Livre - A synopsis of Byzantine history, 811-1057
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Livre
Cambridge University Press
Skylitzès Jean 1040? - 1100?
Wortley John 1934 - ...
Cheynet Jean-Claude 1947 - ...
Flusin Bernard
Presentation materielle : 1 vol. (XXXIII-491 p.)
Dimensions : 24 cm
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.
The English translator’s Preface, vii CHEYNET Jean-Claude, Introduction: John Skylitzes, the author, and his family, ix FLUSIN Bernard, Re-writing history: John Skylitzes’s Synopsis historian, xii John Skylitzes, synopsis. Foreword, p. 1 1. Michael I Rangabe, the Kouropalates (811-813), p. 4 2. Leo V the Armenian (813-820), p. 15 3. Michael II the Stammerer (820-829), p. 27 4. Theophilos (829-842), p. 51 5. Michael III, the son of Theophilos (the Drunkard) (842-867), and his mother Theodora (842-862), p. 82 6. Basil I Kephalas, the Macedonian (867-886), p. 116 7. Leo VI the Philosopher (the Wise) (886-912), p. 165 8. Alexander (912-913), p. 188 9. Constantine VII, Porphyrogennetos (913-959), p. 191 10. Romanos I Lekapenos (919-944), p. 206 11. Constantine VII (944-959), p. 225 12. Romanos II the Younger (959-963), p. 239 13. Basil II Bulgaroktonos and Constantine VIII (976-1025), p. 245 14. Nikephoros II Phokas (963-969), p. 250 15. John I Tzimiskes (969-976), p. 271 16. Basil II and Constantine VIII, bis (976-1025), p. 298 17. Constantine VIII (1025-1028), p. 349 18. Romanos III Argyros (1028-1034), p. 354 19. Michael IV the Paphlagonian (1034-1041), p. 370 20. Michael V Kalaphates (1041-1042), p. 391 21. Constantine IX Monomachos (1042-1055), p. 397 22. Theodora (1055-1056), p. 447 23. Michael VI the Elder / Stratiotikos (1056-1057), p. 449 Glossary, p. 466 Bibliography, p. 475 Index, p. 484
Traduction du texte original grec ancien en anglais. La jaquette indique en mentions de responsabilités secondaires : "translated by John Wortley, with introductions by Jean-Claude Cheynet and Bernard Flusin, and notes by Jean-Claude Cheynet". - Autre tirage : 2011. Bibliogr. p. 475-483. Notes bibliogr. Glossaire. Index.
