New trends in the historiography of the Macedonians: the 'case' of Theophanes Continuatus (books I-IV)

Abstract

The name Theophanes Continuatus is conventionally used to refer to a group of 10th-century historiographic texts produced by the scholarly circle of the emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogennetus, who commissioned them, during his reign as sole emperor of Byzantium (945-959). That the historical work in question has long fascinated researchers can be attributed both to the singular context in which it was written coupled with the personality of the historical figure who inspired it, factors which make this a palace historiography with a clear political orientation, but also to its ground-breaking structure, the innovations it introduces into the historiographic genre, and to its literary features. The work has come down to us in a single byzantine manuscript, the Vat.gr 167, which dates from the early 11th c. The long-standing need for a new edition was recently met with the volume by Featherstone and Signes published in the CFHB series; however, it proved infeasible to deal fully with t ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/40876
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http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/40876
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40876
Alternative title
Νεωτερικές τάσεις στην ιστοριογραφία των Μακεδόνων: η περίπτωση της Συνέχειας Θεοφάνη (βιβλία α'-δ')
Author
Sideri, Christina (Father's name: Charalampos)
Date
2017
Degree Grantor
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Committee members
Μαρκόπουλος Αθανάσιος
Πολέμης Ιωάννης
Κόλιας Ταξιάρχης
Κοτζάμπαση Σοφία
Αντωνοπούλου Θεοδώρα
Λουκάκη Μαρίνα
Βάσσης Ιωάννης
Discipline
Humanities and the ArtsLanguages and Literature
Keywords
Theophanes Continuatus; Byzantine historiography; Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos; 10th century
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
vi, 475 σ., im., tbls., maps
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