History As Literature In Byzantium
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History As Literature In Byzantium
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Author : Ruth Macrides
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-12-05
History As Literature In Byzantium written by Ruth Macrides and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-05 with History categories.
Although perceived since the sixteenth century as the most impressive literary achievement of Byzantine culture, historical writing nevertheless remains little studied as literature. Historical texts are still read first and foremost for nuggets of information, as main sources for the reconstruction of the events of Byzantine history. Whatever can be called literary in these works has been considered as external and detachable from the facts. The 'classical tradition' inherited by Byzantine writers, the features that Byzantine authors imitated and absorbed, are regarded as standing in the way of understanding the true meaning of the text and, furthermore, of contaminating the reliability of the history. Chronicles, whose language and style are anything but classicizing, have been held in low esteem, for they are seen as providing a mere chronological exposition of events. This book presents a set of articles by an international cast of contributors, deriving from papers delivered at the 40th annual Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies. They are concerned with historical and visual narratives that date from the sixth to the fourteenth century, and aim to show that literary analyses and the study of pictorial devices, far from being tangential to the study of historical texts, are preliminary to their further study, exposing the deeper structures and purposes of these texts.
History And Literature Of Byzantium In The 9th 10th Centuries
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Author : Athanasios Markopoulos
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-08-11
History And Literature Of Byzantium In The 9th 10th Centuries written by Athanasios Markopoulos and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-11 with History categories.
The studies reprinted here deal with the Byzantine empire between the 9th and 11th centuries, with a focus on the period of the Macedonian dynasty, and include four translated into English for this volume. They reflect both historical and prosopographical concerns, but Professor Markopoulos's principle interest is in the analysis of literary works and texts. This he combines with the examination of the ideological context of the period, as shaped in the reigns of Basil I and Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos, and the investigation of gender issues and other approaches. The close analysis of the texts shows how, after the close of Iconoclasm, new styles of writing and new attitudes towards the writing of history emerged, for instance in the use of mythological themes, which exemplify the changing intellectual concerns of the time.
History And Literature Of Byzantium In The 9th 10th Centuries
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Author : A. Markopoulos
language : de
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
History And Literature Of Byzantium In The 9th 10th Centuries written by A. Markopoulos and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with HISTORY categories.
The studies reprinted here deal with the Byzantine empire between the 9th and 11th centuries, with a focus on the period of the Macedonian dynasty, and include four translated into English for this volume. They reflect both historical and prosopographical concerns, but Professor Markopoulos's principle interest is in the analysis of literary works and texts. This he combines with the examination of the ideological context of the period, as shaped in the reigns of Basil I and Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos, and the investigation of gender issues and other approaches. The close analysis of the texts shows how, after the close of Iconoclasm, new styles of writing and new attitudes towards the writing of history emerged, for instance in the use of mythological themes, which exemplify the changing intellectual concerns of the time.
Studies On Byzantine History Literature And Education
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Author : Robert Browning
language : el
Publisher: Variorum Publishing
Release Date : 1977
Studies On Byzantine History Literature And Education written by Robert Browning and has been published by Variorum Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with History categories.
A History Of Byzantine Literature 650 850
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Author : Aleksandr Petrovich Kazhdan
language : en
Publisher: National Hellenic Research Foundation Inst E Research
Release Date : 1999
A History Of Byzantine Literature 650 850 written by Aleksandr Petrovich Kazhdan and has been published by National Hellenic Research Foundation Inst E Research this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Byzantine literature categories.
Re Writing History In Byzantium
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Author : Panagiotis Manafis
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-05-12
Re Writing History In Byzantium written by Panagiotis Manafis and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-12 with History categories.
Scholars have recently begun to study collections of Byzantine historical excerpts as autonomous pieces of literature. This book focuses on a series of minor collections that have received little or no scholarly attention, including the Epitome of the Seventh Century, the Excerpta Anonymi (tenth century), the Excerpta Salmasiana (eighth to eleventh centuries), and the Excerpta Planudea (thirteenth century). Three aspects of these texts are analysed in detail: their method of redaction, their literary structure, and their cultural and political function. Combining codicological, literary, and political analyses, this study contributes to a better understanding of the intertwining of knowledge and power, and suggests that these collections of historical excerpts should be seen as a Byzantine way of rewriting history. The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429351020, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
History As Literature In Byzantium Papers From The Fortieth Spring Symposium Of Byzantine Studies University Of Birmingham April 2007
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Author : Ruth Macrides (ed)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
History As Literature In Byzantium Papers From The Fortieth Spring Symposium Of Byzantine Studies University Of Birmingham April 2007 written by Ruth Macrides (ed) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with categories.
Byzantine Empire
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Author : Hourly History
language : en
Publisher: Hourly History
Release Date : 2018-01-02
Byzantine Empire written by Hourly History and has been published by Hourly History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-02 with History categories.
According to history books, the Roman Empire ended in 476 CE with the fall of Rome. But if you asked most people alive at that time, they would have pointed you to what they considered the continuation of the Roman Empire—the civilization we now call the Byzantine Empire. The Byzantines, however, were more than just a remnant of Roman glory. At its geographical peak, the Byzantine Empire stretched out across the Mediterranean world. Culturally, the Byzantines both preserved the knowledge of the classical world, much of which was lost in the West, and added to it. Inside you will read about... ✓ A Divided Empire ✓ The Fall of the West ✓ Rising to Glory ✓ An Age of War ✓ The Destruction of Icons ✓ The House of Macedon ✓ The Comnenian Revival ✓ The Final Decline And much more! Shaped by its classical roots, its Christian religion, and the changing medieval world, the story of the Byzantine Empire is one of both glorious victories and terrible defeats, of a civilization that rose from the brink of destruction again and again, and of the development of a culture whose vestiges remain today.
Understanding Byzantium
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Author : Takacs Sarolta
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-12-04
Understanding Byzantium written by Takacs Sarolta and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-04 with History categories.
This book was first published in 2003.Paul Speck's work is acknowledged to be of profound importance for the study of the history and culture of the Byzantine world. If at times controversial, it has proved highly influential in terms of the approaches to be taken to historical and literary sources. For many, however, it has remained largely inaccessible in its original German. To help overcome this, the selection of studies presented here have been specially translated into English. Taken together, they make a substantial contribution to a critical understanding of Byzantine writing, and to an interpretation of history free from prejudice and stereotyped conceptions. Their coverage extends from the foundation of Constantinople to current perceptions of Byzantine history, but they focus in particular on the period from the 6th to the 9th centuries - the 'Dark Ages' and the Byzantine renaissance - and the transformation of Byzantium that then took place.
Letters Literacy And Literature In Byzantium
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Author : Margaret Mullett
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-06-09
Letters Literacy And Literature In Byzantium written by Margaret Mullett and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-09 with History categories.
These studies look at general problems of reading Byzantine literature, at literacy practices and the literary process, but also at individual texts. The past thirty years have seen a revolution in the way Byzantine literature has been viewed: no longer is it considered a decadent form of classical literature or a turgid precursor of modern Greek literature. There are still prejudices to overcome: that there was no literary public, or that Byzantium had no drama or humour, but Byzantine texts are now read as literature in the social context of literacy and book culture. One genre is treated here more fully: the letter (Derrida said that letters represent all literature). In these studies epistolography is examined from the point of view of genre, of originality, of communication and as evidence for political history. Other genres touched on include the novel, historiography, parainesis, panegyric, and hagiography. The section on literary process includes essays on genre, patronage and rhetoric, and the section on literacy practices deals with both writing and reading. The collection includes one unpublished lecture which acts as introduction, and additional notes and comments.