Studies on Byzantine Literature of the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries

Histories of Byzantine literature tend to focus on the history of genres. The essays in this book challenge the traditional view.

1. Approaches to the history of Byzantine civilisation: from Krause to Beck and Mango; 2. The social views of Michael Attaleiates; 3. Theodore Prodromus: a reappraisal; 4. Eustathius of Thessalonica: the life and opinions of a twelfth-century Byzantine rhetor; 5. Gregory Antiochus: writer and bureaucrat; 6. Nicephorus Chrysoberges and Nicholas Mesarites: a comparative study; 7. Nicetas Choniates and others: aspects of the art of literature; Index.