Byzantium in the Time of Troubles

The Continuation of the Chronicle of John Skylitzes (1057-1079)
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-41894-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 120, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 239 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 480 g

Reihe: The Medieval Mediterranean

The years before and after the battle of Mantzikert (1071) mark a turning point in the history of the Byzantine Empire. The invasions of the Seljuk Turks in the east and the encroachment of the Normans from the west altered the balance of power in the eastern Mediterranean and forced the Byzantines to confront new threats to their survival. These threats came at a time when internal rivalries made an effective military response all but impossible and led to a significant transformation of the Byzantine polity under the Komnenoi.

The Continuation of the Chronicle of John Skylitzes, now translated for the first time, provides a contemporary view of these troubled times. An extension of the principal source for the middle Byzantine period, and a subtle reworking of the History of Michael Attaleiates, the Continuation offers a high court official’s narrative of the events and personages that shaped the course of Byzantine history on the eve of the Crusades.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mcgeer, Eric

Nesbitt, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Byzantinische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

List of Illustrations

Abbreviations

Introduction

Maps

The Continuation of the Chronicle of John Skylitzes

I The Reign of Isaac Komnenos

II The Reign of Constantine X Doukas

III The Regency of the Empress Eudokia

IV The Reign of Romanos IV Diogenes

V The Mantzikert Campaign and Its Aftermath

VI The Reign of Michael VII Doukas

VII The Accession of Nikephoros III Botaneiates

Concordance between Skylitzes Continuatus, Attaleiates, and John Zonaras

Glossary of Terms

Bibliography

Index of Names

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Eric McGeer, Ph.D. (1990), Université de Montréal, teaches in Toronto and serves as advisor in Byzantine Sigillography at Dumbarton Oaks. He has published two books and several articles on Byzantine history.

John W. Nesbitt, Ph.D. (1972) in Byzantine History, has retired as Research Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks. In addition to six volumes of seals catalogues which he co-edited with Nicolas Oikonomides, he is the co-author of The Miracles of St. Artemios (Brill, 1997) and editor of Byzantine Authors: Literary Activities and Preoccupations (Brill, 2003).