The chronicle of Constantine Manasses / translated with commentary and introduction by Linda Yuretich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Manasses, Constantine, -1187, author.

Contributor:

Yuretich, Linda, 1949- translator, writer of introduction.

Series:

Translated texts for Byzantinists ; 6.

Standardized Title:

Synopsis chronike. English.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Byzantine Empire.

Middle East--History.

Middle East.

Byzantine Empire--History--Sources.

Genre:

History.

Sources.

Early works.

Physical Description:

xvii, 320 pages : illustration ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2018.

Summary:

'This book translates the mid-12th-century Synopsis Chronike by Constantine Manasses which was widely circulated. It extends to 1081, marking the end of Nikephoros Botaneiates' reign and the accession of Alexios I Komnenos. Commissioned by the Sevastokratorissa Irene, whose sponsorship likely determined its format in verse and subject matter, the chronicle begins with a dedicatory epigram and introduction lauding Irene for her largesse and love of learning. Manasses proceeds to relate a pastoral view of creation, biblical stories, a history of the peoples of the East, Alexander the Great's conquests and the subsequent Hellenistic empires. He then provides a non-Homeric view of the Trojan War and continues with Rome through the Principate and early empire until the reigns of Constantine I in the East and Theodosios II in the West. Manasses then focuses on the New Rome with a colorful treatment of its individual emperors. The chronicle attracted the attention of Emperor John Alexander for whom the Middle Bulgarian Synodal or Moscow manuscript was translated. This is the mid-14th-century copy taken into account here with deviations from the Greek contained in the footnotes. The so-called Middle Bulgarian Short Chronicle is interspersed in the appropriate places.' -- Details from publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographicl references (pages [263]-271 and index.

ISBN:

1786941511

9781786941510

OCLC:

1080942835