Das Leben des Kaisers Basilios I. (867-886), des Grunders der Makedonischen Dynastie, ist die einzige erhaltene Sakularbiographie der byzantinischen Literatur, in Bedeutung und hinsichtlich des Genres mit der Vita Caroli Magni von Einhard vergleichbar. Im Gelehrtenkreis um Basilios' Enkel Konstantin VII. Prophyrogennitos und unter dessen Ansporn schon 957 und 959 entstanden, ist die Vita Basilii eine der Hauptquellen fur die Kultur- und politische Geschichte von Byzanz und seinen Nachbarn im 9. und 10. Jahrhundert.

Die bisherigen Ausgaben (ob aus dem 17. oder dem...

This is the first volume of a two-volume edition of the Chronicle by Symeon Logothetes (10^th cent.), one of the main sources for Middle Byzantine history. The text is presented here in a critical edition for the first time. In the introduction, allmanuscripts are described, and the relationships between them analysed. Wahlgren's findings differ in significant points from the (partial) analyses of earlier researchers. The edition has to be based mainly on the 11^th cent. manuscript because the Slav versions of the Chronicle are of onlylittle value for the reconstruction of...

In a detailed account, the archbishop and renowned scholar Eustathius of Thessalonica (probably 1115-1195) takes his monks severely to task, for in his eyes they fall far short of the ideals they professed in their monastic vows, particularly by engaging in business and being hostile to education and learning. With its Prolegomena, editorial work, and indexes, this new edition is a valuable source for Byzantinists. The volume also provides a German translation of the Greek text.

In addition to this text, a commentary is published within the series "Supplementa Byzantina." Both...