Fourteen Byzantine Rulers: The Chronographia of Michael Psellus

Psellus, Michael

ISBN 10: 0140441697 / ISBN 13: 9780140441697

Edité par Penguin Classics, 1979

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Synopsis :

This chronicle of the Byzantine Empire, beginning in 1025, shows a profound understanding of the power politics that characterized the empire and led to its decline.

À propos de l?auteur: Michael Psellus, Byzantine philosopher, historian, and man of letters, was born in Constantinople in 1018. An infant prodigy, he attracted the notice of important patrons and eventually entered the government service, and, as one short-lived emperor succeeded another, became extremely influential. Falling into disfavor on Constantine IX’s death, Psellus for a time became a monk, but finding he had no vocation returned to court to resume a leading role in government, becoming chief minister of the empire under Michael VII Ducas. His literary output was immense, and not all of it has been identified, let alone published, but he is regarded today as one of the greatest courtiers and men of letters of his age.

E. R. A. Sewter was a well-known Byzantine scholar and the editor of Greece and Rome. His translation of The Alexiad of Anna Komnene is still published in Penguin Classics. He died in 1976.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Fourteen Byzantine Rulers: The Chronographia...
Éditeur : Penguin Classics
Date d'édition : 1979
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Good
Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket