Chronicon Paschale 284-628 by Michael Whitby (English) Paperback Book

Description: Chronicon Paschale 284-628 by Michael Whitby, Mary Whitby The Chronicon Paschale is one of the major constituents of the Byzantine chronographic tradition covering the late antique period. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The "Chronicon Paschale" or "Easter Chronicle" is an important part of the Byzantine chronographic tradition of the late antique period. It was composed at Saint Sophia in 630, probably under the patronage of the Patriarch Sergius. It provides evidence of the riots, plots and massacres of Phocas reign, the financial difficulties of the time, the Avar siege of Constantinople in 626, and the triumph over the Persians under Heraclius in 628. Author Biography Michael Whitby is Emeritus Professor at the University of Birmingham. His many publications include, with Mary Whitby, Chronicon Paschale 284-628 (Translated Texts for Historians 7, LUP 1989, new edition in preparation); The Ecclesiastical History of Evagrius Scholasticus (Translated Texts for Historians 33, LUP 2000) and The Cambridge Ancient History XIV, Late Antiquity, Empire and Successors A.D. 425-600 (Cambridge University Press 2000) co-ed with Averil Cameron and Bryan Ward-Perkins. Mary Whitby is Instructor in Greek and Latin in the University of Oxford and Lecturer in Ancient Greek at Merton College, Oxford. She is a General Editor of the Translated Texts for Historians series. Table of Contents Introduction - the chronicle and its context, sources, interests, translation; "Chronicon Paschale" - translation and notes. Appendices: the terminal date of CP; the great chronographer; Ericcsons postulated textual transposition; the date of Heraclius encounter with the Avars. Review admirable annotated translation... Review Quote "The readers at whom this series is aimed are well served by this admirable annotated translation. . . . The editors have sorted out and explained clearly the tangles of dates and comparative chronological sources, with special emphasis on the Constantinopolitan material for which this source is most important."-- Journal of Ecclesiastical History Details ISBN085323096X Pages 280 Publisher Liverpool University Press Year 1989 ISBN-10 085323096X ISBN-13 9780853230960 Format Paperback Imprint Liverpool University Press Place of Publication Liverpool Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Michael Whitby DEWEY 320.937 Illustrations maps, bibliography, index Author Mary Whitby Series Translated Texts for Historians Publication Date 1989-02-01 Language English Media Book DOI 10.1604/9780853230960 Series Number 7 UK Release Date 1989-02-01 AU Release Date 1989-02-01 NZ Release Date 1989-02-01 Alternative 9781789623543 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:123675623;

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