Byzantine Chronicles and the Sixth Century

Abstract

Contents: Preface Part A Historiography, Chronicles and the 6th Century: Byzantine chronicles Byzantium in the 6th century and the beginning of Byzantine historical writing The classical tradition in Byzantine historiography Text and context in Byzantine historiography Towards a new history of Byzantine literature: the case of historiography (with Ingela Nilsson) Chronicles versus classicizing history: Justinian's West and East. Part B Malalas, Theophanes and the 6th Century: Malalas and his contemporaries Malalas and Justinian's codification Malalas, The Secret History and Justinian's propaganda John Lydus on some procedural changes Diplomacy in the 6th century: the evidence of John Malalas 'The events of every year arranged without confusion': Justinian and others in the chronicle of Theophanes Confessor Writing the reign of Justinian: Malalas versus Theophanes. Part C Malalas, Theophanes and Their Byzantine Past: Malalas' view of the classical past The image of Constantine in Malalas and Theophanes From propaganda to history to literature: the Byzantine stories of Theodosius' apple and Marcian's eagles. Part D Reinterpreting the 5th and 6th Centuries: Narrating Justinian: from Malalas to Manasses Interpreting the late 5th and early 6th centuries from Byzantine chronicle trivia Justinian's new age and the Second Coming Index.