User:Iazyges/Byzantine Authors Database
This is a database of authors of Byzantine History, which has been created to help editors find both source materials and reviews of the authors. Authors are organized alphabetically into subheadings, with a short color-coded review of the general quality of their works. Each authors works are broken down into various collapsed containers depending upon type; at present the types used are "Books", for works written by them, "Book chapters" for chapters they have written for use within a different work, and "Articles", pieces they have written for journals. All containers should be organized chronologically.
- The styling of sources is dependent upon what type of source they are: "Books" should be organized as
#Title (date) (language [if not in English])
, "Book chapters" should be organized as#Chapter title in Book title (date) (language [if not in English]) pp. [page range].
, "Articles" should be organized#Title in Journal [issue no.] (date) (language [if not in English]) pp. [page range]
- The color coding should be organized into distinct colors, at present five colors are used:
- Green: Best
- Blue: Good, however some parts may be challenged or else not covered in depth
- Purple: Should complement with other sources
- Orange: Decent, however source may be biased or very outdated
- Red: Do not use source.
All help is appreciated and all suggestions for improvement are welcome, however I do ask that you do not modify the existing format (described above) without first discussing it with me.
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Adontz edit
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Ahrweiler edit
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Amantos edit
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Angelou edit
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Angold edit
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Bartikyan edit
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Bayet edit
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Baynes edit
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Bekker edit
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Blake edit
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Bompaire edit
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Brătianu edit
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Bréhier edit
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Browning edit
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Brubaker edit
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Brunet de Presle edit
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Bryer edit
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Bury edit
- Still largely OK for narrative purposes, but should be complemented with more modern works. Financial, social, etc. commentary mostly out of date.
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Cameron, Alan edit
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Cameron, Averil edit
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Canduci edit
- Dubious, self-published.
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Cange edit
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Cavallo edit
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Chalandon edit
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Charanis edit
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Constantinou edit
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Curta edit
- Good and Modern.
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Dąbrowska edit
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Der Nersessian edit
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Diehl edit
Some of his works are still fundamental, e.g. his studies on Byzantium during the 10th century, from Nikephoros II on. Like Bury, still good for narrative history, but use with newer sources.
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Dölger edit
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Ducellier edit
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Đurić edit
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Dvornik edit
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Ehrhard edit
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Eyice edit
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Falkenhausen edit
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Ferjančić edit
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Ferrini edit
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Finlay edit
- Largely OK for narrative purposes, but there are more modern and qualitative sources. Always complement with more modern works, or avoid it altogether.
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Fortescue edit
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Fournet edit
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Frantz edit
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Gascou edit
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Goldstein edit
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Grecu edit
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Grégoire edit
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Gregory edit
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Grondijs edit
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Grumel edit
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Guilland edit
Indispensable resource for administrative history, and generally very reliable. It still pays to check his conclusions and assumptions with more modern sources.
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Halecki edit
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Herrin edit
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Hopf edit
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Howard-Johnston edit
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Hunger edit
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Iorga edit
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James edit
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Janin edit
Indispensable resource on ecclesiastical and administrative subjects, or the topography and history of Constantinople.
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Jeffreys edit
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Jenkins, Philip edit
- Largely OK for narrative purposes, but biased. Financial, social, etc. commentary mostly out of date.
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Jenkins, Romilly edit
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Jerphanion edit
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Jireček edit
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Kaegi edit
- Good and Modern.
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Karpov edit
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Karyshkovsky edit
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Kaukhchishvili edit
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Kazhdan edit
- Good and Modern in some parts. Some of Kazhdan's theses on social, financial, etc. matters have been overturned.
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Kitzinger edit
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Kondakov edit
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Krautheimer edit
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Krumbacher edit
Still a fundamental resource on Byzantine literature, but the field has evolved considerably since.
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Kryukov edit
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Laiou edit
Reliable and up-to-date
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Lemerle edit
On many topics he is still the go-to basic resource, but a search for more recent studies should be done.
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Lidov edit
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Lilie edit
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Loenertz edit
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Lyubarsky edit
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Magdalino edit
Reliable and up-to-date
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Maksimović edit
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Mamboury edit
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Mango edit
One of the greatest living Byzantinists; his more general view of Byzantine history, particularly in earlier works, is Marxist-oriented, and hence rather out of date with the mainstream. His studies on Byzantine art etc are fundamental
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Megaw edit
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Mercati edit
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Meyendorff edit
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Miliarakis edit
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Miller edit
Still largely OK for narrative purposes, but should be complemented with more modern works. Financial, social, etc. commentary mostly out of date.
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Millet edit
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Millingen edit
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Mouriki edit
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Müller-Wiener edit
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Mullett edit
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Nicol edit
Essential resource for the late Byzantine period.
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Norwich edit
- Pleasant read, but very superficial and error-prone. Avoid.
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Obolensky edit
One of the greatest Byzantinists and Slavicists, but some of his theses have been overturned. Remains indispensable for a treatment of Byzantium's relations with Eastern Europe.
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Oikonomides edit
Indispensable for administrative history.
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Orlandos edit
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Ostrogorsky edit
His History of the Byzantine State was for a generation the most important work on Byzantine history. His theses on the pronoia, peasant-farmers, etc. have been mostly overturned, but have defined the field.
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Paparrigopoulos edit
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Patlagean edit
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Payton Jr edit
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Peradze edit
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Pirivatrić edit
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Popescu edit
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Pribylovsky edit
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Prokić edit
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Radić edit
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Rouillard edit
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Runciman edit
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Sathas edit
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Schopen edit
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Schlumberger edit
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Ševčenko edit
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Shahîd edit
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Stanojević edit
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Stein edit
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Stratos edit
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Talbot Rice| edit
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Thierry edit
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Toumanoff edit
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Treadgold edit
- Very good, but should be complemented with other sources on financial, social, etc. commentary.
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Turtledove edit
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Uspensky, Fyodor edit
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Uspensky, Porphyrius edit
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Vasiliev edit
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Vasilievsky edit
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Vryonis edit
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Vucinich edit
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Whitby edit
- Good.
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Whittemore edit
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Whittow| edit
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Zakrzewski edit
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Zakythinos edit
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Živković edit
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