(Re)writing history in Byzantium : a critical study of collections of historical excerpts /

• Main Author: Manafis, Panagiotis (συγγραφέας)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London and New York : Routledge, 2020.
• Series: Routledge research in Byzantine studies
• Subjects: Βυζαντινή λογοτεχνία > Ιστορία και κριτική; Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία > Ιστοριογραφία

"Scholars have recently begun to study collections of Byzantine historical excerpts as autonomous pieces of literature. This book focuses on a series of minor collections that have received little or no scholarly attention, including the Epitome of the seventh century, the Excerpta Anonymi (ten...

Table of Contents:

• Greek compilation literature from Byzantium
• Excerpta Anonymi
• Excerpta Salamasiana
• The Epitome of the 7th century
• Excerpta Planudea
• Collections of historical excerpts as a specific locus for (re)writing history.