Skip to content

Opening book details…

Can I read Chronographiae quae Theophanis Continuati nomine fertur Libri I-IV (Recensuerunt anglice verterunt indicibus instruxerunt Michael Featherstone et Juan Signes-Codoñer, nuper repertis schedis Caroli de Boor adiuvantibus) on EtoBox?

Chronographiae quae Theophanis Continuati nomine fertur Libri I-IV (Recensuerunt anglice verterunt indicibus instruxerunt Michael Featherstone et Juan Signes-Codoñer, nuper repertis schedis Caroli de Boor adiuvantibus) by Featherstone, Jeffrey Michael; Signes-Codoñer, Juan is a scholarly article available to read on EtoBox.

What is Chronographiae quae Theophanis Continuati nomine fertur Libri I-IV (Recensuerunt anglice verterunt indicibus instruxerunt Michael Featherstone et Juan Signes-Codoñer, nuper repertis schedis Caroli de Boor adiuvantibus) about?

<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html><head> <meta content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=content-type> <meta name=generator content="mshtml 8.00.6001.23619"></head> <body> <P>Taking up where the the chronicle of the monk Theophanes leaves off , the compilation known as <EM>Theophanes Continuatus </EM>was originally commissioned by the emperor Constantine VII (912-959) and marked the revival, or reinvention, of the genre of history in Byzantium, which also included the less successful text of Genesios, who worked with the same dossier of sources. A principal source for the second period of Iconoclasm and the Amorian dynasty, the tendentious narrative of Books I-IV of <EM>Theophanes Continuatus </EM>was intended to justify the murderous accession of Basil I (867-886), grandfather of Constantine VII and founder of the Macedonian dynasty, by presenting the emperors who preceded Basil as cruel heretics (Leo V, Michael II, Theophilus) or profligates (Michael III). But the facts here recorded and the often playful use of Classical learning give proof to the careful reader that the revival of Byzantine military power and culture from the Dark Age

Author
Featherstone, Jeffrey Michael; Signes-Codoñer, Juan
Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
Published
2015
Language
EL
ISBN
9781614515043

More by Featherstone, Jeffrey Michael; Signes-Codoñer, Juan

Browse all works by Featherstone, Jeffrey Michael; Signes-Codoñer, Juan