The Byzantine Hellene: The Life of Emperor Theodore Laskaris and Byzantium in the Thirteenth Century

by Dimiter Angelov

Book Overview

This book tells the extraordinary story of Theodore II Laskaris, an emperor who ruled over the Byzantine state of Nicaea established in Asia Minor after the fall of Constantinople to the crusaders in 1204. Theodore Laskaris was a man of literary talent and keen intellect. His action-filled life, youthful mentality, anxiety about communal identity (Anatolian, Roman, and Hellenic), ambitious reforms cut short by an early death, and thoughts and feelings...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108480713
• ISBN13: 9781108480710
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 460 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.8" x 9.7"