The reluctant emperor

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A biography in English of one of the most unusual Byzantine emperors in Constantinople who reigned from 1347 to 1354, and who subsequently spent thirty years as a monk. John Cantacuzene was unique in that he wrote his own memoirs and in his range of talents and interests as a soldier, scholar, and theologian.



John Cantacuzene reigned as Byzantine emperor in Constantinople from 1347 to 1354. A man of varied talents, as a scholar, soldier, statesman, theologian and monk, he was unique in being the only emperor to narrate the events of his own career. His memoirs form one of the most interesting and literate of all Byzantine histories. Following his abdication in 1354, he lived the last thirty years of his life as a monk, a writer and a grey eminence behind the throne. This book is not a social or political history of the Byzantine Empire in the fourteenth century. It is a biography of a much maligned man who had a hope, however naive, of coming to terms with the emerging Muslim world of Asia and of winning the co-operation of western Christendom without compromising the Orthodox faith of the Byzantine tradition.

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Taal: en

Uitvoering: Hardcover

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 28 maart 1996

Aantal pagina's: 226

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Donald M. Nicol

Tweede Auteur: Nicol Donald M.

Hoofduitgeverij: Cambridge University Press

Fabrikantgegevens: De informatie van de fabrikant is momenteel niet beschikbaar.

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 160 mm

Product hoogte: 22 mm

Product lengte: 216 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 160 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 22 mm

Verpakking lengte: 216 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 440 g

EAN: 9780521552561

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