Ecclesiastical History of Evagrius Scholasticus (Liverpool University Press - Translated Texts for Historians)

457 Pages·2001·2.68 MB·English

by  Evagrius Scholasticus

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The Ecclesiastical
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TABLEOFCONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix
LIST OFABBREVIATIONS x
INTRODUCTION xiii
Biographicalinformation xiii
Evagrius’world xv
TheEcclesiasticalHistory xx
Composition xx
Sources xxii
Ecclesiasticaldocuments xxii
Zachariah xxiii
Hagiographies xxv
Eustathius xxvi
ZosimusandPriscus xxvi
Malalas xxvii
Procopius xxviii
Arrangementofmaterial xxxi
Ecclesiasticalmatters xxxiv
Doctrinalissues xxxiv
Evagrius’approach xxxviii
Evagriusandcontemporarydisputes xl
Evagriusashistorian xlvii
Historicaljudgements xlvii
Causation l
Chronologyanddating li
Evagriusasauthor lv
Textandtranslation lxi
viii EVAGRIUS
TRANSLATION AND NOTES BOOK 1 1
TRANSLATION AND NOTES BOOK 2 55
TRANSLATION AND NOTES BOOK 3 127
TRANSLATION AND NOTES BOOK 4 197
TRANSLATION AND NOTES BOOK 5 253
TRANSLATION AND NOTES BOOK 6 289
APPENDIX I BISHOPS OF THE MAIN EASTERN SEES
AND OF ROME C.430^600 319
APPENDIX II THE IMAGE OF EDESSA 323
GLOSSARY 327
BIBLIOGRAPHY 333
Sources 333
SecondaryLiterature 341
MAPS 355
CentralandEasternMediterranean 357
TheMiddleEast 358
Antioch 359
Constantinople 360
INDICES 361
PeopleandPlaces 361
Topics 383
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ThistranslationbeganlifeinapostgraduateclassintheUniversityofSt
Andrews, and thanks are due to all participants for their labours over
their draft translations: Will Fahey, the late Jordanes Grigoriades,
William Grant, Martine Perrin Henry, Mark Humphries, David
Pritchard, Pierre Poisson, Philip Rance and especially Mary Whitby,
who also shared the labouroforganizationand made numerousacute
commentsalongtheway.IamalsomostgratefultoAndrewLouthfor
prompthelpandadviceondoctrinalmatterswhichhassavedmefrom
several errors, to David Taylor, of the University of Nottingham’s
Department of Archaeology, for drawing the plans, maps and cover
design,andtoLarryConradforeditorialcomments.Preparationofthe
text and notes was substantially advanced by the award by the British
Academy of a semester of research leave in 1995/6, and I am most
grateful to Averil Cameron and James Howard-Johnston for their
support in securing this. Completion of the volume and publication
havebeendelayedbyvariousfactors,butIhopethattheopportunityto
re£ectonthecontentswilloutweightheinevitabledangerofincreasing
bibliographicalomissions.Itwouldnothavebeen¢nishedatallwithout
thelove,patienceandsupportofLynne.
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