The Authority of the Umayyad Caliph Mu'awiya in the Accounts of Theophanes the Confessor
The subject of the proposed paper will be a discussion of the accounts in Theophanes the Confessor's "Chronography" concerning the first ruler of the Umayyad dynasty. I am interested in those fragments of the Byzantine historical work in which we can find information on the organization and activity of Mu'awiya's court. Examples referring to alleged diplomatic protocol or court ceremonial will be discussed, as well as those concerning the "observed" in the "Chronography" examples of behavior of Mu'awiya, when he demanding respect for his authority.
