{"product_id":"the-reluctant-emperor-a-biography-of-john-cantacuzene-byzantine-emperor-and-monk-c-1295-1383-hardback-9780521552561","title":"The Reluctant Emperor; A Biography of John Cantacuzene, Byzantine Emperor and Monk, c.1295–1383 (Hardback) 9780521552561","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Reluctant Emperor\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Biography of John Cantacuzene, Byzantine Emperor and Monk, c.1295–1383\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWas the first biography in English of the Byzantine emperor and monk, John Cantacuzene.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDonald M. Nicol (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521552561, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 March 1996\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e226 pages, 9 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 16 x 2.2 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Nicol tells the story well, and it is a story worth telling...\"   Mark C. Bartusis, The Catholic Historical Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJohn 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of plates\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e 1. The political and social background\u003cbr\u003e 2. The old order changes, 1321–1328\u003cbr\u003e 3. Emperor in waiting, 1328–1341\u003cbr\u003e 4. War for the throne, 1341–1347\u003cbr\u003e 5. Emperor of the Roman, 1347–1351\u003cbr\u003e 6. Emperor of the Roman, 1351–1354\u003cbr\u003e 7. Monk, historian and theologian, 1354–1383\u003cbr\u003e 8. Character, achievements and failures\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Ancient history: to c 500 CE [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Ancient history: to c 500 CE\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Ancient%20history:%20to%20c%20500%20CE%20%5BHBLA%5D%22\"\u003eHBLA\u003c\/a\u003e], Asian history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Asian history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Asian%20history%20%5BHBJF%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF\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":45913125814552,"sku":"9780521552561","price":86.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521552561i_c63ddc13-b854-4b2d-afa4-b15f4c7b79e8.jpg?v=1691369560","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-reluctant-emperor-a-biography-of-john-cantacuzene-byzantine-emperor-and-monk-c-1295-1383-hardback-9780521552561","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}