Robert Thomson, Calouste Gulbenkian Professor of Armenian Studies at Oxford University, was formerly Professor of Armenian Studies at Harvard University and has served as Director of Dumbarton Oaks. James Howard-Johnston is University Lecturer in Byzantine Studies, and a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford University. Tim Greenwood is a postgraduate Scholar of Oriel College, Oxford University.
Perhaps the most extensive contemporary account of the seventh
century, The Armenian History Attributed to Sebeos is without peer
in its chronological coverage and its author's remarkably broad
geographical interests. [...] This work should become essential
reading for both specialists and non-specialists with an interest
in the period. Comitatus
These volumes set a modern standard for translations into English
of medieval Armenian historical texts. [...] One can only hope that
the Thompson and Howard-Johnston team will collaborate again on
translation and commentary, and that other teams will employ the
same thoroughness and clarity when providing modern translations of
medieval historical texts from any language tradition. Speculum
The authors show throughout an admirable awareness of the most
recent literature on a wide range of themes upon which the
commentary and translation touch, making the two volumes essential
reading for anyone working in the period. This is an outstanding
addition to an excellent series. Ecclesiastical History
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