul II Grows Frailer the Jockeying Starts
Newspaper article by Andrew Collier; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), January 16, 2000
...WOULD BE POPE; as John Paul II Grows Frailer the Jockeying Starts...little else. As Pope John Paul II becomes more frail and ill...the death of the much-loved Basil Hume of Westminster last year...written a biography of John Paul II, said: "The history of papal...
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POPE JOHN PAUL II 1920-2005: The Day That United an Entire City; on May 30, 1982, a Million People Lined the Eight-Mile Route from Liverpool Airport to the City's Metropolitan Cathedral T O See the Pope. David Charters Recalls the Massive Diplomatic and Theological Difficulties That Had to Be Overcome to Make That Visit Possible
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), April 4, 2005
POPE JOHN PAUL II 1920-2005: The Day That United...Argentinians, while Pope John Paul II himself was kissing the soil...and two British cardinals - Basil Hume of Westminster and Gordon...were answered. Pope John Paul II landed at Liverpool. A vast...
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encyclopedia articles on: Basil II  - 16 results

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Basil II
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BASIL II c.958 1025, Byzantine emperor (976 1025...he nominally succeeded his father, Romanus II, in 963, but had no share in the government...the rule of the usurping generals Nicephorus II (963 69) and John I (969 76). Primarily...
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Liddell Hart, Sir Basil Henry
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LIDDELL HART, SIR BASIL HENRY li d l hart, 1895 1970, English author and military strategist...had a profound effect upon the German high command prior to World War II. He also evolved a number of infantry tactics and training methods that...
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Rulers of the Byzantine Empire
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...V (the Armenian) 813 20 Michael II (the Stammerer) 820 29 Theophilus...Michael III (the Drunkard) 842 67 Basil I (the Macedonian) 867 86 Leo VI...Constantine VII (restored) 944 59 Romanus II 959 63 Basil II Bulgaroktonos 963 Nicephorus II Phocas...
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Byzantine Empire
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...chiefly religious. Under Justinian II and his successors the empire was...did not prevent such emperors as Basil I, founder of the Macedonian dynasty...I, Constantine VII, Nicephorus II, John I, and Basil II) from giving the empire a period...
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Bulgaria
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...considerably industrialized since World War II. The leading industries are agricultural...and in 1018 it was annexed by Emperor Basil II . Byzantine domination was weakened...Bulgar power was reached under Ivan II (Ivan Asen), whose rule (1218 1241...
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