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A Companion to Byzantine Chronicles
Series: - Brill's Companions to the Byzantine World, Volume: 14
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A Byzantine chronicle is a retelling of history, usually beginning with the creation of the world, written in simple language and enriched by colourful anecdotes or tantalizing details on political intrigues. Though extremely popular in the Middle Ages, these texts were long disregarded by scholars due to their historical unreliability and lack of originality. Now, however, they are increasingly appreciated for the insights they provide into Byzantine ideology and the complex interaction of reading and writing in Byzantium. This volume highlights and contributes to the radical re-evaluation of this long-neglected genre of medieval literature.
Contributors are: Raimondo Tocci, William Adler, Thomas M. Banchich, Albrecht Berger, Richard W. Burgess, John Burke, Réka Forrai, Christian Gastgeber, Martin Hinterberger, Marek Jankowiak, Ralph-Johannes Lilie, Athanasios Markopoulos, Mischa Meier, Federico Montinaro, Diether Roderich Reinsch, Fabian Schulz, Roger Scott, Paul Tuffin, Staffan Wahlgren, and Varvara Zharkaya.
Contributors are: Raimondo Tocci, William Adler, Thomas M. Banchich, Albrecht Berger, Richard W. Burgess, John Burke, Réka Forrai, Christian Gastgeber, Martin Hinterberger, Marek Jankowiak, Ralph-Johannes Lilie, Athanasios Markopoulos, Mischa Meier, Federico Montinaro, Diether Roderich Reinsch, Fabian Schulz, Roger Scott, Paul Tuffin, Staffan Wahlgren, and Varvara Zharkaya.
Raimondo Tocci, Ph.D. (2005), University of Hamburg, is an ass. professor of Byzantine Philology at the
Democritus University of Thrace. He has published extensively on reading, writing, and copying Byzantine chronicles, including
Theodore Skoutariotes, Chronica (de Gruyter, 2015) and
Lesen und Schreiben im Freirand (in
Anekdota Byzantina, de Gruyter, 2023)
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Raimondo Tocci
1 Byzantine Chronography Revisited
Athanasios Markopoulos
2 Chronicles and Their Place in the Development of Byzantine Universal Historiography
R.W. Burgess
3 The Byzantines Wrote Chronicles: a Reply to Richard Burgess
Roger Scott
4 The Language of Byzantine Chronicles
Martin Hinterberger
5 On the Value of Byzantine Chronicles as Historical Sources
Ralph-Johannes Lilie
6 Byzantine Chronicles and Antiquity
William Adler
7 Monuments and Buildings in Byzantine Chronicles
Albrecht Berger
8 The Chronographia of John Malalas
Fabian Schulz and Mischa Meier
9 The So-Called Chronicon Paschale, the Vatican Chronological Compilation with Computus
Christian Gastgeber
10.1 The Chronicle of Theophanes
Marek Jankowiak and Federico Montinaro
10.2 Anastasius Bibliothecarius and the Chronographia tripertita
Réka Forrai
11 From Theophanes to Psellos: the Middle Byzantine Period
Staffan Wahlgren
12 The Historia syntomos of Michael Psellos – Fifty Years after Its Rediscovery
Diether Roderich Reinsch
13 Originality via Plagiarism in the Chronicle of George Kedrenos
John Burke, Roger Scott, and Paul Tuffin
14 Zonaras’ ΑΠΟΚΥΗΜΑ: the Epitome of Histories
Thomas M. Banchich
15 Michael Glykas as a Chronicle Writer
Varvara Zharkaya
16 Reading and Writing Byzantine Chronicles in the Palaeologan Period
Raimondo Tocci
General Bibliography
Manuscript Index
General Index
List of Figures
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Raimondo Tocci
Part 1: Genre
1 Byzantine Chronography Revisited
Athanasios Markopoulos
2 Chronicles and Their Place in the Development of Byzantine Universal Historiography
R.W. Burgess
3 The Byzantines Wrote Chronicles: a Reply to Richard Burgess
Roger Scott
Part 2: Topics & Issues
4 The Language of Byzantine Chronicles
Martin Hinterberger
5 On the Value of Byzantine Chronicles as Historical Sources
Ralph-Johannes Lilie
6 Byzantine Chronicles and Antiquity
William Adler
7 Monuments and Buildings in Byzantine Chronicles
Albrecht Berger
Part 3: Chronicles & Chroniclers
8 The Chronographia of John Malalas
Fabian Schulz and Mischa Meier
9 The So-Called Chronicon Paschale, the Vatican Chronological Compilation with Computus
Christian Gastgeber
10.1 The Chronicle of Theophanes
Marek Jankowiak and Federico Montinaro
10.2 Anastasius Bibliothecarius and the Chronographia tripertita
Réka Forrai
11 From Theophanes to Psellos: the Middle Byzantine Period
Staffan Wahlgren
12 The Historia syntomos of Michael Psellos – Fifty Years after Its Rediscovery
Diether Roderich Reinsch
13 Originality via Plagiarism in the Chronicle of George Kedrenos
John Burke, Roger Scott, and Paul Tuffin
14 Zonaras’ ΑΠΟΚΥΗΜΑ: the Epitome of Histories
Thomas M. Banchich
15 Michael Glykas as a Chronicle Writer
Varvara Zharkaya
16 Reading and Writing Byzantine Chronicles in the Palaeologan Period
Raimondo Tocci
General Bibliography
Manuscript Index
General Index
This Companion will serve as a useful guide to the Byzantine chronicle for scholars and students of Byzantine and medieval literature and history alike.