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"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"--Provided by publisher.

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Author

John Skylitzes

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780521767057

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, History, Humanities

Rating

4.33 / 5 (11 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14