Mediyalization of historical knowledge in Early Bysantium (on the example of John Malalas’ work)

Author(s):  A.V. Kobzeva, candidate of Sciences, Belgorod National Research University, Belgorod, Russia, bolgov@bsu.edu.ru

A.Yu. Eliseeva, candidate of Sciences, Belgorod National Research University, Belgorod, Russia

Ya.Yu. Ivanitskaya, candidate of Sciences, Belgorod National Research University, Belgorod, Russia

Yu.Yu. Chueva, candidate of Sciences, Belgorod National Research University, Belgorod, Russia

Issue:  Volume 45, № 3

Rubric:  Topical issues of political science

Annotation:  During the VI century. In the Eastern Mediterranean, the features of a new picture of the world, a new consciousness, a new understanding of history, which replace the classical paradigms, clearly appear. This medevalization was the main prerequisite for the Christianization of the late-antique society. The medievalization of humanitarian (historical) knowledge in Early Byzantium (the transformation of it from the ancient to the medieval) was carried out in many directions during the V-VI centuries. Its main features can be considered the emergence of the genre of church stories, and also - most vividly - chronicles (chronographs). The "Chronography" of John Malalas is the first Byzantine reflection of the classical and Christian heritage within the framework of the historical tradition in the conditions of "Byzantinism" who defeated in Justinian time. Medialization is the main characteristic of this work as an original section of the evolution of the picture of the world, the sum of knowledge, the historical tradition that took place in the VI century

Keywords:  Medievalization, Early Byzantium, chronicle, history, distortion, simplification, symbolism, allegory, world view, John Malalas

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