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Imagining the Byzantine Past - The Perception of History in the Illustrated Manuscripts of Skylitzes and Manasses (Paperback)
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Imagining the Byzantine Past - The Perception of History in the Illustrated Manuscripts of Skylitzes and Manasses (Paperback)
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Two lavish, illustrated histories confronted and contested the
Byzantine model of empire. The Madrid Skylitzes was created at the
court of Roger II of Sicily in the mid-twelfth century. The Vatican
Manasses was produced for Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria in the
mid-fourteenth century. Through close analysis of how each
chronicle was methodically manipulated, this study argues that
Byzantine history was selectively re-imagined to suit the interests
of outsiders. The Madrid Skylitzes foregrounds regicides,
rebellions, and palace intrigue in order to subvert the divinely
ordained image of order that Byzantine rulers preferred to project.
The Vatican Manasses presents Byzantium as a platform for the
accession of Ivan Alexander to the throne of the Third Rome, the
last and final world-empire. Imagining the Byzantine Past
demonstrates how distinct visions of empire generated diverging
versions of Byzantium's past in the aftermath of the Crusades.
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