TY  - BOOK
AU  - Scylitzes,John
AU  - Wortley,John
AU  - Cheynet,Jean-Claude
AU  - Flusin,Bernard
AU  - شينيه، جان كلود
TI  - A synopsis of Byzantine history, 811-1057
SN  - 9780521767057
U1  - 949.502 21E
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Byzantine Empire
KW  - History
KW  - 527-1081
KW  - Early works to 1800
N1  - Index; Bibliogr. p. 475-483; Introduction: John Skylitzes, the author, and his family / Jean-Claude Cheynet -- Re-writing history : John Skylitzes's Synopsis historion / Bernard Flusin -- Prooimion -- Michael I, Rangabe, the Kouropalates (811-813) -- Leo V, the Armenian (813-820) -- Michael II, the Stammerer (820-829) -- Theophilos (829-842) -- Michael III, the son of Theophilos (the Drunkard) (842-867), and his mother Theodora (842-862) -- Basil I Kephalas, the Macedonian (867-886) -- Leo VI, the Philosopher (the Wise) (886-912) -- Alexander (912-913) -- Constantine VII, Porphyrogennetos (913-959) bis -- Romanos I, Lekapenos (919-944) -- Constantine VII (944-959) -- Romanos II, the Younger (959-963) -- Basil II and Constantine VIII (976-1025) -- Nikephoros II, Phokas (963-969) -- John I, Tzimiskes (969-976) -- Basil II and Constantine VIII, bis (976-1025) -- Constantine VIII (1025-1028) -- Romanos III, Argyros (1028-1034) -- Michael IV, the Paphlagonian (1034-1041) -- Michael V, the Caulker / Kalaphates (1041-1042) -- Constantine IX, Monomachos (1042-1055) -- Theodora (1055-1056) -- Michael VI, the Elder / Stratiotikos (1056-1057) -- Glossary
N2  - "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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