The Chronicle of John of Nikiu: Coping with Crisis in Post-Roman Egypt - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520421172ISBN-10:520421175UPC:9780520421172Book Category:Religion, HistoryBook Subcategory:Islam, Ancient, Byzantine EmpireBook Topic:History, EgyptSize:9.06 x 5.91 x 0.79 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCYYYV84Z7
The Chronicle of John of Nikiu: Coping with Crisis in Post-Roman Egypt
In the midst of profound political changes in late seventh-century Egypt, after the end of Roman hegemony and during Islamic rule, a bishop named John from the city of Nikiu sat down to pen a chronicle. It is a puzzling and fascinating work that reimagines the established Roman genre of Christian world history as a dialectic between a Roman state that often failed to maintain Christian orthodoxy...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520421172ISBN-10:520421175UPC:9780520421172Book Category:Religion, HistoryBook Subcategory:Islam, Ancient, Byzantine EmpireBook Topic:History, EgyptSize:9.06 x 5.91 x 0.79 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCYYYV84Z7
Felege-Selam Solomon Yirga is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Publisher: University of California Press
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