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International audience ; Arab-speaking ambassadors were numerous in the Byzantine Empire between the 9th and 11th centuries. Generally, members of the ruling elite, they could be raʾīs of the ṯuġūr, such as the famous ʿAbd al-Bāqī al-Aḏanī, known from Arabic and Greek sources. Signifcantly, the terms šaiḫ and amīr can be associated with other offcial emissaries. The choice of an ambassador by Muslim sovereigns was based on a feeling of confdence. This explains why these sovereigns often sent members of their close entourage and political circle, but linguistic skills were also important. Moreover, the presence of such envoys within the Empire raises many other questions, such as the ways in which they were received. The advantageous arrangements for their offcial voyages and reception (suggested by Greek normative texts such as the De cerimoniis) are confrmed by narrative texts, notably those in Arabic. As far as we can know it from the sources, they were cordially welcomed in Constantinople and hosted by the basileis. Nevertheless, political and military contexts could have an infuence on their stay in the Empire. A last aspect that their presence implies deals with its intellectual and cultural impact. Indeed, Arab-speaking ambassadors were important cultural brokers between courts, thanks to their intellectual profle as well as the offcial gifts they bore

The eighteen chapters of this book explore the complex history of exchange between Byzantium and the Latin West over a period of more than three hundred years, with a focus on the political, ecclesiastical and cultural spheres. Besides outlining the history of competition and collaboration between two empires in medieval Europe, a range of regional approaches, stretching from England to the Crusader kingdoms, offer insights into the many aspects of Byzantine-Latin contact and exchange. Further sections explore patterns of mutual perception, linguistic and material dimensions of the contacts, as well as the role played by various groups of "cultural brokers" such as ambassadors, merchants, monks and Jewish communities. Contributors are: Axel Bayer, Saskia Dönitz, Nicolas Drocourt, Leonie Exarchos, Daniel Föller, Christian Gastgeber, Hans-Werner Goetz, Dominik Heher, Klaus Herbers, Christopher Hobbs, David Jacoby, Sebastian Kolditz, Savvas Neocleous, Johannes Pahlitzsch, Annick Peters-Custot, Miriam Salzmann, Jonathan Shepard, Juan Signes Codoñer, and Eleni Tounta

"In La Diplomatie byzantine, de l'Empire romain aux confins de l'Europe (Ve-XVe s.), twelve studies explore from novel angles the complex history of Byzantine diplomacy. After an Introduction, the volume turns to the period of late antiquity and the new challenges the Eastern Roman Empire had to contend with. It then examines middle-Byzantine diplomacy through chapters looking at relations with Arabs, Rus' and Bulgarians, before focusing on various aspects of the official contacts with Western Europe at the end of the Middle Ages. A thematic section investigates the changes to and continuities of diplomacy throughout the period, in particular by considering Byzantine alertness to external political developments, strategic use of dynastic marriages, and the role of women as diplomatic actors. Contributors are are Jean-Pierre Arrignon, Audrey Becker, Mickaël Bourbeau, Nicolas Drocourt, Christian Gastgeber, Nike Koutrakou, Élisabeth Malamut, Ekaterina Nechaeva, Brendan Osswald, Nebojša Porčić, Jonathan Shepard, and Jakub Sypiański"--

1. From hegemony to negotiation: reshaping east Roman diplomacy with barbarians during the 5th century / Audrey Becker -- 2. Collusion on the Eastern Front: the strange cases of Constantine of Theodosiopolis and Theodorus of Martyropolis / Ekaterina Nechaeva -- 3. Photius entre l'Assyrie et al-Andalus / Jakub Sypiański -- 4. Le traité byzantino-russe de 944, acte fondateur de l'État de la Kievskaja Rus'? / Jean-Pierre Arrignon -- 5. À propos des formules protocolaires concernant les Bulgares dans le Livre des Cérémonies : réception et correspondance / Élisabeth Malamut -- 6. Le traité de 1279 entre Charles d'Anjou et Nicéphore Ier d'Épire / Brendan Osswald -- 7. Changes in documents of the Byzantine Chancery in contact with the West (Michael VIII and Andronikos II Palaiologos). language, material, and address / Christian Gastgeber -- 8. Manuel II Paléologue en Occident (1399-1402) : la perspective de l'échec confrontée aux sources / Mickael Bourbeau -- 9. The emperor's long reach: imperial alertness to 'barbarian' resources and force majeure, from the fifth to the fifteenth centuries / Jonathan Shepard -- 10. Permanence and change in Serbian medieval diplomacy / Nebojša Porčić -- 11. Summit diplomacy with a female face: women as diplomatic actors in Byzantium from the 11th to the 15th century / Nike Koutrakou -- 12. Les alliances matrimoniales dans la diplomatie byzantine du 8e au 15e siècle : une stratégie dynastique revisitée sur la longue durée / Élisabeth Malamut.