Description: "The first systematic collection of the remains of the lost Greek chronicles during AD 350-650, with texts, translations and commentaries. Reconsiders the evolution of historiography from Antiquity to the Middle Ages, discusses the intercultural transmission of history writing and adds new information on the development of Easter and Christmas"--
Brief description: Lieve van Hoof is Professor of Ancient History & Classics at Ghent University. Her publications include a monograph on Plutarch (Oxford, 2010) and an edited volume on Libanius (Cambridge, 2014). A former President of the Young Academy, she was distinguished as Laureate of the Royal Academy of Flanders for the Sciences and the Arts, and is currently Professor Extraordinary at the University of Stellenbosch.