scholarly journals Balance of power across the Channel: reassessing Frankish hegemony in southern England (sixth–early seventh century)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene Bavuso
Keyword(s):  
Balance Of Power ◽  
Seventh Century ◽  
Southern England

Kings in Combat: Battles and Heroes in the Iliad

1988 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Van Wees
Keyword(s):  
Balance Of Power ◽  
Seventh Century ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Dominance ◽  
Greek History

What decides the outcome of a Homeric battle? This may sound like one of those arcane problems only a devoted Homer-specialist would care to raise, but in fact the question strikes at the root of major issues in archaic Greek history.The orthodox answer is that Homeric battles were decided by single combats between champions, with the rest of the warriors only marginally influencing the fighting. It is added that these champions were aristocrats, ‘knights’. On this interpretation many have argued that the political dominance of archaic Greek aristocrats was largely based on their military dominance, and that their power was seriously impaired when, in the seventh century B.C., military prominence shifted to the mass, the ‘commoners’; this change in the balance of power contributed crucially to the rise of the polis and the emergence of tyrannies. In outline the theory derives from Aristotle(Pol. 1297 b) and is firmly entrenched in modern works.

The Possession of Cardigan Priory by Chertsey Abbey: A Study in some Mediæval Forgeries

1911 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 141-156
Author(s):  
H. E. Malden
Keyword(s):  
Seventh Century ◽  
The South ◽  
Southern England

The Abbey of Chertsey was among the earliest of the great monasteries of the south of England. Its foundation was ascribed to Earconwald bishop of London and Wulfhere, king of the Mercians in the seventh century, supported by Frithwald subregulus of Surrey, whose name is the only extant name of the kings of the Suthrige. The abbots of Benedictine Houses of royal foundation were, as a rule, lords of Parliament in later centuries. The abbot of Chertsey, though a mitred abbot, was not; perhaps the king of the Mercians, though certainly overlord at the time of all southern England, was not sufficiently like a king of England to be counted. The fact of the royal foundation is sufficiently attested by Bede; about the circumstantial accounts of its endowment a little doubt may be entertained. But Chertsey was a rich and an important house, and the abbots occupied distinguished positions. Abbot Hugh accompanied Ralph archbishop of Canterbury to Rome, after 1114, in the capacity of physician, when the archbishop went as an ambassador in the controversy concerning the relative positions of the sees of Canterbury and York.

From Gaul to Francia

2020 ◽  
pp. 33-51
Author(s):  
Paul Fouracre
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Balance Of Power ◽  
Political Conflict ◽  
Seventh Century ◽  
Economic Resources ◽  
Long Term Stability ◽  
Long Period ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Church

The ways in which “Gaul” became “Francia” have been regarded as key to the development of Europe as a whole during the Middle Ages and beyond. This has led to a “Francocentric” view of west European history. This chapter considers how that view was constructed from a canon of narrative and normative sources. It examines the emergence of a Frankish polity and asks why that polity was so large. It then considers why the Frankish kingdoms did not disintegrate over the course of the seventh century, given the political conflict evident in the later narrative sources. The aristocracy and the church were considered cohesive as well as disruptive forces. A high level of social, political, cultural, and religious integration against a background of diminishing economic resources is seen as central to long-term stability in the polity. Shorter-term outbreaks of violence are analyzed in terms of factional politics that ultimately worked to restore balance. The chapter closes with a discussion of how the balance of power was finally upset, leading to the demise of the Merovingian dynasty and the rise of the Carolingians. Emphasis, however, is given to the strong cultural and religious continuities that were the fruit of a long period of stability and that became the basis of Carolingian power.

