Constantine Porphyrogenitus, De administrando imperio and the Byzantine historiography of the mid-10th century
The paper is dedicated to certain aspects of the treatise De administrando imperio, composed at the court of Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus in 948-952. It first examines the diplomatic basis of the information collected in the treatise, then the management of the information availa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Bulgarian |
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Institute for Byzantine Studies of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
2019-01-01
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| Series: | Zbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0584-9888/2019/0584-98881956039K.pdf |
| Summary: | The paper is dedicated to certain aspects of the treatise De administrando
imperio, composed at the court of Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus in
948-952. It first examines the diplomatic basis of the information collected
in the treatise, then the management of the information available from other
sources and some common information found in it and in other contemporary
works such as Theophanes Continuatus, Vita Basilii and De thematibus. It
closes with a conclusion about the authorship of the treatise and its place
in the context of the historiographical activity at the court of Constantine
VII Porphyrogenitus in the mid-10th century. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. 177032: Tradition, innovation and identity in the Byzantine world] |
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| ISSN: | 0584-9888 2406-0917 |