Free Fourteen Byzantine Rulers: The Chronographia Of Michael Psellus (Classics) Ebooks To Download
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.
File Size: 1527 KB
Print Length: 404 pages
Publisher: Penguin; New Ed edition (September 27, 1979)
Publication Date: September 27, 1979
Sold by: Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B002RI9R8E
Text-to-Speech: Enabled
X-Ray: Not Enabled
Word Wise: Enabled
Lending: Not Enabled
Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
Best Sellers Rank: #267,320 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store) #32 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > History > Europe > Greece #42 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > History > Middle East > Turkey #44 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Historical > Europe > Greece
Fine edition of an oft forgotten (but indeed important) opus in Byzantine literature and history. The author, Michael Psellus (1018-1078 A.D.), born of an aristocratic family, was a pupil of John Mauropous (Archbishop of Euchaita), became Professor of Rhetoric and then, after being introduced to the court by Michael V, rose to be a first hand spectator of the rise and demise of several emperors, having occupied the posts of Secretary of State, Prime Minister and Grand Chamberlain. This explains why this is a valuable memoir of a contemporary witness to Byzantine life and the workings of the imperial court, under several rulers, from the reign of Basil II (976-1025) to the reign of Michael VII (1071-1078). Originally published as the first whole translation in English of Psellus work in 1953, under the title The Cronographia of Michael Psellus , this revised edition is a wonderful tool for those interested in Byzantine history. The scarce or relative interest that occurred in the field of Byzantine literature until a century ago, compared to the classical period, comprehensive of Greek and Roman history up to the reign of Justinian, has been surpassed due to the fine work of several modern scholars. But it has been clearly noticed that in addition to the well known classical works of Procopius, Menander Protector and Leo Diaconos, this opus by Psellus is unsurpassed or unique for the study of the period covered by the author. Indeed, he was in a position to fully comprehend the events that occurred at the death of Basil II (who ruled for more than 40 years, crushed rebellions, rescued the Empire's army, finances and pride ) in 1078, and the particular decadence that ensued in the following generations due to the unworthiness of the following rulers.
Fourteen Byzantine Rulers: The Chronographia of Michael Psellus (Penguin Classics) Fourteen Byzantine Rulers: The Chronographia of Michael Psellus (Classics) Michael Vey, the Electric Collection (Books 1-3): Michael Vey; Michael Vey 2; Michael Vey 3 Oil and Politics in the Gulf: Rulers and Merchants in Kuwait and Qatar (Cambridge Middle East Library) The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist Rulers The African Rulers of Medieval Yemen Daniel: God's Control Over Rulers and Nations (MacArthur Bible Studies) Pro Flash Manual: A Michael Willems Dutch Master Class Manual (The Michael Willems "Dutch Master Class" series Book 2) Michael In Pictures: A Celebration of the Life of Michael Hutchence 1960 -1997 Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 (Michael Vey (Audio)) Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization Byzantine Fashions (Dover Pictorial Archives) The Byzantine Empire (World History (Lucent)) Byzantine Costumes Paper Dolls (Dover Paper Dolls) Catalogue of the Imperial Byzantine Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) Through a Glass Brightly: Studies in Byzantine and Medieval Art and Archaeology Presented to David Buckton Byzantine Mosaic Decoration: Aspects of Monumental Art in Byzantium The Octateuchs: A Study of Byzantine Manuscript Illustration Degas' Little Dancer Aged Fourteen: The Earlier Version That Helped Spark the Birth of Modern Art Our Point of View: Fourteen Years at a Maine Lighthouse
