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Record Nr.

UNISA996449441903316

Autore

Conterno Maria

Titolo

La "descrizione dei tempi" all'alba dell'espansione islamica : un'indagine sulla storiografia greca, siriaca e araba fra VII e VIII secolo / / Maria Conterno

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin/Boston, : De Gruyter, 2014

Berlin : , : De Gruyter, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

3-11-038225-3

3-11-033095-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Collana

Millennium-Studien = Millennium studies, , 1862-1139 ; ; volume 47

Disciplina

909/.0976701

Soggetti

Islam - Historiography

Islam - History - To 1500

Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-189) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Prefazione -- Indice dei contenuti -- Introduzione -- I. Alla ricerca della storiografia perduta -- II. Greco, siriaco, bizantino -- III. Materiale d'importazione -- IV. Uno sguardo d'insieme -- V. Le descrizioni non scritte -- Conclusioni -- Appendice -- Bibliografia -- Indice dei nomi -- Indice generale

Sommario/riassunto

During the VII-VIII centuries Byzantine historiography is supposed to have remained silent, since no source dating to that period has come down to us. West Syriac historiography is believed to have been quite scanty as well because, according to Lawrence Conrad's theory, the only source that later Syriac chroniclers had for this period was Theophilos of Edessa, whose chronicle is commonly thought to be Theophanes' "oriental source" as well. A thorough study of the materials shared by Theophanes (IX cent.), Michael the Syrian (XII cent.), the anonymous chronicler of 1234 (XII-XIII cent.) and Agapius of Mabbug (X cent.) has led the author of this book to reconsider the theory of the "circuit of Theophilos of Edessa" and to look with new eyes at the whole question of the writing of history in Greek, Syriac and



Arabic during the first two centuries after the Islamic conquests. The present work delves into this conspicuous case of "intercultural transmission" with the aim of finding some tentative answers to the unspoken questions due to our scarce knowledge of historiography in such a crucial period: who kept memory of what, why, for whom? in which forms were records produced, preserved and transmitted? how did religious issues influence this practice and how did these materials cross denominational borders?