Fourteen Byzantine Rulers : The Chronographia of Michael Psellus
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0140441697
ISBN-13
9780140441697
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint
Penguin Classics
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 27th, 1979
Print length
400 Pages
Weight
296 grams
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19.50 x 12.90 x 2.40 cms
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This chronicle of the Byzantine Empire, beginning in 1025, shows a profound understanding of the power politics that characterized the empire and led to its decline.
A vivid account of the decline of the Byzantine Empire after the death of Basil II in 1025 A.D.
After fifty glorious years as sole emperor, the death of Basil II ushered in decades of turbulence, corruption, and incompetence. Michael Psellus, one of the greatest courtiers and men of letters of the age, chronicled the following half-century of extraordinary decline.
His vivid and forceful account, full of psychological insight and deep understanding of power politics, is a historical and literary document of the first importance. Recent scholars have shattered forever the view that the Byzantine Age was just a shabby and disreputable appendage to the Roman Empire; Psellus, a man of striking refinement and humanity, both portrays and exemplifies at its best the Byzantine way of life.
After fifty glorious years as sole emperor, the death of Basil II ushered in decades of turbulence, corruption, and incompetence. Michael Psellus, one of the greatest courtiers and men of letters of the age, chronicled the following half-century of extraordinary decline.
His vivid and forceful account, full of psychological insight and deep understanding of power politics, is a historical and literary document of the first importance. Recent scholars have shattered forever the view that the Byzantine Age was just a shabby and disreputable appendage to the Roman Empire; Psellus, a man of striking refinement and humanity, both portrays and exemplifies at its best the Byzantine way of life.
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