The most important illuminating source that survived from the two
centuries termed "the dark ages of Byzantium" is the chronicle of
the monk Theophanes (d. 817 or 818). In it Theophanes paints a
vivid picture of the Empire's struggle in the seventh and eighth
centuries both to withstand foreign invasions and to quell internal
religious conflicts. Theophanes's carefully developed chronological
scheme was mined extensively by later Byzantine and Western record
keepers; his chronicle was used as a source of information as well
as a stylistic model. It is the framework upon which all Byzantine
chronology for this period must be based. Important topics covered
by the Chronicle include: The Empire's struggle to repel explosive
Arab expansionism and the Bulgar invasion. The iconoclastic
controversy, which caused civil war within Byzantium and led to
schism between the churches of Constantinople and Rome. The
development of the Byzantine thematic system, the administrative
and social structure that would bring the Empire to the height of
its power and prosperity. Almost all the sources used by Theophanes
have perished, leaving his chronicle as the most important
historical literature from this period. Turledove's translation
makes available in English this crucial primary text for the study
of medieval Byzantine civilization.
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