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Constantine Porphyrogenitus De Administrando Imperio

By: Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (Emperor of the East),Gyula Moravcsik

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Constantine Porphyrogenitus De Administrando Imperio

By: Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (Emperor of the East),Gyula Moravcsik

This edition contains a wide variety of information on both foreign relations and internal administration and is one of the most important historical documents surviving from the Middle Byzantine period.

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0884020215

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9780884020219

The de Thematibus ('on the Themes') of Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus

Translated with Introductory Chapters and Notes

By: John Haldon

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The de Thematibus ('on the Themes') of Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus

Translated with Introductory Chapters and Notes

By: John Haldon

The 10th-century treatise on the military provinces (the 'themes') of the medieval East Roman (Byzantine) empire is one of the most enigmatic of the works ascribed to the emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos. A mix of historical geography, imperial propaganda, historical information and legend or myth drawn from ancient, Hellenistic as well as Roman and late Roman sources, it was one of the emperor's earliest works, although the extent to which he was its author remains debated. Its purpose, and the emperor's aims in commissioning or writing it, are equally unclear, since it offers neither an accurate historical account of the evolution of the themata nor does it appear to draw on available administrative material that would have been available to its writer. It has remained until now untranslated into English and thus inaccessible to many, in particular to students at all levels both within and outside the field of Byzantine Studies, as well as non-specialist readers. This volume is intended to rectify this situation with a translation into English, accompanying detailed notes, and three introductory chapters providing context and background to the history of the text, Byzantine ideas about geography, and the debate over the themata themselves.

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Translated Texts for Byzantini

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1800859988

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9781800859982

Constantine Porphyrogenitus De Administrando Imperio

By: Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (Emperor of the East),Gyula Moravcsik

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The Book of Ceremonies

In 2 Volumes

By: Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (Emperor of the East)

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The Book of Ceremonies

In 2 Volumes

By: Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (Emperor of the East)

Ostensibly Constantine was the author of the Book of Ceremonies....His purpose...was to 'save from oblivion' knowledge that had become faded and fragmented through a period of neglect and was in danger of disappearing altogether. He was concerned that the imperial ceremonial should be well ordered so that it would bring renown to the emperor and the senate...reflecting 'the harmonious movement of the creator in relation to the whole.' To this end it was necessary to collect the records of ancestral customs and current practices from many sources and to arrange these in an accessible form in simple language both for his own use and for future generations...."--Introduction, p. xxiii.

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1876503424

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9781876503420

The Chronicle of Constantine Manasses

By: Constantine Manasses

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The Chronicle of Constantine Manasses

By: Constantine Manasses

This book translates the mid-12th-century Synopsis Chronike by Constantine Manasses which was widely circulated. It extends to 1081, marking the end of Nikephoros Botaneiates' reign and the accession of Alexios I Komnenos. Commissioned by the Sevastokratorissa Irene, whose sponsorship likely determined its format in verse and subject matter, the chronicle begins with a dedicatory epigram and introduction lauding Irene for her largesse and love of learning. Manasses proceeds to relate a pastoral view of creation, biblical stories, a history of the peoples of the East, Alexander the Great's conquests and the subsequent Hellenistic empires. He then provides a non-Homeric view of the Trojan War and continues with Rome through the Principate and early empire until the reigns of Constantine I in the East and Theodosios II in the West. Manasses then focuses on the New Rome with a colorful treatment of its individual emperors. The chronicle attracted the attention of Emperor John Alexander for whom the Middle Bulgarian Synodal or Moscow manuscript was translated. This is the mid-14th-century copy taken into account here with deviations from the Greek contained in the footnotes. The so-called Middle Bulgarian Short Chronicle is interspersed in the appropriate places.

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Constantine Porphyrogenitus De Administrando Imperio

Constantine Porphyrogenitus De Administrando Imperio

The de Thematibus ('on the Themes') of Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus

The de Thematibus ('on the Themes') of Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus

Constantine Porphyrogenitus De Administrando Imperio

Constantine Porphyrogenitus De Administrando Imperio

The Book of Ceremonies

The Book of Ceremonies

The Chronicle of Constantine Manasses

The Chronicle of Constantine Manasses

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