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Record Nr.

UNINA9910857781703321

Autore

Reidy Joseph J.

Titolo

The ‘Lost Arian History’ in Late Antique and Medieval Historiography / / by Joseph J. Reidy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024

ISBN

9783031554445

3031554442

Edizione

[1st ed. 2024.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (340 pages)

Disciplina

270.2

Soggetti

Church history

Europe - History - 476-1492

Historiography

History - Methodology

Church History

History of Medieval Europe

Historiography and Method

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Bidez’s Sources Revisited -- 3. The Early Ecclesiastical Historians -- 4. The Ecclesiastical Histories of Socrates and Sozomen -- 5. The Ecclesiastical History of Theodoret -- 6. Consideration of Other Sources, From Ammianus To Zonaras -- 7. Towards a New Reconstruction -- 8. Conclusion -- Appendix 1. An Analysis of Bidez’s Reconstruction -- Appendix 2. Two Reconstructions.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the writing of church history during the early Byzantine period, reconsidering the evidence for the nature and authorship of a hypothetical 'Arian' source for many surviving medieval histories of the fourth century. It considers surviving ecclesiastical histories written between the fifth and early thirteenth centuries to draw out commonalities apparently owed to this 'lost' source and discusses attempts by modern historians to reconstruct it. In doing so, it convincingly argues that this 'Arian' material likely belongs not to one



work, but three: two chronicles and a martyrology. This book therefore provides a vital reassessment of fourth-century Christian historiography, as well as important insights on chronicle writing in the Middle Ages. Joseph J. Reidy is Senior Lecturer of History at Kennesaw State University, USA.