John Skylitzes: A Synopsis of Byzantine History, 811-1057 : Translation and Notes PDF
by John Skylitzes, John Wortley
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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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- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:07/10/2010
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- Format:PDF
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
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- ISBN:9780511855078