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Few Byzantine emperors had a life as rich and as turbulent as Manuel II Palaiologos. A fascinating figure at the crossroads of Byzantine, Western European and Ottoman history, he endured political turmoil, witnessed no less than three sieges by the Ottomans and travelled as far as France and England. He was a prolific writer, producing a vast corpus of literary, theological and philosophical works. Yet, despite his talent, Manuel has largely been ignored as an author. This biography constructs an in-depth picture of him of as a ruler, author and personality, as well as providing insight into his world and times. It offers the first analysis of the emperor's complete oeuvre, focusing on his literary style, self-representation philosophical/theological thought. By focusing not only on political events, but also on the personality, personal life and literary output of Manuel, this biography paints a new portrait of a multifaceted emperor.

Manuel --- Manouēl --- Palaeologus, Manuel, --- Palaiologos, Manuel, --- Palaiologos, Manouēl, --- Paléologue, Manuel, --- Palaeologus, Emanuel, --- Emanuel --- Manuele --- Byzantine Empire --- History --- Manuel II Palaeologus

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Manuel --- Byzantine Empire --- History --- Manuel II Palaeologus, Emperor of the East --- -History --- -Sources --- Manouēl --- Palaeologus, Manuel, --- Palaiologos, Manuel, --- Palaiologos, Manouēl, --- Paléologue, Manuel, --- Palaeologus, Emanuel, --- Emanuel --- Manuele --- Byzantium (Empire) --- Vizantii︠a︡ --- Bajo Imperio --- Bizancjum --- Byzantinē Autokratoria --- Vyzantinon Kratos --- Vyzantinē Autokratoria --- Impero bizantino --- Bizantia --- Sources. --- Sources --- Manuel II Palaeologus --- Manuel - II Palaeologus, - Emperor of the East --- Byzantine Empire - History - Sources

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This volume fills the need for a new critical edition and linguistic study of John Kananos' account of the siege of Constantinople in 1422. New research on the manuscripts has produced a new stemma codicum and shown that the oldest witness of this narrative, Vat. gr. 579 (ff. 355r - 364v), was written in Constantinople and belonged to the prolific scribe Phlamules Kontostephanos, who also provided the copy with a title in which the name of John Kananos is mentioned for the first time. The philological approach adopted here explains contradictions among the manuscripts and Kananos' peculiar vernacularisms and reveals a surprisingly realistic and elaborate Greek. The accompanying English translation, a chapter on the language of Kananos, and a complete thesaurus make this volume a valuable contribution to the study of late Byzantine literature.

Istanbul (Turkey) --- Byzantine Empire --- History --- Military art and science. --- Manuel --- Fighting --- Military power --- Military science --- Warfare --- Warfare, Primitive --- Naval art and science --- War --- Manouēl --- Palaeologus, Manuel, --- Palaiologos, Manuel, --- Palaiologos, Manouēl, --- Paléologue, Manuel, --- Palaeologus, Emanuel, --- Emanuel --- Manuele --- Manuel II Palaeologus --- Stamboul (Turkey) --- Stampōl (Turkey) --- Stambul (Turkey) --- Stěmpol (Turkey) --- T︠S︡arigrad (Turkey) --- Istāmbūl (Turkey) --- T︠S︡arʹgrad (Turkey) --- Āsitānah (Turkey) --- Ḳushṭa (Turkey) --- İstanbul Büyük Şehir Belediyesi (Turkey) --- Greater Istanbul Municipality (Turkey) --- İstanbul Anakent Belediyesi (Turkey) --- İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi (Turkey) --- Polē (Turkey) --- Estambul (Turkey) --- Baladīyat Isṭānbūl (Turkey) --- Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (Turkey) --- Constantinople --- Istanbul (Turkey) - History - Early works to 1800 --- Byzantine Empire - History - Palaeologi dynasty, 1259-1448 - Early works to 1800 --- Byzantine and Ottoman History. --- John Kananos. --- Medieval Greek. --- Warfare.