Creating Memories in Late 8th-century Byzantium: The Short History of Nikephoros of Constantinople
Amsterdam University Press, 2017
eISBN: 978-90-485-2965-0 | Cloth: 978-94-6298-039-6
Library of Congress Classification DF571.M37 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification 949.5
eISBN: 978-90-485-2965-0 | Cloth: 978-94-6298-039-6
Library of Congress Classification DF571.M37 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification 949.5
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
The Short History of Nikephoros of Constantinople is one of the key sources for our understanding of Byzantine history in the eighth century. This book offers a close look at that volume and its manner of representing the historical role of Byzantine emperors and ecclesiology, with particular attention to the use of images, an issue of central importance amid the period's first outburst of iconoclasm. When seen through this lens, the Short History is revealed to be more engaged with and burdened by contemporary political and ecclesiastical strife than has previously been thought.
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