{"product_id":"ioannis-cantacuzeni-eximperatoris-historiarum-libri-iv-graece-et-latine-paperback-9781108043700","title":"Ioannis Cantacuzeni Eximperatoris historiarum Libri IV; Graece et Latine (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108043700","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIoannis Cantacuzeni Eximperatoris historiarum Libri IV\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eGraece et Latine\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis three-volume work of Byzantine history by the ex-Emperor John VI Cantacuzene was published between 1828 and 1832.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIoannes Cantacuzenus (Author), Ludwig Schopen (Edited and translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108043700, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 February 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e602 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3.4 cm, 0.76 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 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 1 includes the life of John by Pontanus, and covers the period from 1321 to the death of Andronikos III in 1341.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIacobi Pontani praefatio\u003cbr\u003e Iacobi Pontani vita Cantacuzeni\u003cbr\u003e Iacobi Pontani explanatio dignitatum\u003cbr\u003e Periocha libri i\u003cbr\u003e Cantacuzeni praefatio\u003cbr\u003e Cantacuzeni historarium libri i-ii.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266073710872,"sku":"9781108043700","price":43.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108043700i_e0f60065-b28b-4593-82c6-1e7e7f1e857b.jpg?v=1696746612","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/ioannis-cantacuzeni-eximperatoris-historiarum-libri-iv-graece-et-latine-paperback-9781108043700","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}