Donald M. Nicol

The Reluctant Emperor

A Biography of John Cantacuzene, Byzantine Emperor and Monk, C.1295 1383

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Was the first biography in English of the Byzantine emperor and monk, John Cantacuzene.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9780521552561
• ISBN-10: 0521552567
• Artikelnr.: 21905675

Inhaltsangabe

List of plates
Introduction
List of abbreviations
1. The political and social background
2. The old order changes, 1321-1328
3. Emperor in waiting, 1328-1341
4. War for the throne, 1341-1347
5. Emperor of the Roman, 1347-1351
6. Emperor of the Roman, 1351-1354
7. Monk, historian and theologian, 1354-1383
8. Character, achievements and failures
Bibliography.