{"product_id":"the-chronicle-of-constantine-manasses-linda-yuretich-9781786941510","title":"The Chronicle of Constantine Manasses","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book translates the mid-12th-century \u003ci\u003eSynopsis Chronike\u003c\/i\u003e by Constantine Manasses which was widely circulated. It extends to 1081, marking the end of Nikephoros Botaneiates' reign and the accession of Alexios I Komnenos. Commissioned by the Sevastokratorissa Irene, whose sponsorship likely determined its format in verse and subject matter, the chronicle begins with a dedicatory epigram and introduction lauding Irene for her largesse and love of learning. Manasses proceeds to relate a pastoral view of creation, biblical stories, a history of the peoples of the East, Alexander the Great's conquests and the subsequent Hellenistic empires. He then provides a non-Homeric view of the Trojan War and continues with Rome through the Principate and early empire until the reigns of Constantine I in the East and Theodosios II in the West. Manasses then focuses on the New Rome with a colorful treatment of its individual emperors. \u003cbr\u003eThe chronicle attracted the attention of Emperor John Alexander for whom the Middle Bulgarian Synodal or Moscow manuscript was translated. This is the mid-14th-century copy taken into account here with deviations from the Greek contained in the footnotes. The so-called Middle Bulgarian Short Chronicle is interspersed in the appropriate places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linda Yuretich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1786941511\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781786941510\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liverpool University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/05\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Linda Yuretich","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46739056361727,"sku":"9781786941510","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a0437d3c-c4d6-4d3c-8c88-53395be2cc1f.jpg?v=1743277075","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-chronicle-of-constantine-manasses-linda-yuretich-9781786941510","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}