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John Skylitzes: A Synopsis of Byzantine History, 811 1057: Translation and Notes

John Skylitzes: A Synopsis of Byzantine History, 811 1057: Translation and Notes

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General European History

ISBN10: 1107404746
ISBN13: 9781107404748
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Feb 16 2012
Pages: 526
Weight: 1.68
Height: 1.17 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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.

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