Eirēnē-Sophia Kiapidu: Byzantine Historiographical Prefaces (4th–15th Centuries). A Study on the Praxis and Culture of Writing History in Byzantium (reviewed by Michael Whitby)

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Document type
Review (monograph)
Journal
Plekos. Elektronische Zeitschrift für Rezensionen und Berichte zur Erforschung der Spätantike
Pages
579-590
Author (Review)
Language(s) (review)
English
Language(s) (reviewed text)
English, Greek
Authors
Title
Byzantine Historiographical Prefaces (4th–15th Centuries)
Subtitle
A Study on the Praxis and Culture of Writing History in Byzantium
Year of publication
2025
Place of publication
Turnhout
Publisher
Brepols
Series
Byzantios
Series (vol.)
23
Number of pages
268
ISBN
978-2-503-61252-2
Subject classification
Byzantine Studies
Time classification
1st - 5th century AD, Middle Ages
Regional classification
South Eastern Europe, Byzantine Empire / ancient
Subject heading
Byzantinisches Reich
Geschichtsschreibung
Praxis
Kultur
Original source URL
https://www.plekos.uni-muenchen.de/2025/r-kiapidou.pdf
recensio-Date
Apr 09, 2026
recensio-ID
a2a4a70c38bc4701b726571e2480bca0

Whitby, Michael: review of: Eirēnē-Sophia Kiapidu, Byzantine Historiographical Prefaces (4th–15th Centuries). A Study on the Praxis and Culture of Writing History in Byzantium, Turnhout: Brepols, 2025, in: Plekos. Elektronische Zeitschrift für Rezensionen und Berichte zur Erforschung der Spätantike, 27 (2025), p. 579-590

URL
https://www.propylaeum.de/recensio-antiquitatis/rezensionen/zeitschriften/plekos/27-2025/byzantine-historiographical-prefaces-4th-15th-centuries-1
First published
https://www.plekos.uni-muenchen.de/2025/r-kiapidou.pdf

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