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John Skylitzes' outstanding heart Byzantine chronicle covers the reigns of the Byzantine emperors from the dying of Nicephorus I in 811 to the deposition of Michael VI in 1057, and gives the one surviving non-stop narrative of the overdue 10th and early 11th centuries. A excessive reliable dwelling within the overdue 11th century, Skylitzes used a couple of present Greek histories (some of them now not extant) to create a digest of the former 3 centuries. it really is with out query the most important ancient resource for the interval, mentioned consistently in glossy scholarship, and hasn't ever prior to been to be had in English. This variation gains introductions through Jean-Claude Cheynet and Bernard Flusin, besides broad notes. it will likely be a vital and intriguing addition to the libraries of all historians of the Byzantine age.

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