Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword VII
3. Preface IX
4. Contents XIII
5. List of Illustrations XV
6. Chronological Outline of the Life and Reign of Manuel II Palaeologus XIX
7. Introduction: The Subject and Its Sources XXXVII
8. 1. Apprenticeship in Empire, 1350-1391 1
9. 2. The Failure of Appeasement, 1391-1394 84
10. 3. The Quest for Aid, 1394-1402 123
11. 4. Byzantium in the Turkish Time of Troubles, 1399-1413 200
12. 5. The Final Struggles, 1413-1425 290
13. 6. Manuel as an Emperor: Some Conclusions 386
14. 7. Manuel as a Personality and a Literary Figure 395
15. Appendices
16. I. The Pawning of the Byzantine Crown Jewels to Venice 443
17. II. Turkish Attacks on Thessalonica in the Fourteenth Century and Their Source Problems, with a Supplement on Some Thessalonian Liturgical Acclamations 446
18. III. The Tower of Anemas 457
19. IV. The Visit of Andronicus IV to Murad I and the Cession of Gallipoli to the Turks 458
20. V. The Marriage of John VII 462
21. VI. John Vs Destruction of Fortifications in 1391 467
22. VII. The Burial Places of John V and Andronicus IV 469
23. VIII. A Reference by Manuel to the Dervishes 471
24. IX. The Marital Status of Manuel Palaeologus, and the Last Years of His Mother, Helena Cantacuzena 474
25. X. The Beginning and Duration of Bayazid's Siege of Constantinople 479
26. XI. King Sigismunds Letter from Constantinople after Nicopolis 482
27. XII. A Venetian Grant to a Byzantine Ambassador 486
28. XIII. Manuel's Letter of Appeal to King Charles VI of France 488
29. XIV. The Reconciliation of John VII and Manuel in 1399 490
30. XV. Manuel's Family in the Morea, and His Subsequent Children 494
31. XVI. Manuel's Letter of Thanks to King Henry IV of England 497
32. XVII. John VII's Letter to King Henry IV of England 500
33. XVIII. Byzantine Relations with Timur 504
34. XIX. Manuel's Supposed Visit to the Pope 510
35. XX. Manuel's Literary Revenge on Bayazid 513
36. XXI. The Date of Manuel's Letter vç 519
37. XXII. The Date of Manuel's Funeral Oration for His Brother Theodore 525
38. XXIII. Manuel's Letter-Discourse to Alexius Iagoup 528
39. XXIV. Notes on the Illustrations 531
40. Bibliography 552
41. Index to Literary Works by Manuel Cited, Discussed, or Translated 579
42. General Index 582
43. Map 616