The ‘Lost Arian History’ in Late Antique and Medieval Historiography

This book explores the writing of church history during the early Byzantine period, reconsidering the evidence for the nature and authorship of a hypothetical 'Arian' source for many surviving medieval histories of the fourth century. It considers surviving ecclesiastical histories written...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: J. Reidy, Joseph
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2024, 2024
Edition:1st ed. 2024
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
LEADER 02300nmm a2200325 u 4500
001 EB002210706
003 EBX01000000000000001347906
005 00000000000000.0
007 cr|||||||||||||||||||||
008 240603 ||| eng
020 |a 9783031554445 
100 1 |a J. Reidy, Joseph 
245 0 0 |a The ‘Lost Arian History’ in Late Antique and Medieval Historiography  |h Elektronische Ressource  |c by Joseph J. Reidy 
250 |a 1st ed. 2024 
260 |a Cham  |b Palgrave Macmillan  |c 2024, 2024 
300 |a X, 336 p  |b online resource 
505 0 |a 1. Introduction -- 2. Bidez’s Sources Revisited -- 3. The Early Ecclesiastical Historians -- 4. The Ecclesiastical Histories of Socrates and Sozomen -- 5. The Ecclesiastical History of Theodoret -- 6. Consideration of Other Sources, From Ammianus To Zonaras -- 7. Towards a New Reconstruction -- 8. Conclusion -- Appendix 1. An Analysis of Bidez’s Reconstruction -- Appendix 2. Two Reconstructions 
653 |a Church History 
653 |a Church history 
653 |a Europe / History / 476-1492 
653 |a Historiography and Method 
653 |a History / Methodology 
653 |a History of Medieval Europe 
653 |a Historiography 
041 0 7 |a eng  |2 ISO 639-2 
989 |b Springer  |a Springer eBooks 2005- 
028 5 0 |a 10.1007/978-3-031-55444-5 
856 4 0 |u https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-55444-5?nosfx=y  |x Verlag  |3 Volltext 
082 0 |a 270 
520 |a This book explores the writing of church history during the early Byzantine period, reconsidering the evidence for the nature and authorship of a hypothetical 'Arian' source for many surviving medieval histories of the fourth century. It considers surviving ecclesiastical histories written between the fifth and early thirteenth centuries to draw out commonalities apparently owed to this 'lost' source and discusses attempts by modern historians to reconstruct it. In doing so, it convincingly argues that this 'Arian' material likely belongs not to one work, but three: two chronicles and a martyrology. This book therefore provides a vital reassessment of fourth-century Christian historiography, as well as important insights on chronicle writing in the Middle Ages. Joseph J. Reidy is Senior Lecturer of History at Kennesaw State University, USA.