Byzantine Historians and Chronographs

The course seeks to examine over time the genre of Byzantine historiography. Several periods, evolution, individual items and the main characteristics of Byzantine historiographical works will be represented and we are going to study several representative excerpts of historical and historians from the early, middle and late Byzantine period.

Objectives

Lectures related to texts of Byzantine historiography from the early, middle and late period (translation, comments, biographical writers), the main characteristics and evolution of species per year. Specific pages from the book Good performance of Byzantine text during dictation.

Prerequisites

Need nothing

Syllabus

Lectures related to texts of Byzantine historiography from the early, middle and late period (translation, comments, biographical writers), the main characteristics and evolution of species per year. Specific pages from the book Good performance of Byzantine text during dictation.