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The Chronicle of Pseudo-Zachariah Rhetor : church and war in late antiquity

Title
The Chronicle of Pseudo-Zachariah Rhetor : church and war in late antiquity / [edited by] Geoffrey Greatrex ; translated from Syriac and Arabic sources by Robert R. Phenix and Cornelia B. Horn ; with introductory material by Sebastian Brock and Witold Witakowski.
Author
Pseudo-Zachariah Rhetor, active 6th century.
Publication
Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2011.

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Additional Authors
  • Zacharias, Bishop of Mytilene.
  • Greatrex, Geoffrey.
  • Phenix, Robert R., Jr., 1973-
  • Horn, Cornelia B.
  • Brock, Sebastian P.
  • Witakowski, Witold.
Description
xiv, 562 p. : maps; 21 cm.
Series Statement
Translated texts for historians ; v. 55
Uniform Title
  • Chronicle. English
  • Translated texts for historians ; v. 55.
Alternative Title
  • Chronicle.
  • Church and war in late antiquity
Subject
  • Zacharias, Bishop of Mytilene
  • Pseudo-Zachariah Rhetor, active 6th century
  • Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 > Early works to 1800
  • World history > Early works to 1800
  • Byzantine Empire > History > To 527 > Sources
  • Byzantine Empire > Church history > Sources
Note
  • The Chronicle was written in Syriac in the second half of the 6th century by an author designated here as Pseudo-Zachariah Rhetor. It draws heavily on the Historia ecclesiastica of Zacharias, Bishop of Mytilene, with whom the Chronicle's author became conflated.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [476]-523) and indexes.
Contents
Introduction. General overview -- Zachariah of Mytilene -- Pseudo-Zachariah of Mytilene -- Historical introduction -- Text and translation -- Analysis and partial translation of books i-ii (S.B., with some additions by G.G.) -- The chronicle of Pseudo-Zachariah Rhetor. Book iii -- Book iv -- Book v -- Book vi -- Book vii -- Book viii -- Book ix -- Book x -- Book xii -- Appendices. Works circulating in the early sixth century about the council of Chalcedon -- Emperors and patriarchs, 440-565.
Call Number
JFD 13-5672
ISBN
  • 9781846314933
  • 1846314933
  • 9781846314940 (pbk.)
  • 1846314941 (pbk.)
OCLC
670480368
Author
Pseudo-Zachariah Rhetor, active 6th century.
Title
The Chronicle of Pseudo-Zachariah Rhetor : church and war in late antiquity / [edited by] Geoffrey Greatrex ; translated from Syriac and Arabic sources by Robert R. Phenix and Cornelia B. Horn ; with introductory material by Sebastian Brock and Witold Witakowski.
Imprint
Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2011.
Series
Translated texts for historians ; v. 55
Translated texts for historians ; v. 55.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [476]-523) and indexes.
Added Author
Zacharias, Bishop of Mytilene.
Greatrex, Geoffrey.
Phenix, Robert R., Jr., 1973-
Horn, Cornelia B.
Brock, Sebastian P.
Witakowski, Witold.
Other Form:
Online version: Pseudo-Zachariah Rhetor, 6th cent. Chronicle. English. Chronicle of Pseudo-Zachariah Rhetor. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2011 (OCoLC)768156978
Research Call Number
JFD 13-5672
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