Manuel II Palaeologus (1391–1425) : : A Study in Late Byzantine Statesmanship / / John W. Barker.
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Place / Publishing House: | New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [1969] ©1969 |
Year of Publication: | 1969 |
Edition: | Reprint 2022 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (672 p.) :; 1 frontispiece |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Foreword
- Preface
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Chronological Outline of the Life and Reign of Manuel II Palaeologus
- Introduction: The Subject and Its Sources
- 1. Apprenticeship in Empire, 1350-1391
- 2. The Failure of Appeasement, 1391-1394
- 3. The Quest for Aid, 1394-1402
- 4. Byzantium in the Turkish Time of Troubles, 1399-1413
- 5. The Final Struggles, 1413-1425
- 6. Manuel as an Emperor: Some Conclusions
- 7. Manuel as a Personality and a Literary Figure
- Appendices
- I. The Pawning of the Byzantine Crown Jewels to Venice
- II. Turkish Attacks on Thessalonica in the Fourteenth Century and Their Source Problems, with a Supplement on Some Thessalonian Liturgical Acclamations
- III. The Tower of Anemas
- IV. The Visit of Andronicus IV to Murad I and the Cession of Gallipoli to the Turks
- V. The Marriage of John VII
- VI. John Vs Destruction of Fortifications in 1391
- VII. The Burial Places of John V and Andronicus IV
- VIII. A Reference by Manuel to the Dervishes
- IX. The Marital Status of Manuel Palaeologus, and the Last Years of His Mother, Helena Cantacuzena
- X. The Beginning and Duration of Bayazid's Siege of Constantinople
- XI. King Sigismunds Letter from Constantinople after Nicopolis
- XII. A Venetian Grant to a Byzantine Ambassador
- XIII. Manuel's Letter of Appeal to King Charles VI of France
- XIV. The Reconciliation of John VII and Manuel in 1399
- XV. Manuel's Family in the Morea, and His Subsequent Children
- XVI. Manuel's Letter of Thanks to King Henry IV of England
- XVII. John VII's Letter to King Henry IV of England
- XVIII. Byzantine Relations with Timur
- XIX. Manuel's Supposed Visit to the Pope
- XX. Manuel's Literary Revenge on Bayazid
- XXI. The Date of Manuel's Letter vç
- XXII. The Date of Manuel's Funeral Oration for His Brother Theodore
- XXIII. Manuel's Letter-Discourse to Alexius Iagoup
- XXIV. Notes on the Illustrations
- Bibliography
- Index to Literary Works by Manuel Cited, Discussed, or Translated
- General Index
- Map