Title War, rebellion and epic in Byzantine North Africa : a historical study of Corippus' Iohannis / Andy Merrills

Published Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (320 pages) : maps Contents 'I sing of things that are not unknown' : epic and history in Byzantine Africa -- Prelude to a war : Byzantine Africa 533-546 -- Past and future in the Iohannis -- Corippus and the Moorish world -- 'For every blade was red' : war and bloodshed in the Iohannis -- Christianity and paganism in the Iohannis Summary "In around 550 CE, a Latin poet in North Africa chose to celebrate the forgotten wars of a Byzantine general against the region's Berber peoples. This book explores the epic that he wrote and a neglected political, social and religious world on the southern fringes of the dying Roman Empire"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Corippus, Flavius Cresconius. Johannis. SUBJECT Johannis (Corippus, Flavius Cresconius) fast Subject Epic poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- History and criticism Epic poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern) Literature SUBJECT Africa, North -- In literature Byzantine Empire -- In literature Africa, North -- History -- To 647. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001639 Byzantine Empire -- History -- Justinian I, 527-565. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018487 Subject Byzantine Empire North Africa Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781009392037 1009392034 9781009392013 1009392018

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