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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John Skylitzes canonical 4
Ioannes Scylitzes 1
Ioannes Skylitzes 1

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

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Referenced by (7)

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reconquest of Crete (960–961) → relatedWork → Theophanes Continuatus ⓘ
linked to: John Skylitzes
George Maniakes → notedInSource → John Skylitzes ⓘ
John Skylitzes → alternativeName → Ioannes Skylitzes ⓘ
linked to: John Skylitzes
John Skylitzes → alternativeName → Ioannes Scylitzes ⓘ
linked to: John Skylitzes