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Author: Leone Diacono, Leo The Deacon, Introduction, Translation, And Annotations By: Alice-Mary Talbot, , Denis F. Sullivan, Indice: Paola Barocchi, Giovanna Gaeta Bertelà

The History of Leo the Deacon. Byzantine Military Expansion in the Tenth Century

Dumbarton Oaks 2005,

31,50 €

Medievale Libreria

(Pavia, Italia)

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ISBN
9780884023241
Autor
Author: Leone Diacono, Leo The Deacon, Introduction, Translation, And Annotations By: Alice-Mary Talbot, , Denis F. Sullivan
Editores
Dumbarton Oaks 2005
Curador
Indice: Paola Barocchi, Giovanna Gaeta Bertelà
Materia
Storia-Scritti storici

Descripción

264 pages. Paperback. Collana: Dumbarton Oaks Studies, 41. Publisher's description: This is the first English translation of the History of Leo the Deacon (born circa 950), a lively but little-known author intimately familiar with the palace politics of Constantinople. Leo's firsthand experience of the campaigns and courts of two Byzantine emperors provides vivid descriptions of sieges, pitched battles, and ambushes. His account of the conspiracy against Nikephoros II Phokas, murdered as he slept on the floor in front of his icons, is one of the most dramatic in Byzantine narrative histories. Alice-Mary Talbot and Denis Sullivan, with the assistance of George T. Dennis and Stamatina McGrath, include an extensive introduction and detailed notes to guide the reader through the complex chronology, geography, and text of the History. Also included are five maps, two genealogical tables, and four indexes.