John Skylitzes

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John Skylitzes was an 11th-century Byzantine historian and high official best known for his chronicle "Synopsis of Histories," a key narrative source on the middle Byzantine period.

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instanceOf Byzantine historian
Byzantine official
chronicler
activeInPeriod Middle Byzantine period
alternativeName Ioannes Scylitzes NERFINISHED
Ioannes Skylitzes NERFINISHED
John Scylitzes NERFINISHED
authorOf Synopsis of Histories NERFINISHED
chronicleCovers events in the Byzantine Empire from late 9th to late 11th century
chronicleFocus court intrigues
imperial politics
military campaigns
chroniclesEndReign Alexios I Komnenos NERFINISHED
chroniclesPeriod reigns from Basil I to Alexios I Komnenos
chroniclesStartReign Basil I the Macedonian NERFINISHED
chronicleType political history
citizenship Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
describedAs key narrative source on the middle Byzantine period
era Middle Ages
ethnicGroup Byzantine Greek NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Byzantine history
historiography
floruit 11th century
genre chronicle
influenced later Byzantine chroniclers
modern Byzantine historiography
languageOfWorkOrName Medieval Greek
manuscriptTradition Madrid Skylitzes illuminated manuscript NERFINISHED
nameInGreek Ιωάννης Σκυλίτζης NERFINISHED
notableWork Synopsis of Histories NERFINISHED
occupation court official
historian
judge
positionHeld high judicial official
kouropalates
megas droungarios tes viglas NERFINISHED
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
residence Constantinople NERFINISHED
sourceFor history of the Komnenian rise to power
history of the Macedonian dynasty
usesSources earlier Byzantine chronicles
official documents
oral reports
workKnownAs Skylitzes Continuatus NERFINISHED
Synopsis Historion NERFINISHED
workLocation Constantinople NERFINISHED
workPreservedIn Madrid Skylitzes NERFINISHED

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reconquest of Crete (960–961) relatedWork John Skylitzes
this entity surface form: Theophanes Continuatus