Niketas Choniates
Title | Niketas Choniates PDF eBook |
Author | Alicia Simpson |
Publisher | Oxford Studies in Byzantium |
Pages | 389 |
Release | 2013-09-26 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0199670714 |
Simpson uncovers the complex manuscript tradition and transmission of Niketas Choniates' History, an important historical Byzantine text. Investigating issues related to historical narrative and imperial biography, the volume explores the historian's sources and the literary models and historical concepts which guided him.
O City of Byzantium
Title | O City of Byzantium PDF eBook |
Author | Nicetas Choniates |
Publisher | Wayne State University Press |
Pages | 486 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780814317648 |
One of the most important accounts of the Middle Ages, the history of Niketas Choniates describes the Byzantine Empire from 1118 to 1207. Niketas provides an eyewitness account of the sack of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade.
Writing About Byzantium
Title | Writing About Byzantium PDF eBook |
Author | Theresa Urbainczyk |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 215 |
Release | 2017-10-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1351731661 |
Niketas Choniates was in Constantinople when it was burnt and looted by the soldiers of the Fourth Crusade and he wrote a history which has always been the mainstay for anyone wishing to learn about the Comnene dynasty and the Byzantine Empire of the twelfth century. Yet it is a very difficult and puzzling text and, given its significance for the period, is understudied. The author says at the start that he wrote his work hoping that even workers and women would be able to profit from it, yet he wrote those words, and the rest of the history, in a highly convoluted, literary and at times opaque style and language. This examination is an introduction to the history of Niketas, and to the author’s views of why this period saw such catastrophe for the Byzantines. It looks at Niketas’ thoughts about history-writing, the emperors, and the Comnene dynasty in particular, about the presence of God in man’s affairs, and the historian’s attitudes to the women of the imperial family.
Niketas Choniates
Title | Niketas Choniates PDF eBook |
Author | Alicia Simpson |
Publisher | La Pomme d'or |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Historians |
ISBN | 9548446057 |
Greek Laughter and Tears
Title | Greek Laughter and Tears PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret Alexiou |
Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
Pages | 504 |
Release | 2017-06-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1474403808 |
Explores the range and complexity of human emotions and their transmission across cultural traditionsWhat makes us laugh and cry, sometimes at the same time? How do these two primal, seemingly discrete and non-verbal modes of expression intersect in everyday life and ritual, and what range of emotions do they evoke? How may they be voiced, shaped and coloured in literature and liturgy, art and music?Bringing together scholars from diverse periods and disciplines of Hellenic and Byzantine studies, this volume explores the shifting shapes and functions of laughter and tears. With a focus on the tragic, the comic and the tragicomic dimensions of laughter and tears in art, literature and performance, as well as on their emotional, socio-cultural and religious significance, it breaks new ground in the study of ancient and Byzantine affectivity.Key featuresIncludes an international cast of 25 distinguished contributors Prominence is given to performative arts and to interactions with other cultures Transitions from Late Antiquity to Byzantium, and from Byzantium to the Renaissance, form focal points from which contributors look backwards, forwards and sidewaysHighlights the variety, audacity and quality of the finest Byzantine works and the extent to which they anticipated the renaissance
Byzantine Readings of Ancient Historians
Title | Byzantine Readings of Ancient Historians PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony Kaldellis |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 195 |
Release | 2015-03-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1317517849 |
The survival of ancient Greek historiography is largely due to its preservation by Byzantine copyists and scholars. This process entailed selection, adaptation, and commentary, which shaped the corpus of Greek historiography in its transmission. By investigating those choices, Kaldellis enables a better understanding of the reception and survival of Greek historical writing. Byzantine Readings of Ancient Historians includes translations of texts written by Byzantines on specific ancient historians. Each translated text is accompanied by an introduction and notes to highlight the specific context and purpose of its composition. In order to present a rounded picture of the reception of Greek historiography in Byzantium, a wide range of genres have been considered, such as poems and epigrams, essays, personalized scholia, and commentaries. Byzantine Readings of Ancient Historians is therefore an important resource for scholars and students of ancient history.
Constantinople
Title | Constantinople PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan Harris |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 301 |
Release | 2017-02-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1474254675 |
Jonathan Harris' new edition of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, Constantinople, provides an updated and extended introduction to the history of Byzantium and its capital city. Accessible and engaging, the book breaks new ground by exploring Constantinople's mystical dimensions and examining the relationship between the spiritual and political in the city. This second edition includes a range of new material, such as: * Historiographical updates reflecting recently published work in the field * Detailed coverage of archaeological developments relating to Byzantine Constantinople * Extra chapters on the 14th century and social 'outsiders' in the city * More on the city as a centre of learning; the development of Galata/Pera; charitable hospitals; religious processions and festivals; the lives of ordinary people; and the Crusades * Source translation textboxes, new maps and images, a timeline and a list of emperors It is an important volume for anyone wanting to know more about the history of the Byzantine Empire.