Michael Psellus

Fourteen Byzantine Rulers

The Chronographia of Michael Psellus

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The death of Basil II in A.D. 1025, after fifty glorious years as sole emperor, ushered in decades of turbulence, corruption, and incompetence. For the following half-century of extraordinary decline, our main source is Michael Psellus, one of the greatest courtiers and men of letters of the age. His vivid and forceful chronicle, 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 hu… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Sewter, E. R. A. (Übers.)

ISBN: 978-0-14-044169-7
EAN: 9780140441697
Produktnummer: 19344790
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 1966
Seitenangabe: 400 S.
Masse: H20.4 cm x B13.9 cm x D2.6 cm 485 g
Abbildungen: maps, bibliography, index
Gewicht: 485

Über den Autor

Michael Psellus, Byzantine philosopher, historian, and man of letters, was born in Constantinople in 1018. An infant prodigy, he attracted the notice of important patrons and eventually entered the government service, and, as one short-lived emperor succeeded another, became extremely influential. Falling into disfavor on Constantine IX's death, Psellus for a time became a monk, but finding he had no vocation returned to court to resume a leading role in government, becoming chief minister of the empire under Michael VII Ducas. His literary output was immense, and not all of it has been identified, let alone published, but he is regarded today as one of the greatest courtiers and men of letters of his age.E. R. A. Sewter was a well-known Byzantine scholar and the editor of Greece and Rome. His translation of The Alexiad of Anna Komnene is still published in Penguin Classics. He died in 1976.