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The second half of the fourteenth century was a period of rapid change in the Eastern Mediterranean, principally due to the expansion into Europe of the Ottoman Turks. Demetrius Kydones was one of the key Byzantine political and intellectual figures of the time, and his writings are regarded as one of the most important sources for study of the period. Kydones’ career spanned at least four decades, from the 1340's to the 1380's. A Latin scholar, influenced in particular by the writings of Thomas Aquinas (some of which he translated into Greek), Kydones was a leading advocate of improvement of relations between Byzantium and the Latin West as crucial to Byzantine survival. This book examines Kydones’ career and writings, investigating how they can contribute to developing a nuanced understanding of Byzantine political and cultural developments in these years of crisis.

Statesmen --- Authors, Byzantine --- Byzantine authors --- Public officers --- Demetrius Cydones, --- Cydones, Demetrius, --- Dēmētrios, --- Dēmētrios Kydōnēs, --- Demetrius Cydonius, --- Demetrius Kydones, --- Kydōnēs, Dēmētrios, --- Kydonius, Demetrius, --- Niphōn, --- Byzantine Empire --- Byzantium (Empire) --- Vizantii︠a︡ --- Bajo Imperio --- Bizancjum --- Byzantinē Autokratoria --- Vyzantinon Kratos --- Vyzantinē Autokratoria --- Impero bizantino --- Bizantia --- Intellectual life. --- Politics and government --- Church history. --- Social conditions. --- Statesmen - Byzantine Empire - Biography --- Authors, Byzantine - Biography --- Demetrius Cydones, - ca. 1324-ca. 1398 --- Byzantine Empire - Intellectual life --- Byzantine Empire - Politics and government - 1081-1453 --- Byzantine Empire - Church history --- Byzantine Empire - Social conditions