Manuel II Palaeologus (1391–1425) : : A Study in Late Byzantine Statesmanship /

Manuel II Palaeologus (1391–1425) : : A Study in Late Byzantine Statesmanship / / John W. Barker.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
VerfasserIn:
Barker, John W.,
MitwirkendeR:
Charanis, Peter,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [1969]
©1969
Year of Publication:1969
Edition:Reprint 2022
Language:English
Series:RUPBYZ
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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

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