The chronicle of Theophanes Confessor
Byzantine and Near Eastern history, AD 284-813
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Author
Contributions
- Mango, Cyril A. - Contributor
- Scott, Roger, 1938- - Contributor
- Greatrex, Geoffrey. - Contributor
Publication
1997 - Clarendon Press, Oxford, England
Language
English
Word Count
186,000 words, Guess
Page Count
744 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL981141M
- ISBN-100198225687
- OCLC Control Number34704963
- OCLC Control Numberchronicletheopha00conf
- Library of Congress Control Number96018714
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- Goodreads2338512
- LibraryThing3581586
Classifications
- DDC949.5/02
- LCCDF581 .T4813 1997
Description
This is the first complete translation into English (or any other modern language) of the Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor (d. 818), which covers the period AD 284-813 and is one of the most important sources of Byzantine history, that of the Arabs under the Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties and of other neighbouring peoples (notably the Bulgarians). The Chronicle is a compilation of earlier sources, many of them now lost: in order to use it critically the historian needs to know what texts Theophanes had in front of him and how he handled them. These have consequently been indicated in the text in so far as they can be identified. Full annotation has also been provided on points of historical and topographical interest. The career of Theophanes, the character of the Chronicle, its manuscript tradition, and the use of earlier sources are discussed in the Introduction.
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