John Skylitzes

John Skylitzes: A Synopsis of Byzantine History, 811-1057 (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

John Skylitzes' extraordinary Middle Byzantine chronicle covers the reigns of the Byzantine emperors from the death of Nicephorus I in 811 to the deposition of Michael VI in 1057, and provides the only surviving continuous narrative of the late tenth and early eleventh centuries. A high official living in the late eleventh century, Skylitzes used a number of existing Greek histories (some of them no longer extant) to create a digest of the previous three centuries. It is without question the major historical source for the period and is cited constantly in modern scholarship. This edition features introductions by Jean-Claude Cheynet and Bernard Flusin, along with extensive notes. It will be an essential and exciting addition to the libraries of all historians of the Byzantine age.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511855078
• Artikelnr.: 38210839

Autorenporträt

John Wortley is emeritus professor at the University of Manitoba and an Anglican priest. His previous publications include The Book of the Elders, Paul of Monembasia, and The Spiritual Meadow (all from Cistercian Publications) as well as Skylitzes' Synopsis of Byzantine History and The Anonymous Sayings of the Desert Fathers, both from Cambridge University Press.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. John Skylitzes, the author and his family Jean
Claude Cheynet; Re
writing history: John Skylitzes's Synopsis historion Bernard Flusin; 1. Michael I Rangabe The Kouropalates (811
13); 2. Leo V The Armenian (813
20); 3. Michael II The Stammerer (820
9); 4. Theophilos (829
42); 5. Michael III The Son Of Theophilos (The Drunkard) (842
67), and his mother Theodora (842
62); 6. Basil I Kephalas The Macedonian (867
86); 7. Leo VI The Philosopher (The Wise) (886
912); 8. Alexander (912
13); 9. Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos (913
59) bis; 10. Romanos I Lekapenos (919
44); 11. Constantine VII (944
59); 12. Romanos II The Younger (959
63); 13. Basil II and Constantine VIII (976
1025); 14. Nikephoros II Phokas (963
69); 15. John I Tzimiskes (969
76); 16. Basil II and Constantine VIII bis (976
1025); 17. Constantine VIII (1025
8); 18. Romanos III Argyros (1028
34); 19. Michael IV The Paphlagonian (1034
41); 20. Michael V The Caulker / Kalaphates (1041
2); 21. Constantine IX Monomachos (1042
55); 22. Theodora (1055
6); 23. Michael VI The Elder / Stratiotikos (1056
7).