Seventh Century in the West Syrian Chronicles
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: 1993
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780853232384
Description: The Seventh Century in the West-Syrian Chronicles makes accessible to a wide public sources vital for the reconstruction of events in the first Islamic century, covering the period which ends with the unsuccessful Arab siege of Constantinople, an event which both modern historians and Syriac chronographers see as making a decisive caesura in history. The general introduction enables a newcomer to the field to establish his bearings before tackling the texts.