John Skylitzes: A Synopsis of Byzantine History, 811–1057 de John Skylitzes

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

John Skylitzes

John Wortley

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 feb 2012

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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Cuprins

Introduction. John Skylitzes, the author and his family Jean-Claude Cheynet; Re-writing history: John Skylitzes's Synopsis historion Bernard Flusin; 1. Michael I Rangabe The Kouropalates (811–13); 2. Leo V The Armenian (813–20); 3. Michael II The Stammerer (820–9); 4. Theophilos (829–42); 5. Michael III The Son Of Theophilos (The Drunkard) (842–67), and his mother Theodora (842–62); 6. Basil I Kephalas The Macedonian (867–86); 7. Leo VI The Philosopher (The Wise) (886–912); 8. Alexander (912–13); 9. Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos (913–59) bis; 10. Romanos I Lekapenos (919–44); 11. Constantine VII (944–59); 12. Romanos II The Younger (959–63); 13. Basil II and Constantine VIII (976–1025); 14. Nikephoros II Phokas (963–69); 15. John I Tzimiskes (969–76); 16. Basil II and Constantine VIII bis (976–1025); 17. Constantine VIII (1025–8); 18. Romanos III Argyros (1028–34); 19. Michael IV The Paphlagonian (1034–41); 20. Michael V The Caulker / Kalaphates (1041–2); 21. Constantine IX Monomachos (1042–55); 22. Theodora (1055–6); 23. Michael VI The Elder / Stratiotikos (1056–7).

Recenzii

'As John Wortley indicates, this translation took many years to come to fruition. But it now has the potential to contribute very substantially to those reassessments of the political and cultural history of Byzantium in the tenth and eleventh centuries which are currently underway in a variety of scholarly contexts across Europe and North America.' Catherine Holmes, Early Medieval Europe

Notă biografică

John Wortley is emeritus professor at the University of Manitoba and an Anglican priest. His previous publications include The Book of the Elders, Paul of Monembasia, and The Spiritual Meadow (all from Cistercian Publications) as well as Skylitzes' Synopsis of Byzantine History and The Anonymous Sayings of the Desert Fathers, both from Cambridge University Press.