Books by Michael Psellus
Fourteen Byzantine Rulers
by Michael Psellus
This book by Michael Psellus is just so fascinating that if you only read one book about Byzantium, by a Byzantine, this would be the one I’d choose. He’s a product of the 11th century when things were changing very drastically and, in a way, frighteningly. His reaction to these changes is very specific, but at the same time he expresses them in a very delightful fashion, which I find eminently readable.
Interviews where books by Michael Psellus were recommended
The best books on Byzantium, recommended by Judith Herrin
Byzantine scholar Judith Herrin, professor emerita at King’s College London, selects five books to help us understand the place of Byzantium in world civilisation.
