La "descrizione dei tempi" all'alba dell'espansione islamica : un'indagine sulla storiografia greca, siriaca e araba fra VII e VIII secolo / Maria Conterno.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conterno, Maria, author.

Series:

Millennium-Studien ; Bd. 47.

Millennium-Studien = Millennium studies, 1862-1139 ; volume 47

Language:

Italian

Subjects (All):

Theophanes, the Confessor, -approximately 818.

Theophanes.

Islam--Historiography.

Islam.

Islam--History--To 1500.

Historiography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter, [2014]

Language Note:

Italian

Biography/History:

Maria Conterno, Labex RESMED, UMR 8167, Paris.

Summary:

During the VII-VIII centuries Byzantine historiography is supposed to have remained silent, since no source dating to that period has come down to us. West Syriac historiography is believed to have been quite scanty as well because, according to Lawrence Conrad's theory, the only source that later Syriac chroniclers had for this period was Theophilos of Edessa, whose chronicle is commonly thought to be Theophanes' "oriental source" as well. A thorough study of the materials shared by Theophanes (IX cent.), Michael the Syrian (XII cent.), the anonymous chronicler of 1234 (XII-XIII cent.) and Agapius of Mabbug (X cent.) has led the author of this book to reconsider the theory of the "circuit of Theophilos of Edessa" and to look with new eyes at the whole question of the writing of history in Greek, Syriac and Arabic during the first two centuries after the Islamic conquests. The present work delves into this conspicuous case of "intercultural transmission" with the aim of finding some tentative answers to the unspoken questions due to our scarce knowledge of historiography in such a crucial period: who kept memory of what, why, for whom? in which forms were records produced, preserved and transmitted? how did religious issues influence this practice and how did these materials cross denominational borders?

Contents:

Frontmatter

Prefazione

Indice dei contenuti

Introduzione

I. Alla ricerca della storiografia perduta

II. Greco, siriaco, bizantino

III. Materiale d'importazione

IV. Uno sguardo d'insieme

V. Le descrizioni non scritte

Conclusioni

Appendice

Bibliografia

Indice dei nomi

Indice generale

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-189) and index.

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ISBN:

3-11-038225-3

3-11-033095-4

OCLC:

890089602