John Kaminiates The Capture Of Thessaloniki

Author : John Kaminiates
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004344721
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John Kaminiates - The Capture of Thessaloniki written by John Kaminiates and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the ninth century the Saracen Arabs, who had been expelled from the caliphate of Spain, became an increasing threat to the Byzantine empire, particularly after they established themselves on the island of Crete. In 904 a Saracen force led by Leo of Tripoli sailed to the northern Aegean, captured Abydos and prepared to assault Constantinople, but then in a sudden change of plan sailed westward and captured Thessaloniki after a brief siege. The defences of the city had been neglected and the last-minute attempts which were made to improve them had little effect. The victors sacked the city for ten days, then departed taking as many prisoners as they could hold on board their ships. One of these prisoners was Kaminiates, who was later set free in an exchange of prisoners. He subsequently wrote a detailed account of the siege. This book presents the Greek text (as established by Gertrud Böhlig, reprinted by permission of the publisher, W. De Gruyter), together with the first English translation, made by David Frendo, and an introduction and notes by David Frendo and Thanos Fotiou.

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004344640
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eustathios of Thessaloniki: The Capture of Thessaloniki written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John R. Melville Jones
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
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Download or read book The capture of Thessaloniki written by John R. Melville Jones and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Florin Curta
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748695370
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Edinburgh History of the Greeks, c. 500 to 1050 written by Florin Curta and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-24 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume traces the social, economic and political history of the Greeks between 500 and 1050.

Author : Eustathius (Archbishop of Thessalonica)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780959362640
Total Pages : 244 pages
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Download or read book The Capture of Thessaloniki written by Eustathius (Archbishop of Thessalonica) and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Melville Jones
Publisher : Byzantina Australiensia
ISBN 13 : 9789959363497
Total Pages : 246 pages
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Download or read book Eustathios of Thessaloniki written by John Melville Jones and published by Byzantina Australiensia. This book was released on 2017-08-10 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Florin Curta
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004395199
Total Pages : 1426 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages (500-1300) (2 vols) written by Florin Curta and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-07-08 with total page 1426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2020 Verbruggen prize This book offers an an overview of the current state of research and a basic route map for navigating an abundant historiography available in 10 different languages. The book is also an invitation to comparison between various parts of the region over the same period.

Author : Leonora Neville
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107039983
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guide to Byzantine Historical Writing written by Leonora Neville and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-17 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Makes the study of medieval Greek historical writing accessible by providing fundamental orientation and information.

Author : Claudia Rapp
Publisher : V&R unipress
ISBN 13 : 3737013411
Total Pages : 501 pages
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Download or read book Mobility and Migration in Byzantium: A Sourcebook written by Claudia Rapp and published by V&R unipress. This book was released on 2023-06-12 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mobility and migration were not uncommon in Byzantium, as is true for all societies. Yet, scholarship is only beginning to pay attention to these phenomena. This book presents in English translation a wide array of relevant source texts from ca. 650 to ca. 1450 originally written in medieval Greek: from administrative records, saints’ lives and letters by churchmen to ego-documents by ambassadors and historical narratives by court historians. Each source text is accompanied by a detailed introduction, commentary and further bibliography, thus making the book accessible to both scholars and students and laying the groundwork for future research on the internal dynamics of Byzantine society.

Author : Filippomaria Pontani
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110523205
Total Pages : 388 pages
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Download or read book Reading Eustathios of Thessalonike written by Filippomaria Pontani and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-02-20 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the relevance of Eustathios to both Classical and Byzantine studies, no monograph and no collective volume in English has yet been devoted to his figure. This book attempts to fill in this gap by addressing the various facets of his output - above all his commentaries on Homer, Dionysius the Periegete, Pindar, and the Iambic Canon on the Pentecost; but also his historiographical work, his speeches and his theological production receive due attention. The book also tackles several aspects of Eustathios‘ style (proverbs, allusions, etc.), and the meaning of his work in the context of his historical moment. Addressed at specialists but also at graduate students with an interest in the reception of Classical antiquity and in Byzantine civilisation, the volume gathers papers by leading scholars from various countries, and it opens up new paths of research in several areas of philology and history, above all by interweaving and juxtaposing Eustathios‘ dimension as an Homerist and an immensely learned classical scholar with his capacities as an orator, a highly praised teacher, a rhetorically refined writer of Greek prose, an historian of his own turbulent times, and an archbishop who had to fulfil his everyday duties.