Michael Psellos
After Alexiad, Lyubarsky turned to Michael Psellos, a famous Byzantine philosopher, chronographer, and imperial advisor. Years of research of the philosopher's writings resulted, besides Lyubarsky's doctoral thesis, in a number of publications. These included a commented translation of Psellos’ Chronographia, a monograph “Michael Psellos. Personality and Writings. On the History of pre-Humanism in Byzantium”, and over a dozen of essays analyzing different aspects of Psellos’ works. A series of these essays discuss relationships between the philosopher and his contemporaries, thus offering us a view into spiritual, ethical, and everyday life of the Byzantine society in the 11th century.