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Towards a New History of Byzantine Literature: The Case of Historiography
2018Byzantium's many histories and chronicles are often disdained because of repetition and inaccuracy, so modern historians now turn to other sources for historical research. But the abundance of histories suggests a fondness for narrative as being significant in Byzantine culture, which merits discussion in any proper treatment of its history.
Ingela Nilsson, Roger Scott
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The Prophetic Legend of Emperor Marcian in Byzantine Historiography
The Near East and GeorgiaThe article examines the intersection of social hierarchy, captivity, and divine symbolism through the legend of Emperor Marcian (r. 450–457) as narrated by Procopius of Caesarea (6th c), Evagrius Svholasticus (6th c.), and Theophanes the Confessor (8th-9th c.).
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The Rulers of European Nomads and Early Mediaeval Byzantine Historiography
Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 2005The dynamics of socio-political evolution of nomadic societies depends on many internal and external factors, leadership being a special one amongst them. There was interrelation between the power of nomadic empires and their significant rulers. The investigation of ethno-symbolic content of leadership makes possible to present rulers of nomadicempires
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Pompey in the Mirror of Byzantine Historiography
This study explores how Pompey the Great is portrayed in Late Antique and Byzantine historiography, focusing especially on how Christian and pagan traditions merge in recounting his actions in the East. Pompey appears as a “meteor”: briefly but significantly illuminating the historical narrative, particularly through his conquest of Jerusalem in 63 BCE,openaire +1 more source
The Formation and Evolution of the Image of the Turks in Byzantine Historiography
La formation et l’évolution de l’image des Turcs dans l’historiographie byzantine Cette étude vise à explorer la représentation de l'image des Turcs dans l'historiographie byzantine tardive. Un corpus du XIe au XVe siècle, composé des œuvres des auteurs Skylitzès, Attaleiatès, Anna Comnéne, Cinnamus, Choniatés, Acropolite, Pachymère ...openaire +1 more source
On the Verge of Chaos: Image of Maurice’s Reign in Byzantine Historiography
St Tikhon’s University Theological Faculty ReviewIn the present article the author undertook an attempt to consider the reign of Maurice as the threshold of coming upheavals, which called into question the very existence of the Empire, viz. the Iranian–Byzantine war of the early 7th century AD and the Great Arab conquests.
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The Modern Historiography of Byzantine and Islamic Philosophy: A Comparison
Al-Masaq: Islam and the Medieval Mediterranean, 2021exaly