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This book was first published in 2010. 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 and is cited constantly in modern scholarship. 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.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History History: earliest times to present day

• Full title: John Skylitzes: A Synopsis of Byzantine History, 811-1057
• Subtitle: Translation and Notes
• Author: John Skylitzes
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 526
• EAN: 9781107404748
• ISBN: 1107404746
• ID: 01338493
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 780 g
• Dimensions: 226 × 154 × 32 mm
• Date of publishing: 16. February 2012

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