George Akropolites The History

Name: George Akropolites The History
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ISBN: 9780199210671

ISBN-10: 0199210675

ISBN-13: 9780199210671

Edition: 2007

Authors: Ruth Macrides

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This is the first English translation and study of George Akropolites' History, the main Greek source for the history of Byzantium between 1204 and 1261. Akropolites relates what happened to Byzantium after the Latin conquest of its capital, Constantinople, by the Fourth Crusade in 1204. He narrates the fragmentation of the Byzantine world, describing how the newly established 'empire' in Anatolia prevailed over its foreign and Byzantine enemies to recapture the capital in 1261. Akropolites was an eyewitness to most of the events he relates and a man close to the emperors he served, and his account has therefore influenced modern perceptions of this period. It has been an essential source…

Book details

List price: $265.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/31/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 464
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 1.26" tall
Weight: 1.804
Language: English



List of Maps


Preface


Acknowledgements


Note on Transliteration and Citation


Note on the Translation and Commentary


Note on the Studies


Abbreviations


Genealogical Tables


Introduction


The thirteenth century in historical writing


The man and his work


Promotions and titles


Chronology of George Akropolites' life


The History


Organization of the narrative


Sources


Accuracy and reliability


Names and naming


Dating and chronology


Content


Influences on Akropolites


Classicizing features of the History


Divine providence


The emperors at 'Nicaea': Akropolites' Kaiserkritik


Akropolites and later writers


Theodore Skoutariotes


George Pachymeres


Other writings


Published works


Unpublished work


Lost works


Works of uncertain attribution


Studies


The conquest of Constantinople


Alexios III


The foundation of the 'empire of Nicaea'


Nicaea-Nymphaion


The Latins


The Bulgarians


The Turks


The Epirots


The army


The navy


Translation and Commentary


The History of George Akropolites


Bibliography


Index


Maps



Asia Minor



The Balkans