George Akropolites: The History

by George Akropolites

This is the first English translation and study of George Akropolites' History, the main Greek source for the history of Byzantium between 1204 and 1261. Akropolites relates what happened to Byzantium after the Latin conquest of its capital, Constantinople, by the Fourth Crusade in 1204. He narrates the fragmentation of the Byzantine world, describing how the newly established 'empire' in Anatolia prevailed over its foreign and Byzantine enemies to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199210675
• ISBN13: 9780199210671
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"