This is a database of authors of Byzantine History, which has been created to help editors find both source materials and reviews of the authors. Authors are organized alphabetically into subheadings, with a short color-coded review of the general quality of their works. Each authors works are broken down into various collapsed containers depending upon type; at present the types used are "Books", for works written by them, "Book chapters" for chapters they have written for use within a different work, and "Articles", pieces they have written for journals. All containers should be organized chronologically.
- The styling of sources is dependent upon what type of source they are: "Books" should be organized as
#Title (date) (language [if not in English])
, "Book chapters" should be organized as#Chapter title in Book title (date) (language [if not in English]) pp. [page range].
, "Articles" should be organized#Title in Journal [issue no.] (date) (language [if not in English]) pp. [page range]
- The color coding should be organized into distinct colors, at present five colors are used:
- Green: Best
- Blue: Good, however some parts may be challenged or else not covered in depth
- Purple: Should complement with other sources
- Orange: Decent, however source may be biased or very outdated
- Red: Do not use source.
All help is appreciated and all suggestions for improvement are welcome, however I do ask that you do not modify the existing format (described above) without first discussing it with me.
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- Still largely OK for narrative purposes, but should be complemented with more modern works. Financial, social, etc. commentary mostly out of date.
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- Dubious, self-published.
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- Good and Modern.
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Some of his works are still fundamental, e.g. his studies on Byzantium during the 10th century, from Nikephoros II on. Like Bury, still good for narrative history, but use with newer sources.
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- Largely OK for narrative purposes, but there are more modern and qualitative sources. Always complement with more modern works, or avoid it altogether.
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Indispensable resource for administrative history, and generally very reliable. It still pays to check his conclusions and assumptions with more modern sources.
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Indispensable resource on ecclesiastical and administrative subjects, or the topography and history of Constantinople.
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- Largely OK for narrative purposes, but biased. Financial, social, etc. commentary mostly out of date.
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- Good and Modern.
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- Good and Modern in some parts. Some of Kazhdan's theses on social, financial, etc. matters have been overturned.
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Still a fundamental resource on Byzantine literature, but the field has evolved considerably since.
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Reliable and up-to-date
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On many topics he is still the go-to basic resource, but a search for more recent studies should be done.
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Reliable and up-to-date
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One of the greatest living Byzantinists; his more general view of Byzantine history, particularly in earlier works, is Marxist-oriented, and hence rather out of date with the mainstream. His studies on Byzantine art etc are fundamental
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Still largely OK for narrative purposes, but should be complemented with more modern works. Financial, social, etc. commentary mostly out of date.
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Essential resource for the late Byzantine period.
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- Pleasant read, but very superficial and error-prone. Avoid.
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One of the greatest Byzantinists and Slavicists, but some of his theses have been overturned. Remains indispensable for a treatment of Byzantium's relations with Eastern Europe.
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Indispensable for administrative history.
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His History of the Byzantine State was for a generation the most important work on Byzantine history. His theses on the pronoia, peasant-farmers, etc. have been mostly overturned, but have defined the field.
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- Very good, but should be complemented with other sources on financial, social, etc. commentary.
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- Good.
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