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.

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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

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Khan Omurtag sourceOfInformation Byzantine chronicles
Khazar Khaganate source Byzantine chronicles
Historia Nea associatedWith Byzantine chronicles
this entity surface form: Byzantine historiography
Michael Psellos notableWork Byzantine chronicles
this entity surface form: Chronographia (History of the Byzantine Emperors)
Isaurian War hasPrimarySource Byzantine chronicles
this entity surface form: Byzantine chroniclers
Fall of Thessalonica (1430) describedBySource Byzantine chronicles
Bulgar-slayer usedIn Byzantine chronicles
this entity surface form: Byzantine historiography
First Arab siege of Constantinople (674–678) primarySource Byzantine chronicles
this entity surface form: Theophanes the Confessor’s Chronicle
Khan Asparuh of Bulgaria mentionedIn Byzantine chronicles
Battle of Kleidion primarySourceTradition Byzantine chronicles