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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image cartographique : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Attaliate, Michel (102.?-109.?). Auteur du texte
Titre(s) : The history [Texte imprimé] / Michael Attaleiates ; translated by Anthony Kaldellis and Dimitris Krallis
Traduction de : Historia
Publication : Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2012
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XX-636 p.) : ill. (maps) ; 21 cm
Collection : Dumbarton Oaks medieval library ; 16
Lien à la collection : Dumbarton Oaks medieval library
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 624-625) and index
Greek text with English translation on facing pages. Preliminary matter and notes
in English. The Greek text is that of Pérez Martin (2002) (see page 591).
"In 1039 Byzantium was the most powerful empire in Europe and the Near East, controlling
the Balkans south of the Danube and all of Asia Minor into Armenia and Syria. By 1079
it had become a politically unstable state half the size, menaced by powerful enemies
on all sides. The History of Michael Attaleiates is our main source for this astonishing
reversal, and offers a gripping narrative of the foreign and civil wars of those years.
Attaleiates was a highly placed legal and military official of the empire with first-hand
knowledge of the events he describes. He knew many of the emperors and includes an
eyewitness account of the battle of Mantzikert (1071), where the Seljuk Turks crushed
the Byzantine armies and opened the door for the permanent Turkish conquest of Asia
Minor. He also provides vivid narratives of civil unrest and decries the corruption
and economic exploitation of his society, looking to the heroes of the Roman Republic
for models of nobility. Michael Attaleiates{u2019} History has never before been translated
into English. The present translation, based on the most recent critical edition,
makes the text accessible through its notes, maps, and glossary of Byzantine terms."--Publisher's
description
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Kaldellis, Anthony (1971-....). Traducteur
Krallis, Dimitris. Traducteur
Sujet(s) : Empire byzantin -- Histoire
Genre ou forme : Ouvrages avant 1800
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-0-674-05799-9. - ISBN 0674057996 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb452811538
Notice n° :
FRBNF45281153
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