Alicia Simpson

Niketas Choniates: A Historiographical Study

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Simpson uncovers the complex manuscript tradition and transmission of Niketas Choniates' History, an important historical Byzantine text. Investigating issues related to historical narrative and imperial biography, the volume explores the historian's sources and the literary models and historical concepts which guided him.

Produktdetails

• Oxford Studies in Byzantium
• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 748g
• ISBN-13: 9780199670710
• ISBN-10: 0199670714
• Artikelnr.: 39338284

Autorenporträt

Alicia Simpson is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research of the National Hellenic Research Foundation in Athens. Her research interests lie in the political, social, and cultural history of the Byzantine Empire in the tenth through twelfth centuries.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgements
Note on Citation and Transliteration
Abbreviations and Short Title
Introduction
1: The Author, his Life, and Works
2: The Composition and Transmission of the History
3: Historical Narrative and Imperial Biography
4: Sources, Models, and Concepts
Conclusion
Appendix I: The Manuscripts of the History
Appendix II: The Events of the History
Appendix III: Niketas on the Latins, the Turks, and the Vlachs-Bulgars
Genealogical tables:
Table 1: Selected Genealogy of the Komnenoi
Table 2: Selected Genealogy of the Angeloi
Maps:
Map 1: The Balkans in the Twelfth Century
Map 2: Asia Minor in the Twelfth Century
Bibliography
Index