The History of Psellus
Author: Michael Psellus
Publisher:
Published: 1899
Total Pages: 446
ISBN-13:
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Fourteen Byzantine Rulers
Author: Michael Psellus
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 1979-09-27
Total Pages: 623
ISBN-13: 0141904550
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis chronicle of the Byzantine Empire, beginning in 1025, shows a profound understanding of the power politics that characterized the empire and led to its decline.
The Letters of Psellos
Author: Michael Jeffreys
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 479
ISBN-13: 0198787227
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Letters of Psellos is the first detailed study of the correspondence of Michael Psellos, a preeminent Byzantine intellectual, politician, and writer. Structured in two parts, it juxtaposes five essays offering detailed historical and literary analyses of selected letters with annotated summaries of the entirety of Psellos' correspondence.
Chronographia
Author: Michael Psellus
Publisher:
Published: 2023-03
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781960069504
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt is a history of the Byzantine emperors during the century leading up to Psellos' own time. It covers the reigns of fourteen emperors and empresses, beginning with the almost 50-year-long reign of Basil II, the "Bulgar-Slayer" (976-1025), and ending some time during the reign of Michael VII Doukas (1071-1078).
The History
Author: Michael Attaleiates
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2012-11-19
Total Pages: 657
ISBN-13: 0674057996
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1039 Byzantium was the most powerful empire in Europe and the Near East. By 1079 it was a politically unstable state half the size, menaced by enemies on all sides. The History of Michael Attaleiates is our main source for this astonishing reversal. This translation, based on the most recent critical edition, includes notes, maps, and glossary.
The Depiction of Character in the Chronographia of Michael Psellos
Author: Frederick Lauritzen
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9782503548418
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCharacter is the single most important feature of the Chronographia written by Michael Psellos (1018-1081?). It is an historical account of the events at court from the time of Basil II (986-1025) to Michael VII Doukas (1071-1078) with the insight of someone whose career developed within the imperial court and his unsurpassed eye for details of personality was enlightened by his intellectual interests. During his lifetime, Psellos was considered the forefront of philosophical studies in the capital and therefore was named consul of philosophers in 1047 and he credited himself with reintroducing Plato on the cultural scene of Constantinople. It was his attractive manner of speech which led him to remain in the emperor's presence and his rhetorical ability also plays an important role in the Chronographia, especially when he emphasizes or fabricates events to justify his understanding of a person's mind. Many have employed Psellos' Chronographia for its value in shedding light on historic events, itself important, though it often neglects the fact that Psellos' historiography is not based on factual details to explain multiple causes for events, but seeks to attribute blame or merit to the personality of the ruling emperor.
The Argument of Psellos' Chronographia
Author: Anthony Kaldellis
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2021-10-11
Total Pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9004452869
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a philosophical interpretation of Michael Psellos' Chronographia, an acknowledged masterpiece of Byzantine literature. Anthony Kaldellis argues that although the Chronographia contains a fascinating historical narrative; it is really a disguised philosophical work which, if read carefully, reveals Psellos' revolutionary views on politics and religion. Kaldellis exposes the rhetorical techniques with which Psellos veils his unorthodoxy, and demonstrates that the inner message of the text challenges the Church's supremacy over the intellectual and political life of Byzantium. Psellos consciously articulates a secular vision of Imperial politics, and seeks to liberate philosophy from the constraints of Christian theology. The analysis is lucid and should be accessible to anyone with a general knowledge of Byzantine civilization. It should interest all who study the history of ancient and medieval philosophy.
Reading Michael Psellos
Author: Charles Barber
Publisher: Medieval Mediterranean
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe papers of this volume highlight the intellectual and literary contribution of Michael Psellos (1018-after 1081?) by offering readings of his original texts from a variety of scholarly perspectives.
Michael Psellos on Literature and Art
Author: Michael Psellus
Publisher: ND Michael Psellos in Translat
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 429
ISBN-13: 9780268100483
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMichael Psellos has long been known as a key figure in the history of Byzantine literary and intellectual culture, but his theoretical and critical reflections on literature and art are little known outside of a small circle of specialists. Most famous for his Chronographia, a history of eleventh-century Byzantine emperors and their reigns, Psellos also excelled in describing as well as prescribing practices and rules for literary discourse and visual culture. The ambition of Michael Psellos on Literature and Art is to illustrate an important chapter in the history of Greek literary and art criticism and introduce precisely this aspect of Psellian writing to a wider public. The editors of this volume present thirty Psellian texts, all of which have been translated - some in part, most in their entirety - into English. In the majority of cases, the works are translated for the first time in any modern language, and several are discussed at length here for the first time. They are grouped into two separate sections, which roughly translate to two areas of theoretical reflection associated with the modern terms 'literature' and 'art.'0.
Psellos and the Patriarchs
Author: Michael Psellos
Publisher:
Published: 2017-03-30
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780268175146
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContains translations of the funeral orations written by Michael Psellos, the leading Byzantine intellectual of the eleventh century, for the three ecumenical patriarchs of Constantinople.
