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A Companion to Byzantine Chronicles

by: Tocci, R.

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Code: 31034
ISBN-13: 9789004432345 / 978-90-04-43234-5
ISBN-10: 9004432345 / 90-04-43234-5
Publisher: E.J. Brill
Publication Date: 2024
Publication Place: Leiden
Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: New
Comments: Series: Brill's Companions to the Byzantine World, Volume: 14

 
A Companion to Byzantine Chronicles

Series:
Brill's Companions to the Byzantine World, Volume: 14

Volume Editor: Raimondo Tocci

A Byzantine chronicle is a retelling of history, usually beginning with the creation of the world, written in simple language and enriched by colourful anecdotes or tantalizing details on political intrigues. Though extremely popular in the Middle Ages, these texts were long disregarded by scholars due to their historical unreliability and lack of originality. Now, however, they are increasingly appreciated for the insights they provide into Byzantine ideology and the complex interaction of reading and writing in Byzantium. This volume highlights and contributes to the radical re-evaluation of this long-neglected genre of medieval literature.

Contributors are: Raimondo Tocci, William Adler, Thomas M. Banchich, Albrecht Berger, Richard W. Burgess, John Burke, Réka Forrai, Christian Gastgeber, Martin Hinterberger, Marek Jankowiak, Ralph-Johannes Lilie, Athanasios Markopoulos, Mischa Meier, Federico Montinaro, Diether Roderich Reinsch, Fabian Schulz, Roger Scott, Paul Tuffin, Staffan Wahlgren, and Varvara Zharkaya.


Front Matter
Preliminary Material
Acknowledgements
Figures
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Author: Raimondo Tocci
Pages: 1–11
Part 1 Genre
Chapter 1 Byzantine Chronography Revisited
Author: Athanasios Markopoulos
Pages: 15–39
Chapter 2 Chronicles and Their Place in the Development of Byzantine Universal Historiography
Author: R.W. Burgess
Pages: 40–76
Chapter 3 The Byzantines Wrote Chronicles: a Reply to Richard Burgess
Author: Roger Scott
Pages: 77–108
Part 2 Topics & Issues
Chapter 4 The Language of Byzantine Chronicles
Author: Martin Hinterberger
Pages: 111–146
Chapter 5 On the Value of Byzantine Chronicles as Historical Sources
Author: Ralph-Johannes Lilie
Pages: 147–177
Chapter 6 Byzantine Chronicles and Antiquity
Author: William Adler
Pages: 178–215
Chapter 7 Monuments and Buildings in Byzantine Chronicles
Author: Albrecht Berger
Pages: 216–231
Part 3 Chronicles & Chroniclers
Chapter 8 The Chronographia of John Malalas
Authors: Fabian Schulz and Mischa Meier
Pages: 235–264
Chapter 9 The So-Called Chronicon Paschale, the Vatican Chronological Compilation with Computus
Author: Christian Gastgeber
Pages: 265–324
Chapter 10.1 The Chronicle of Theophanes
Authors: Marek Jankowiak and Federico Montinaro
Pages: 325–346
Chapter 10.2 Anastasius Bibliothecarius and the Chronographia tripertita
Author: Réka Forrai
Pages: 347–366
Chapter 11 From Theophanes to Psellos: the Middle Byzantine Period
Author: Staffan Wahlgren
Pages: 367–389
Chapter 12 The Historia syntomos of Michael Psellos – Fifty Years after Its Rediscovery
Author: Diether Roderich Reinsch
Pages: 390–408
Chapter 13 Originality via Plagiarism in the Chronicle of George Kedrenos
Authors: John Burke, Roger Scott, and Paul Tuffin
Pages: 409–437
Chapter 14 Zonaras? ΑΠΟΚΥΗΜΑ: the Epitome of Histories
Author: Thomas M. Banchich
Pages: 438–462
Chapter 15 Michael Glykas as a Chronicle Writer
Author: Varvara Zharkaya
Pages: 463–486
Chapter 16 Reading and Writing Byzantine Chronicles in the Palaeologan Period
Author: Raimondo Tocci
Pages: 487–545
Back Matter
General Bibliography
Manuscript Index
General Index
 
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A Companion to Byzantine Chronicles

by: Tocci, R.

  • ISBN-13: 9789004432345 / 978-90-04-43234-5
  • ISBN-03: 9004432345 / 90-04-43234-5
  • E.J. Brill, Leiden, 2024

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