New walls to keep the bad out: populism and the totalitarian psyche

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-130
Author(s):  
Coline Covington
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Balance Of Power ◽  
Berlin Wall ◽  
Group Solidarity ◽  
Freedom Of Movement ◽  
Psychological Understanding ◽  
Psychic Development ◽  
The World ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Cold War

The Berlin Wall came down on 9 November 1989 and marked the end of the Cold War. As old antagonisms thawed a new landscape emerged of unification and tolerance. Censorship was no longer the principal means of ensuring group solidarity. The crumbling bricks brought not only freedom of movement but freedom of thought. Now, nearly thirty years later, globalisation has created a new balance of power, disrupting borders and economies across the world. The groups that thought they were in power no longer have much of a say and are anxious about their future. As protest grows, we are beginning to see that the old antagonisms have not disappeared but are, in fact, resurfacing. This article will start by looking at the dissembling of a marriage in which the wall that had peacefully maintained coexistence disintegrates and leads to a psychic development that uncannily mirrors that of populism today. The individual vignette leads to a broader psychological understanding of the totalitarian dynamic that underlies populism and threatens once again to imprison us within its walls.

Evaluation of Residential PV-EV System for Supply and Demand Balance of Power System

2015 ◽  
Vol 135 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mustapha Aachiq ◽  
Joao Gari da Silva Fonseca Junior ◽  
Takashi Oozeki ◽  
Yumiko Iwafune
Keyword(s):  
Power System ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Balance Of Power

After Victory

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. John Ikenberry
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Politics ◽  
World Order ◽  
Balance Of Power ◽  
The United States ◽  
Big Bang ◽  
World Politics ◽  
Napoleonic Wars ◽  
Power Politics ◽  
The Cold War

The end of the Cold War was a “big bang” reminiscent of earlier moments after major wars, such as the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 and the end of the world wars in 1919 and 1945. But what do states that win wars do with their newfound power, and how do they use it to build order? This book examines postwar settlements in modern history, arguing that powerful countries do seek to build stable and cooperative relations, but the type of order that emerges hinges on their ability to make commitments and restrain power. The book explains that only with the spread of democracy in the twentieth century and the innovative use of international institutions—both linked to the emergence of the United States as a world power—has order been created that goes beyond balance of power politics to exhibit “constitutional” characteristics. Blending comparative politics with international relations, and history with theory, the book will be of interest to anyone concerned with the organization of world order, the role of institutions in world politics, and the lessons of past postwar settlements for today.

US and Russian policies and strategies in the Middle East: Iraq and Syria as a model

2019 ◽  
pp. 220
Author(s):  
Esraa Aladdin Noori ◽  
Nasser Zain AlAbidine Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Balance Of Power ◽  
Western World ◽  
International Conflicts ◽  
The South ◽  
The West ◽  
The North ◽  
East Region ◽  
Middle East Region

The Russian-American relations have undergone many stages of conflict and competition over cooperation that have left their mark on the international balance of power in the Middle East. The Iraqi and Syrian crises are a detailed development in the Middle East region. The Middle East region has allowed some regional and international conflicts to intensify, with the expansion of the geopolitical circle, which, if applied strategically to the Middle East region, covers the area between Afghanistan and East Asia, From the north to the Maghreb to the west and to the Sudan and the Greater Sahara to the south, its strategic importance will seem clear. It is the main lifeline of the Western world.

JOHN BISHOP OF NIKIOU’S CHRONICON (SEVENTH CENTURY A.D.): AN INDISPENSABLE SOURCE FOR THE STUDY OF THE ARAB CONQUEST OF EGYPT AND ITS AFTERMATH*

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 748-768
Author(s):  
V. Christides
Keyword(s):  
Early Years ◽  
Seventh Century ◽  
Local People ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Short Account ◽  
Coptic Church

John, Bishop of Nikiou’s Chronicon is the oldest preserved work dealing with the Arab conquest of Egypt (639 A.D./H. 18–645 A.D./H. 25) and its initial aftermath. This little known author, who lived in Egypt in the seventh century, was a high official in the Coptic Church. His accurate depiction of all the relevant historical events, based mainly on his own remarkable observations, proves him to be a simple but well–balanced historian. My article focuses on three aspects of the Chronicon: (a) landholding under the early years of Arab dominion compared to the parallel information of the Greek papyri of Apollonopolis in a special appendix; (b) the attitude of the Arab conquerors of Egypt towards its population, and the reaction of the local people as perceived by John, Bishop of Nikiou; and (c) a short account on the elusive role of the Blues and Greens during the Arab conquest of Egypt as recorded by John of Nikiou.

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