Writing About Byzantium: The History of Niketas Choniates

by Theresa Urbainczyk

Niketas Choniates was in Constantinople when it was burnt and looted by the soldiers of the Fourth Crusade and he wrote a history which has always been the mainstay for anyone wishing to learn about the Comnene dynasty and the Byzantine Empire of the twelfth century. Yet it is a very difficult and puzzling text and, given its significance for the period, is understudied. The author says at the start that he wrote his work hoping that even workers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367594161
• ISBN13: 9780367594169
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.1"