num_pages: 558
description: The 34 papers of this substantial festschrift were contributed by scholars of Byzantine history on the occasion of the retirement of the Byzantine historian Chrysostomides from Royal Holloway College of the U. of London, UK. The papers are divided into four major Byzantine history and historiography; Byzantine hagiography, theology, and monasticism; Latins in the Greek East; and Byzantine texts and paleography. The fourth section, and some articles in the other three which are in Greek, or contain lengthy texts in Greek, will be of use mainly to specialists. The remaining articles are of broader appeal, with topics that include the blinding of Romanus IV, the uses of history in Byzantine diplomacy, the monastery of the Holy Savior of Lingua Maris in Sicily, and William of Tyre and the Byzantine Empire. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
language: English
title: Porphyrogenita: Essays on the History and Literature of Byzantium and the Latin East in Honour of Julian Chrysostomides
titlecomplete: Porphyrogenita: Essays on the History and Literature of Byzantium and the Latin East in Honour of Julian Chrysostomides (Publications for the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's College, London)
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publisher: Ashgate Pub Ltd