George Akropolites: The History: Introduction, translation and commentary (Oxford Studies in Byzantium) - Tapa dura

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9780199210671: George Akropolites: The History: Introduction, translation and commentary (Oxford Studies in Byzantium)
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ISBN 10: 0199210675 ISBN 13: 9780199210671
Editorial: OUP Oxford, 2007

Sinopsis

This is the first English translation and study of George Akropolites' History, the main Greek source for the history of Byzantium between 1204 and 1261. Akropolites relates what happened to Byzantium after the Latin conquest of its capital, Constantinople, by the Fourth Crusade in 1204. He narrates the fragmentation of the Byzantine world, describing how the newly established 'empire' in Anatolia prevailed over its foreign and Byzantine enemies to recapture the capital in 1261. Akropolites was an eyewitness to most of the events he relates and a man close to the emperors he served, and his account has therefore influenced modern perceptions of this period. It has been an essential source for all those studying the eastern Mediterranean in the thirteenth century. However, until now historians have made use of his History without knowing anything about its author. Ruth Macrides remedies this deficiency by providing a detailed guide to Akropolites' work and an analysis of its composition, which places it in the context of medieval Greek historical writing.

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Acerca del autor

Ruth Macrides is Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman, and Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham.

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Editorial
OUP Oxford
Año de publicación
2007
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0199210675
ISBN 13 
9780199210671
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
464
Editor
Macrides Ruth
Contacto del fabricante
Oxford University Press
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