UID:
almahu_9947414962402882
Format:
1 online resource (xxxiii, 491 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511779657 (ebook)
Uniform Title:
Synopsis historiarum.
Content:
This book was first published in 2010. 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.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Introduction: John Skylitzes, the author, and his family / Jean-Claude Cheynet -- Re-writing history : John Skylitzes's Synopsis historion / Bernard Flusin -- Prooimion -- Michael I, Rangabe, the Kouropalates (811-813) -- Leo V, the Armenian (813-820) -- Michael II, the Stammerer (820-829) -- Theophilos (829-842) -- Michael III, the son of Theophilos (the Drunkard) (842-867), and his mother Theodora (842-862) -- Basil I Kephalas, the Macedonian (867-886) -- Leo VI, the Philosopher (the Wise) (886-912) -- Alexander (912-913) -- Constantine VII, Porphyrogennetos (913-959) bis -- Romanos I, Lekapenos (919-944) -- Constantine VII (944-959) -- Romanos II, the Younger (959-963) -- Basil II and Constantine VIII (976-1025) -- Nikephoros II, Phokas (963-969) -- John I, Tzimiskes (969-976) -- Basil II and Constantine VIII, bis (976-1025) -- Constantine VIII (1025-1028) -- Romanos III, Argyros (1028-1034) -- Michael IV, the Paphlagonian (1034-1041) -- Michael V, the Caulker / Kalaphates (1041-1042) -- Constantine IX, Monomachos (1042-1055) -- Theodora (1055-1056) -- Michael VI, the Elder / Stratiotikos (1056-1057) -- Glossary.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521767057
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511779657
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