Eirene-Sophia Kiapidou, Byzantine Historiographical Prefaces (4th-15th Centuries): A Study on the Praxis and Culture of Writing History in Byzantium (Byzantioς: Studies in Byzantine History and Civilization 23 By Warren Treadgold

https://www.academia.edu/143663298/Eirene_Sophia_Kiapidou_Byzantine_Historiographical_Prefaces_4th_15th_Centuries_A_Study_on_the_Praxis_and_Culture_of_Writing_History_in_Byzantium_Byzantio%CF%82_Studies_in_Byzantine_History_and_Civilization_23?rhid=37146006825&swp=rr-rw-wc-44423529&nav_from=2c408fd8-3bbf-4d89-b813-815b36a23399 Eirene-Sophia Kiapidou proposes that the prefaces to Byzantine histories include elements of ‘a written Byzantine “theory” of history-writing,’ such as the differences between histories and chronicles, the originality of historians who followed their sources closely, and the importance historians assigned to factual accuracy. ...