Download or read book The Chronicle of Michael the Great (The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex) written by Amir Harrak and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael the Great was elected patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox church in a most instable period. He nevertheless, found time, clarity of mind, and determination to write a voluminous world chronicle, which he completed four years before he died in November 7, 1199. The present edition and its translation begin with Book XV and end with Book XXI, the last Book in the Chronicle, thereby covering more than 160 years, from AD 1031 to AD 1195.