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Count Marcellinus and his Chronicle constitutes the first comprehensive study of Marcellinus, a courtier of the emperor Justinian, and his chronicle covering the eastern Roman world from AD 379 to 534. Brian Croke casts new light on the career of Marcellinus and develops a case for understanding his Latin chronicle as an essentially Byzantine document written by an educated imperial official. This book also enriches our understanding of society and politics in the imperial capital and raises broader questions about Christian life, liturgy, and culture in the sixth century, particularly the central role of imperial and religious ceremonial in Byzantine public life.
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Brian Croke is the Executive Director of the Catholic Education Commission, New South Wales.
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"In this study of Count Marcellinus, a sixth-century Byzantine chronicler, Brian Croke makes a significant contribution to the early-medieval history of Byzantium and the Latin West. The book does far more than put a little known figure in the Justinianic ear on the map, providing nuanced interpretation of many aspects of Christian life, especially religious and imperical ceremonial at Constantinople. It also serves as a guide for investigating late-antique chronicles in general." --Speculum
Brian Croke is the Executive Director of the Catholic Education Commission, New South Wales.
"In this study of Count Marcellinus, a sixth-century Byzantine chronicler, Brian Croke makes a significant contribution to the early-medieval history of Byzantium and the Latin West. The book does far more than put a little known figure in the Justinianic ear on the map, providing nuanced interpretation of many aspects of Christian life, especially religious and imperical ceremonial at Constantinople. It also serves as a guide for investigating late-antique chronicles in general." --Speculum
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0198150016
- ISBN 13 9780198150015
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages320
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Count Marcellinus and his Chronicle constitutes the first comprehensive study of Marcellinus, a courtier of the emperor Justinian, and his chronicle covering the eastern Roman world from AD 379 to 534. Marcellinus' chronicle provides a first-hand account of the Nika riots at Constantinople in 532, as well as other direct glimpses of political and religious life in the imperial capital in the early sixth century. It also testifies to the confrontations inthe Balkans between the Romans and the Huns, Goths, and Bulgars. In this book Brian Croke develops a case for understanding Marcellinus' Latin chronicle as an essentially Byzantinedocument written by an educated imperial official and reflecting the cosmopolitan culture and society of sixth-century Constantinople. He approaches the chronicle as a historiographical text which is shaped by its genre, the expectations of its audience, and a coherent view of the past, deriving from the author's Christian culture and outlook. The book also explores the nature and function of chronicle writing as a distinct mode of Christian discourse which has been misunderstood andundervalued by modern scholarship. Separate attention is given to the anonymous continuation of the chronicle from 535 to 548, and to the subsequent use of Marcellinus' works in Ireland and Anglo-SaxonEngland. Croke also casts new light on the career of Marcellinus, his range of literary output which included books on topography and chronology, and the course and impact of the fifth- and sixth-century raids into Roman Illyricum. This book also enriches our understanding of society and politics in the imperial capital and raises broader questions about Christian life, liturgy, and culture in the sixth century, particularly the central role of imperial and religiousceremonial in Byzantine public life. Marcellinus abandoned his Balkan homeland in the wake of Bulgar raids around AD 500. Having settled in the imperial capital, Constantinople, he later wrote a chronicle covering the period AD 379-534. This is a study of Marcellinus, a courtier of the emperor Justinian, and his chronicle. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780198150015
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