Creating Memories in Late 8th-century Byzantium: The Short History of Nikephoros of Constantinople [Paperback]

The Short History of Nikephoros of Constantinople is one of the key sources for our understanding of Byzantine history in the eighth century. This book offers a close look at that volume and its manner of representing the historical role of Byzantine emperors and ecclesiology, with particular attention to the use of images, an issue of central importance amid the period's first outburst of iconoclasm. When seen through this lens, the Short History is revealed to be more engaged with and burdened by contemporary political and ecclesiastical strife than has previously been thought. A historical analysis of manners of representation of Byzantine emperors and patriarchs in the Short History of Nikephoros of Constantinople in the context of late 8th century Byzantine iconodule ecclesiology.Foreword, Introduction, Chapter 1 Nikephoros the Layman, Chapter 2 Short History in the Byzantine Historiographical Tradition, Chapter 3 Herakleios - a Model of an Emperor, Chapter 4 The Dark Century, Chapter 5 Iconoclasts Restoring Order, Conclusion, Glossary, Abbreviations and Bibliography, IndexA historical analysis of manners of representation of Byzantine emperors and patriarchs in the Short History of Nikephoros of Constantinople in the context of late 8th century Byzantine iconodule ecclesiology.Dragoljub Marjanovi. is an associate professor at the Chair and Seminar for Byzantine Studies of the Faculty of Philosophy - University of BelgradeThe forensic and thorough quality of the work offers Byzantinists new ideas about the seventh and eighth centuries in Constantinople, and a fresh in-depth study of a text that has not received such sustained attention since Cyril Mango's 1990 critical edition. - Meredith L. D. Riedel, Duke University Speculum 94/1 (January 2019)US? Dragoljub Marjanovi / Taylor & Francis Group 2018