The Histories, Volume I Books 1-5 |
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| Author:
| Chalkokondyles, Laonikos |
| Translator:
| Kaldellis, Anthony |
| Series title: | Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-59918-5 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2014 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $61.95 |
Book Description:
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Laonikos was one of the Greek historians of the fall of Constantinople in 1453, and the first Greek writer to treat Islam as a legitimate cultural and religious system. He viewed Byzantines as Greeks rather than Romans, and his Histories of the expansion of the Ottoman Empire stands at the origins of Neo-Hellenic identity.
Laonikos was one of the Greek historians of the fall of Constantinople in 1453, and the first Greek writer to treat Islam as a legitimate cultural and religious system. He viewed Byzantines as Greeks rather than Romans, and his Histories of the expansion of the Ottoman Empire stands at the origins of Neo-Hellenic identity.