Record Nr.

UNISA996200840403316

Autore

Howard-Johnston James D

Titolo

Witnesses to a world crisis [[electronic resource] ] : historians and histories of the Middle East in the seventh century / / James Howard-Johnston

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-19-969499-0

1-282-61357-X

9786612613579

0-19-157608-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 573 p.)

Disciplina

909.09767

Soggetti

Islam - History

Islamic Empire History 622-661

Islamic Empire History 661-750

Middle East History To 622

Islamic Empire History 622-661 Historiography

Islamic Empire History 661-750 Historiography

Middle East History To 622 Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""List of Maps""; ""Maps""; ""Introduction""; ""1. George of Pisidia""; ""1. Life and early poems""; ""2. War poetry and religious poetry""; ""3. Official history of the Persian war and other late works""; ""4. Literary achievement""; ""5. Relations with the emperor""; ""2. Two Universal Chronicles""; ""1. Chronicon Paschale: general characteristics""; ""2. Chronicon Paschale: universal history""; ""3. Chronicon Paschale: documentary history of the recent past""; ""4. Chronicon Paschale: scope and authorship""

""5. Chronicle to the Year 724: content and sources""""6. Chronicle to the Year 724: early seventh-century material""; ""7. Conclusion""; ""3. Seventh-Century Eastern Sources I: The History of Khosrov""; ""1. The History of Khosrov and its authorship""; ""2. Scope and character""; ""3. Sources""; ""4. Editing""; ""5. Trustworthiness""; ""6. Conclusion""; ""4.

Seventh-Century Eastern Sources II: The History to the Year 682 and the Khuzistan Chronicle""; ""1. History of Atropatene (Azerbaijan) from the beginning of time""; ""2. A historical text disinterred: the History to the Year 682""

""3. Information about Turks and Arabs""""4. Editing""; ""5. History to 682: reliability and historical contribution""; ""6. Khuzistan Chronicle""; ""7. Conclusion""; ""5. Supplementary Roman Sources of the Seventh Century I""; ""1. Works written in Constantinople""; ""2. Evidence from Asia Minor""; ""3. Evidence from the Balkans, Italy, and north Africa""; ""4. Two show-trials in Constantinople in the 650s""; ""6. Supplementary Roman Sources of the Seventh Century II""; ""1. Propaganda and lives of saints from Palestine""; ""2. Sophronius, poet and patriarch""; ""3. The Maronite Chronicle""

""4. Evidence about Egypt in the early seventh century""""5. A detailed narrative of the Arab conquest of Egypt""; ""6. Conclusion""; ""7. Later Historians: The West Syrian Tradition""; ""1. The lost History of Theophilus of Edessa and its derivatives""; ""2. Theophilusâ€? account of the last Romanâ€?Persian War""; ""3. Theophilusâ€? account of the rise of Islam""; ""4. Theophilus on international relations and domestic crises (641â€?661)""; ""5. Theophilusâ€? evidence on Arab grand strategy before and after the second civil war""

""6. Editorial treatment of Theophilusâ€? work in later histories""""7. Conclusion""; ""8. Later Historians: Nicephorus""; ""1. Life and historical writing""; ""2. Nicephorusâ€? account of the period 603â€?641: sources""; ""3. Nicephorusâ€? account of the period 603â€?641: historical value""; ""4. Later seventh- and early eighth-century history: Nicephorusâ€? source""; ""5. Nicephorusâ€? account of Romanâ€?Arab relations: historical value""; ""6. Conclusion""; ""9. Later Historians: Theophanes""; ""1. Life and work""; ""2. Last Romanâ€?Persian war: sources""

""3. Last Romanâ€?Persian war: editorial errors""

Sommario/riassunto

James Howard-Johnston provides a sweeping account of probably the most dramatic single episode in world history - the emergence of a new religion (Islam), the destruction of two established great powers (Roman and Iranian) and the creation of a new world empire by the Arabs, all in the space of not much more than a generation.