Nicephori gregorae Byzantina historia: Graece et Latine (Cambridge Library Collection - Medieval History, Volume 1) (Nicephori Gregorae Byzantina historia 3 volume Set, Volume 3)

by Nicephorus Gregoras

Immanuel Bekker (Editor)

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This three-volume edition, in Greek with Latin translation, of the History by Nicephorus Gregoras (c. 1295–1360) was edited by Ludwig Schopen (Volumes 1 and 2, 1829–30) and Immanuel Bekker (Volume 3, 1855). The astronomer and historian, Gregpras, became the archivist of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos (to whom he proposed a calendar reform similar to that adopted by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582), and was involved in the fruitless negotiations of 1333 to unite the Greek and Latin Churches. The thirty-seven books of Gregoras' History overlap with the work by George Pachymeres, and continue the narrative to 1359. This period is also covered in the History by the ex-Emperor John Cantacuzene, and both these authors are also reissued in this series. Volume 3 describes the overthrow of John VI, his withdrawal to a monastery, and the accession of John V Palaiologos, the son of Andronikos III.
  • ISBN13 9781108043649
  • Publish Date 16 February 2012 (first published 3 February 2010)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 13 June 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Cambridge University Press
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 602
  • Language grc