Ioannis Cantacuzeni Eximperatoris historiarum Libri IV - Graece et Latine (Greek, Ancient (to 1453), Paperback)

This three-volume work of Byzantine history by the ex-Emperor John VI Cantacuzene was edited, together with a Latin translation by the Jesuit scholar, Pontanus (1542 1626), by Ludwig Schopen (1799 1867), and published between 1828 and 1832. It covers part of the same period as the works by George Pachymeres and Nicephorus Gregoras (also reissued in this series) and the three accounts can usefully be compared. John Cantacuzene (c. 1292 1383) was unusual among Byzantine emperors in that he appears to have been reluctant to take the throne, and also in that, having been deposed in 1354, he was allowed to retire to a monastery, where he wrote this account of his times. The historian Edward Gibbon, among others, noted the self-justificatory tone of his memoir. Volume 3 takes the narrative from John's accession to his deposition, and the defeat of his son Matthew by John V in 1357.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Medieval History, Volume 3
Release date:	February 2012
First published:	2012
Authors:	Ioannes Cantacuzenus
Editors:	Ludwig Schopen
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	626
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-04372-4
Languages:	Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General
LSN:	1-108-04372-0
Barcode:	9781108043724

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