A synopsis of Byzantine history, 811-1057
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Author
Publication
2010 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England
Language
English
Word Count
131,500 words, Guess
Page Count
526 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100521767059
- ISBN-139780521767057
- Library of Congress Control Number2010007557
- OCLC Control Number496958940
- Better World Books9780521767057
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- Open LibraryOL24110354M
Classifications
- DDC949.5/02
- LCCDF553 .S36 2010
Description
"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, cited constantly in modern scholarship, and has never before been available in English. 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"--Provided by publisher.
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- Early works to 1800
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