Creating memories in late 8th-century Byzantium: the short history of Nikephoros of Constantinople
Creating Memories in Late 8th-Century Byzantium' is one of the key sources for our understanding of Byzantine history in the seventh and eighth century. This book offers a close look at that volume and its manner of representation of the past - Nikephoros's specific authorial method in the...
| Published in: | Central European medieval studies |
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam
Amsterdam University Press
[2018]
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Central European medieval studies (2)
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| Series/Journal: | Central European medieval studies
2 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Nikephoros, Konstantinopel, Patriarch 750-828
B Nikephoros, Konstantinopel, Patriarch 750-828, Breviarium B Iconoclasm |
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Byzantine Empire
Historiography
B Iconoclasm (Byzantine Empire) B Heraclius Emperor of the East (approximately 575-641) B Thesis B Nicephorus Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople |
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| Summary: | Creating Memories in Late 8th-Century Byzantium' is one of the key sources for our understanding of Byzantine history in the seventh and eighth century. This book offers a close look at that volume and its manner of representation of the past - Nikephoros's specific authorial method in the shaping of the image of Byzantine emperors and ecclesiastical topics linked with Iconoclasm. When seen through this lens, Creating Memories is revealed to be more engaged with and burdened by contemporary political and ecclesiastical strife than has previously been thought |
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| ISBN: | 946298039X |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5117/9789462980396 |