John Skylitzes: A Synopsis of Byzantine History, 811-1057: Translation and Notes (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521767057)

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.

Author: John Skylitzes, John Wortley
ISBN-10: 0521767059
ISBN-13: 9780521767057
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/07/2010
Pages: 526
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.10lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.30d