Open AccessMICHAEL PSELLUS’ ANONYMOUS ENCOMIUM TO EMPEROR CONSTANTINE X DOUKAS
Author(s) -
Jasmina Šaranac Stamenkovic
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
istraživanja/istraživanja - filozofski fakultet u novom sadu. institut za istoriju
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-1131
pISSN - 0350-2112
DOI - 10.19090/i.2021.32.21-35
Subject(s) - emperor , eleventh , byzantine architecture , context (archaeology) , historiography , empire , classics , history , politics , art , literature , ancient history , archaeology , political science , law , physics , acoustics
This paper analyses an addresse-less encomium devoted to Emperor Constantine X Doukas and authored by Michael Psellus, one of the most learned individuals in Byzantine history. The purpose of this paper is to place the encomium, a valuable testament of Byzantine cultural heritage, within the context of the empire’s eleventh century political and social history, and to translate the document into modern English accompanied by scholarly commentary. Additionally, this paper will analyze the representation of the emperor in the speech through a comparative analysis of the encomium and Psellus’ historiographical work, the Chronographia