Porphyrogenita: Essays On The History And Literature Of Byzantium And The Latin East In Honour Of Julian Chrysostomides (publications For The Centre For Hellenic Studies, King's College, London)

The collection of thirty-four essays in this volume reflects the life-long teaching and research interests of Julian Chrysostomides, Director of the Hellenic Institute, Royal Holloway, University of London. They cover Byzantine history, historiography, hagiography, theology and monasticism, Latin rule in the Greek East, and Greek palaeography. The studies both encompass the latest research by the foremost authorities in the field, and provide editions of important texts which have never appeared in print before. These include two works relevant to the emperor Manuel II Palaeologus (1391-1425) - his own 'A Depiction of Spring in a Dyed, Woven Hanging', and a funeral oration on him by an unknown author - and writings by the 13th-century scholars Nicephorus Blemmydes and Constantine Acropolites. Contents: Dedication, Joan M. Hussey Foreword, Jonathan Riley-Smith Introduction, Judith Herrin Julian Chrysostomides' List of Publications, Jonathan Harris BYZANTINE HISTORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY: Michael Psellus, Michael Attaleiates: The blinding of Romanus IV at Kotyaion (29 June 1072) and his death on Proti (4 August 1072), Spyros Vryonis, Jr. The Porphyrogenita and the astrologers: a commentary on Alexiad VI.7.1-7, Paul Magdalino Romance and reality in the sources for the Sieges of Antioch, 1097-1098, Susan B. Edgington The legacy of Humbert and Cerularius: the tradition of the 'Schism of 1054' in Byzantine texts and manuscripts of the 12th and 13th centuries, Tia M. Kolbaba The 13th century in Byzantine Historical Writing, Ruth Macrides Edward II, Andronicus II and Giles de Argenteim: a neglected episode in Anglo-Byzantine relations, Jonathan Harris The Theme of Kinsterna, Nicos Nicoloudis The uses of 'history' in Byzantine diplomacy: observations and comparisons, Jonathan Shepard Appartenir à l'Empire, Patricia Karlin-Hayter BYZANTINE HAGIOGRAPHY, THEOLOGY AND MONASTICISM: The Luxeuil connection: the transmission of the Vita of Julian and Basilissa (BHG 970), Anne Alwis Byzantine and Melkite iconophiles under iconoclasm, Ken Parry Palamism and the circle of Demetrius Cydones, Norman Russell Demetrius Cydones as a translator of Latin texts, Athanassia Glycofrydi-Leontsini Romanos Melodos über das Mönchtum, Johannes Koder The Greek-rite monastery of the Holy Saviour of Lingua Maris in Sicily, 1334-1415, Nicholas Coureas LATINS IN THE GREEK EAST: William of Tyre and the Byzantine empire, Bernard Hamilton The Byzantine overlord of Genoese possessions in Romania, Nicholas Oikonomides † New evidence on the Greek peasantry in Latin Romania, David Jacoby Hellenes kai Italoi emporoi sten Anaia tes Mikras Asias (arches 14ou ai.), Chryssa Maltezou 'Circa conventionem alluminam sive allumeriarum...': Mia epicheirese ekmetalleuses stypterias sto doukato tou Aigaiou Pelagous (15os ai.), Marina Koumanoudi Corruption and justice: the case of Ettore di Flisco & Ottobono Giustiniano, Kate Fleet The Hospitaller Commandery of the Morea: 1366, Anthony Luttrell Latin Morea in the late Middle Ages: observations on its demography and economy, ELENI SAKELLARIOU BYZANTINE TEXTS AND GREEK PALAEOGRAPHY: Sophocles and the Byzantine student, Patricia E. Easterling The 'Pege Gnoseos' of St John Damascene: its date and development, Andrew Louth A witness to the later tradition of the Florilegium in The Letter of the Three Patriarchs (BHG 1386): an anonymous collection of icon stories (Hierosolymitanus S. Sabas gr. 105), Eirene Harvalia-Crook Blemmydes revisited: the letters of Nicephorus Blemmydes to Patriarch Manuel II, Joseph A. Munitiz Konstantinou Akropolite anekdotos logos stous hagious martyres Aniketo kai Photio, Maria Kalatzi Reality in the letters of Demetrius Cydones, George T. Dennis Manuel II Palaeologus' A Depiction of Spring in a Dyed, Woven Hanging, John Davis An unpublished funeral oration on Manuel II Palaeologus († 1425), Charalambos Dendrinos An unpublished Supplication on Barren Olive-Trees by Macarius Macres, Sophia Kapetanaki Correspondence between Manuel Provataris, Scriptor Graecus in the Vatican Library (1556-1571), and some of his fellow scribes, Annaclara Cataldi Palau A dated Greek manuscript from Cyprus of the 16th century: Oxford, Lincoln College Gr. 19, Costas N. Constantinides Index,. About the Author: : About the Editors: Charalambos Dendrinos is Research Associate at the Hellenic Institute, Royal Holloway, University of London, working on the Lexicon of Abbreviations and Ligatures in Greek Minuscule Hands, c.800-1600. He was one of the editors of The Letter of the Three Patriarchs to Emperor Theophilos and related Texts (1997) Jonathan Harris is lecturer in Byzantine History at Royal Holloway, University of London. His publications include Greek Emigres in the West, 1400-1520 (1995) and 'Distortion, divine providence and genre in Nicetas Choniates's account of the collapse of Byzantium, 1180-1204', Journal of Medieval History 26 (2000), 19-31 Eirene Harvalia-Crook taught Greek language and literature at Bristol University and the Hellenic College of London. She was one of the editors of The Letter of the Three Patriarchs to Emperor Theophilos and related Texts (1997) Judith Herrin is Director of the Centre for Hellenic Studies at King's College London. She has published widely on Byzantine and Medieval History, including The Formation of Christendom (1987), A Medieval Miscellany (2000), and Women in Purple: Rulers of Medieval Byzantium (2001). The 34 papers of this substantial festschrift were contributed by scholars of Byzantine history on the occasion of the retirement of the Byzantine historian Chrysostomides from Royal Holloway College of the U. of London, UK. The papers are divided into four major Byzantine history and historiography; Byzantine hagiography, theology, and monasticism; Latins in the Greek East; and Byzantine texts and paleography. The fourth section, and some articles in the other three which are in Greek, or contain lengthy texts in Greek, will be of use mainly to specialists. The remaining articles are of broader appeal, with topics that include the blinding of Romanus IV, the uses of history in Byzantine diplomacy, the monastery of the Holy Savior of Lingua Maris in Sicily, and William of Tyre and the Byzantine Empire. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) The collection of 34 essays in this volume reflects the life-long teaching and research interests of Julian Chrysostomides, Director of the Hellenic Institute, Royal Holloway, University of London. They cover Byzantine history, Latin rule in the Greek East, Greek palaeography, and more. The historical encounter of the Byzantine Emperor Romanus IV Diogenes and the Turkish Sultan Alp Arslan on the field of battle remains one of the more spectacular events in the seemingly unending military encounters between the Greek speaking and the Islamic worlds.