The History of Leo the Deacon: Byzantine Military Expansion in the Tenth Century

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-88402-324-1
Verlag: DUMBARTON OAKS RES LIB

Buch, Englisch, Band 41, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 490 g

Reihe: Dumbarton Oaks Studies

Leo’s firsthand experience of the campaigns and courts of two Byzantine emperors provides vivid descriptions of sieges, pitched battles, and ambushes. His account of the conspiracy against Nikephoros II Phokas, murdered as he slept on the floor in front of his icons, is one of the most dramatic in Byzantine narrative histories. Alice-Mary Talbot and Denis F. Sullivan, with the assistance of George T. Dennis and Stamatina McGrath, include an extensive introduction and detailed notes to guide the reader through the complex chronology, geography, and text of the History. Also included are five maps, two genealogical tables, and four indexes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Talbot, Alice-Mary

Sullivan, Denis F.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)

Über Autor(innen)

Talbot, Alice-Mary
Alice-Mary Talbot was Director of Byzantine Studies, Emerita, at the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, and the inaugural editor of the medieval Greek series of the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library.

Sullivan, Denis F.
Denis F. Sullivan is a Professor at the University of Maryland College Park.