John Skylitzes: A Synopsis of Byzantine History, 811–1057: Translation and Notes

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Cambridge University Press, 7. okt. 2010
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 and is cited constantly in modern scholarship. 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.
 

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A SYNOPSIS OF HISTORIES BEGINNING WITH THE DEATH OF THE EMPEROR NIKEPHOROS THE EXMINISTER OF FINANCE AND EX...
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chapter 1 Michael I Rangabe the Kouropalates 811813
4
chapter 2 Leo V the Armenian 813820
15
chapter 3 Michael II the Stammerer 820829
27
chapter 4 Theophilos 829842
51
chapter 5 Michael III the son of Theophilos 842867 and his mother Theodora 842862
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chapter 6 Basil I Kephalas the Macedonian 867886
116
chapter 7 Leo VI the Philosopher the Wise 886912
165
chapter 14 Nikephoros II Phokas 963969
250
chapter 15 John I Tzimiskes 969976
271
chapter 16 Basil II and Constantine VIII bis 9761025
298
chapter 17 Constantine VIII 10251028
349
chapter 18 Romanos III Argyros 10281034
354
chapter 19 Michael IV the Paphlagonian 10341041
370
chapter 20 Michael V Kalaphates 10411042
391
chapter 21 Constantine IX Monomachos 10421055
397

chapter 8 Alexander 912913
188
chapter 9 Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos 913959
191
chapter 10 Romanos I Lekapenos 919944
206
chapter 11 Constantine VII 944959
225
chapter 12 Romanos II the Younger 959963
239
chapter 13 Basil II Bulgaroktonos and Constantine VIII 9761025
245
chapter 22 Theodora 10551056
447
chapter 23 Michael VI the ElderStratiotikos 10561057
449
Glossary
466
Bibliography
475
Index
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