The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor

Zusatztext The editors have produced a translation, with a detailed commetary of immense erudition. Klappentext 0 Zusammenfassung This is the first complete translation into English (or any other modern language) of the Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor (d.818), which covers the period AD 284-813 and is one of the most important sources of Byzantine history, that of the Arabs under the Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties and of other neighbouring peoples (notably the Bulgarians). The Chronicle is a compilation of earlier sources, many of them now lost: in order to use it critically the historian needs to know what texts Theophanes had in front of him and how he handled them. These have consequently been indicated in the text in so far as they can be indentified. Full annotation has also been provided on points of historical and topographical interest. The career of Theophanes, the character of the Chronicle, its manuscript tradition, and the use of earlier sources are discussed in the Introduction.

Product details

• Authors: Theophanes, Theophanes the Confessor
• Assisted by: Cyril Mango (Editor), Cyril Mango (Translation), Mango Cyril (Editor and translation), Roger Scott (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.05.1997
• EAN: 9780198225683
• ISBN: 978-0-19-822568-3
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 241 mm x 47 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; European History, HISTORY / Asia / General, HISTORY / Essays, HISTORY / Byzantine Empire, CE period up to c 1500, Ancient History, Asian History, Literary essays, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, BCE to c 500 CE, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Byzantine Empire, BCE period – Protohistory