Distortion, divine providence and genre in Nicetas Choniates's account of the collapse of Byzantium 1180-1204

Journal of Medieval History

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-31

  Harris, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Byzantium; Choniates; Crusades; Historiography

Indexed keywords

EID: 16644364061     PISSN: 03044181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4181(99)00011-1     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. For the Greek text see Nicetas Choniates, Historia, ed. J.A. Van Dieten, Corpus Fontium Historiae Byzantinae, 11, 2 vols. (Berlin and New York, 1975) (hereafter H); English translation: O city of Byzantium. Annals of Niketas Choniates, trans. H.J. Magoulias (Detroit, 1984) (hereafter OCB). In general see: Paul Magdalino, 'Aspects of twelfth century Byzantine Kaiserkritik', Speculum, 58 (1983), 326-46; H. Hunger, Die hochsprachliche profane Literatur der Byzantiner, 2 vols. (Munich, 1978), vol. 2, 429-41; J.A. van Dieten, Niketas Choniates. Erläuterungen zu den Reden und Briefen nebst einer Biographie (Berlin and New York, 1971),
2. For the Greek text see Nicetas Choniates, Historia, ed. J.A. Van Dieten, Corpus Fontium Historiae Byzantinae, 11, 2 vols. (Berlin and New York, 1975) (hereafter H); English translation: O city of Byzantium. Annals of Niketas Choniates, trans. H.J. Magoulias (Detroit, 1984) (hereafter OCB). In general see: Paul Magdalino, 'Aspects of twelfth century Byzantine Kaiserkritik', Speculum, 58 (1983), 326-46; H. Hunger, Die hochsprachliche profane Literatur der Byzantiner, 2 vols. (Munich, 1978), vol. 2, 429-41; J.A. van Dieten, Niketas Choniates. Erläuterungen zu den Reden und Briefen nebst einer Biographie (Berlin and New York, 1971),
3. For the Greek text see Nicetas Choniates, Historia, ed. J.A. Van Dieten, Corpus Fontium Historiae Byzantinae, 11, 2 vols. (Berlin and New York, 1975) (hereafter H); English translation: O city of Byzantium. Annals of Niketas Choniates, trans. H.J. Magoulias (Detroit, 1984) (hereafter OCB). In general see: Paul Magdalino, 'Aspects of twelfth century Byzantine Kaiserkritik', Speculum, 58 (1983), 326-46; H. Hunger, Die hochsprachliche profane Literatur der Byzantiner, 2 vols. (Munich, 1978), vol. 2, 429-41; J.A. van Dieten, Niketas Choniates. Erläuterungen zu den Reden und Briefen nebst einer Biographie (Berlin and New York, 1971),
4. For the Greek text see Nicetas Choniates, Historia, ed. J.A. Van Dieten, Corpus Fontium Historiae Byzantinae, 11, 2 vols. (Berlin and New York, 1975) (hereafter H); English translation: O city of Byzantium. Annals of Niketas Choniates, trans. H.J. Magoulias (Detroit, 1984) (hereafter OCB). In general see: Paul Magdalino, 'Aspects of twelfth century Byzantine Kaiserkritik', Speculum, 58 (1983), 326-46; H. Hunger, Die hochsprachliche profane Literatur der Byzantiner, 2 vols. (Munich, 1978), vol. 2, 429-41; J.A. van Dieten, Niketas Choniates. Erläuterungen zu den Reden und Briefen nebst einer Biographie (Berlin and New York, 1971),
5. For the Greek text see Nicetas Choniates, Historia, ed. J.A. Van Dieten, Corpus Fontium Historiae Byzantinae, 11, 2 vols. (Berlin and New York, 1975) (hereafter H); English translation: O city of Byzantium. Annals of Niketas Choniates, trans. H.J. Magoulias (Detroit, 1984) (hereafter OCB). In general see: Paul Magdalino, 'Aspects of twelfth century Byzantine Kaiserkritik', Speculum, 58 (1983), 326-46; H. Hunger, Die hochsprachliche profane Literatur der Byzantiner, 2 vols. (Munich, 1978), vol. 2, 429-41; J.A. van Dieten, Niketas Choniates. Erläuterungen zu den Reden und Briefen nebst einer Biographie (Berlin and New York, 1971),