Byzantine chronicles
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Byzantine chronicles are medieval historical narratives written in the Eastern Roman Empire that record political, military, and religious events, often from a Christian and imperial perspective.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Byzantine chronicles canonical | 5 |
| Byzantine historiography | 2 |
| Byzantine chroniclers | 1 |
| Chronographia (History of the Byzantine Emperors) | 1 |
| Theophanes the Confessor’s Chronicle | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chronicle
ⓘ
historiographical genre ⓘ medieval historical narrative ⓘ |
| contains |
accounts of church councils
ⓘ
accounts of sieges ⓘ battle descriptions ⓘ biblical references ⓘ chronological lists ⓘ descriptions of natural disasters ⓘ genealogies ⓘ hagiographical material ⓘ imperial propaganda ⓘ miracle stories ⓘ |
| developedIn |
Byzantine Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChronologicalScope | antiquity to late Byzantine period ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
legitimize imperial authority
ⓘ
preserve Christian salvation history ⓘ provide moral exempla ⓘ record imperial history ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
Christian perspective
ⓘ
imperial perspective ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
annalistic structure
ⓘ
reign-by-reign narrative ⓘ year-by-year narrative ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriod | Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Slavic chronicles
ⓘ
medieval Eastern Christian historiography ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian universal chronicles
ⓘ
Late Antique chronicle tradition ⓘ Roman imperial historiography ⓘ |
| language | Medieval Greek ⓘ |
| oftenBeginsWith |
Creation of the world
ⓘ
Old Testament history ⓘ Roman imperial history ⓘ |
| partOf | Byzantine historiography ⓘ |
| records |
court ceremonies
ⓘ
diplomatic events ⓘ ecclesiastical affairs ⓘ military events ⓘ political events ⓘ religious events ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceBy | modern historians ⓘ |
| usedBy | Byzantine historians ⓘ |
| usedFor |
reconstructing Byzantine military history
ⓘ
reconstructing Byzantine political history ⓘ studying Byzantine ideology ⓘ studying Byzantine religious life ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Byzantine historiography
this entity surface form:
Chronographia (History of the Byzantine Emperors)
this entity surface form:
Byzantine chroniclers
this entity surface form:
Byzantine historiography
this entity surface form:
Theophanes the Confessor’s Chronicle