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Manuel II Palaiologos (1350-1425) : a Byzantine emperor in a time of tumult
- Title
- Manuel II Palaiologos (1350-1425) : a Byzantine emperor in a time of tumult / Siren Çelik.
- Author
- Çelik, Siren, 1989-
- Publication
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- ©2021
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Details
- Description
- xxiii, 445 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Few Byzantine emperors had a life as eventful and as rich as Manuel II Palaiologos (1350-1425). Living and ruling during the last decades of the empire, Manuel witnessed rapid territorial loss, dire socio-economic problems and civil wars between his own family members. Both his father, paternal grandfather and maternal grandfathers were emperors - not to mention his brother and nephew. The last two Byzantine emperors were Manuel's sons. His own reign saw no less than three sieges of Constantinople by the Ottomans and intense communications with Rome for a Church union. Even as a prince, he faced rebellions and was left behind as a hostage in foreign territories by his father"--
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Informational works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The Young Manuel -- Family affairs -- Fighting for freedom -- In limbo -- The vassal emperor -- Besieged -- The new odyssey -- A clamorous tranquillity -- The protean emperor -- Exchanging empires.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-1647
- ISBN
- 9781108836593
- 1108836593
- LCCN
- 2020042885
- OCLC
- 1194958628
- Author
- Çelik, Siren, 1989- author.
- Title
- Manuel II Palaiologos (1350-1425) : a Byzantine emperor in a time of tumult / Siren Çelik.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1391-1425
- Other Form:
- Online version: Çelik, Siren, 1989- Manuel II Palaiologos (1350-1425) :<b New York : Cambridge University Press, 2021. 9781108874038 (DLC) 2020042886
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-1647