War, Rebellion and Epic in Byzantine North Africa

ISBN-13: 9781009391986 / Twarda / 2023 / 320 str.

Andy (University of Leicester) Merrills

Opis

The first book on Corippus' extraordinary Iohannis in English, and a major reappraisal of the history of early Byzantine Africa.

Spis treści

1. I sing of things that are not unknown: epic and history in Byzantine Africa; 2. Prelude to a war: Byzantine Africa 533-546; 3. Past and future in the Iohannis; 4. Corippus and the Moorish World; 5. For every blade was red war and bloodshed in the Iohannis; 6. Christianity and paganism in the Iohannis; Conclusions.