A Synopsis of Byzantine History, 811-1057: Translation and Notes
John Skylitzes, "A Synopsis of Byzantine History, 811-1057: Translation and Notes"
English | ISBN: 0521767059, 1107404746 | 2012 | 526 pages | PDF | 92 MB
English | ISBN: 0521767059, 1107404746 | 2012 | 526 pages | PDF | 92 MB
This book was first published in 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.