Porphyrogenita: Essays on the History and Literature of Byzantium and the Latin East in Honour of Julian Chrysostomides

Juliana Chrysostomides, Charalambos Dendrinos

Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., Jan 1, 2003 - History - 530 pages

The thirty-four essays in Porphyrogenita reflect the life-long teaching and research interests of Julian Chrysostomides, Director of the Hellenic Institute, Royal Holloway, University of London. Covering Byzantine history, historiography, hagiography, theology and monasticism, Latin rule in the Greek East, and Greek palaeography, the studies encompass both the latest research by the foremost authorities in the field, and provide important texts that have never appeared in print before. These include two works connected to the emperor Manuel II Palaeologus (1391-1425) - his own 'A Depiction of Spring in a Dyed, Woven Hanging', and a funeral oration on him by an unknown author - and writings by the 13th-century scholars Nicephorus Blemmydes and Constantine Acropolites.

Contents

• A Commentary on Alexiad: 15
• Romance and Reality in the Sources for the Sieges of Antioch: 33
• The Tradition of the: 47
• The Thirteenth Century in Byzantine Historical Writing: 63
• A Neglected: 77
• The Theme of Kinsterna by NlCOS NICOLOUDIS: 85
• Observations: 91
• Appartenir a 1Empire by PATRICIA KARLINHAYTER: 117
• The Transmission of the Vita of Julian: 131
• Byzantine and Melkite Iconophiles under Iconoclasm: 137
• Palamism and the Circle of Demetrius Cydones by NORMAN RUSSELL: 153
• Demetrius Cydones as a Translator of Latin Texts: 175
• Romanes Melodos uber das Monchtum by JOHANNES K ODER: 187
• The Greekrite Monastery of the Holy Saviour of Lingua Maris: 199
• William of Tyre and the Byzantine Empire by BERNARD HAMILTON: 219
• The Byzantine Overlord of Genoese Possessions in Romania: 235
• EXXTiVEq Kxi ItccXoi eurcopoi OTTIV Avaia Tfjq Miicpaq: 253
• Mia: 265
• The Case of Ettore di Flisco Ottobono: 275
• 1366: 291
• by ANTHONY LUTTRELL: 298
• Sophocles and the Byzantine Student by PATRICIA E EASTERLING: 319
• Its Date and: 335
• A Witness to the Later Tradition of the Florilegium in The Letter of the: 341
• The Letters of Nicephorus Blemmydes to: 369
• KcovoTccvtivov AKpoicoXirri avK5otoq Aoyoq otouq dyioix: 389
• Reality in the Letters of Demetrius Cydones by GEORGE T DENNIS: 401
• Manuel II Palaeologus A Depiction of Spring in a Dyed Woven: 411
• An Unpublished Funeral Oration on Manuel II Palaeologus: 423
• t 1425 by CHARALAMBOS DENDRINOS: 457

Bibliographic information

• Title: Porphyrogenita: Essays on the History and Literature of Byzantium and the Latin East in Honour of Julian Chrysostomides; Publications (King's College (University of London). Centre for Hellenic Studies)); Publications for the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's College, London
• Editors: Juliana Chrysostomides, Charalambos Dendrinos
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2003
• ISBN: 0754636968, 9780754636960
• Length: 530 pages
• Subjects: History / Medieval