(Re)writing History in Byzantium
A Critical Study of Collections of Historical Excerpts

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Title

(Re)writing History in Byzantium
A Critical Study of Collections of Historical Excerpts

Subject

Humanities, Language & Literature

Description

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.

Creator

Panagiotis Manafis

Source

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/10.4324/9780429351020/re-writing-history-byzantium-panagiotis-manafis?context=ubx&refId=440fd060-9d74-4a08-bf3d-f4fea8cfaca5

Publisher

Routledge

Date

2020

Contributor

Guruh Haris Raputra

Rights

Creative Commons

Format

Pdf

Language

English

Type

Textbooks

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429351020

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