Prolegomena: Erste Abteilung (641-867) - Hardcover

Lilie, Ralph-Johannes; Ludwig, Claudia; Pratsch, Thomas; Zielke, Beate; Et Al.

9783110162974: Prolegomena: Erste Abteilung (641-867)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3110162970 ISBN 13: 9783110162974

Publisher: De Gruyter, 1998

The Prosopography of the Middle Byzantine Period is a comprehensive biographical dictionary for the Eastern Mediterranean, including Byzantine Italy, in the Early Middle Ages. Itis published in two sections, each comprising five volumes, and documents over 20,000 people. The first section covers the period from 641 to 867, the second extends to 1025. Apart from the five main volumes, each section contains an additional introductory volume, Prolegomena , containing principally information about the most important sources for the period - both Byzantine and non-Byzantine - together with a concluding volume with the definitive list of abbreviations, the indexes, and addenda and corrigenda. The work covers firstly all Byzantines mentioned either by name or anonymously in the relevant Byzantine and non-Byzantine sources, and secondly all persons mentioned in the Byzantine sources both from Western Europe and from the Arabic and Slavonic areas, together with those from the Christian East. The articles on the individual people bring together all known details in each case and give information on the present state of research. Both sections contain comprehensive indexes of names, variants of names, offices, titles, places and geographical terms, which facilitate use of the work. A subject index and online versions of all the indexes are in preparation. Thus the Prosopography is a research instrument of use both to the specialist and to all those just looking for rapid information on individuals, a region or a particular event.

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The "Prosopography of the Middle Byzantine Period" is a comprehensive biographical dictionary of the eastern Mediterranean in the early Middle Ages. It is centred on Byzantium, but also takes account of Italy, the southern Balkans, the Christian Orient, and Califat. The dictionary is divided into two secitons, each with five volumes of approximatley 700 pages, and a Prologomena. The Prologemena provide an introduction to each section, but their main function is to provide information on the most important sources - both Byzantine and others - for this period.

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