La?descrizione dei tempi? all'alba dell'espansione islamica.
The 7-8th centuries are commonly believed to have been a stagnant phase of Byzantine historiography. This book investigates the writing of history in Greek and Syriac during this period through the study of four later chronicles which used lost 7-8th-century sources. The materials shared by these te...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Italian |
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De Gruyter
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| Summary: | The 7-8th centuries are commonly believed to have been a stagnant phase of Byzantine historiography. This book investigates the writing of history in Greek and Syriac during this period through the study of four later chronicles which used lost 7-8th-century sources. The materials shared by these texts shed light on the sources themselves and on the practice of?memory keeping? among Christians in such a crucial age. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9783110382259 3110382253 |