(Re)writing History in Byzantium - A Critical Study of Collections of Historical Excerpts

Informationen zum Autor Panagiotis Manafis is a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Birmingham, UK. His research interests include middle Byzantine literature, with a particular focus on the manuscript transmission of texts. Zusammenfassung Scholars have recently begun to study collections of Byzantine historical excerpts as autonomous pieces of literature. This book focuses on a series of minor collections that have received little or no scholarly attention. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Greek Compilation Literature from Byzantium 2. Excerpta Anonymi 3. Excerpta Salamasiana 4. The Epitome of the 7th century 5. Excerpta Planudea 6. Collections of historical excerpts as a specific locus for (re)writing history Appendix I: Texts Appendix II: Tables Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Panagiotis Manafis
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780367367305
• ISBN: 978-0-367-36730-5
• No. of pages: 346
• Series: Routledge Research in Byzantine Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, CE period up to c 1500, Medieval History, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Byzantine Empire, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General