See also:

• ACROPOLITA (AKROPOLITES), GEORGE (1217–1282)

ACROPOLITA (AKROPOLITES), See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE (1217–1282)  , See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine historian and statesman, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople . At an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age he was sent by his See also:

• FATHER

father to the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• DUCAS
• DUCAS (15th cent.)

Ducas Batatzes (Vatatzes), See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor of See also:

• NICAEA, COUNCIL OF
• NICAEA, or NICE

Nicaea, by whom and by his successors (See also:

• THEODORUS, FLAVIUS MALLIUS

Theodorus II . See also:

• LASCARIS, CONSTANTINE (d. 1493 or 1500)
• LASCARIS, JOANNES [JOHN], or JANUS (c. 1445-1535)

Lascaris and See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael VIII . See also:

• PALAEOLOGUS

Palaeologus) he was entrusted with important See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state See also:

• MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

missions . The See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of " See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• LOGOTHETE (Med. Lat. logothela, Gr. Xo'yoBErtls, from Xdyos, word, account, calculation, and riOEvai, to set, i.e. " one who accounts, calculates or ratiocinates ")

logothete " or See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor was bestowed upon him in 1244 . As See also:

• COMMANDER

commander in the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field in 1257 against Michael See also:

• ANGELUS

Angelus, See also:

• DESPOT (Gr. Sc-va6rgs, lord or master; the origin of the first part of the Gr. word is unknown, the second part is cognate with rbvcs, husband, Lat. potens, powerful)

despot of See also:

• EPIRUS, or EPEIRUS

Epirus, he showed little military capacity . He was captuFed and kept for two years in See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison, from which he was released by Michael Palaeologus . See also:

• ACROPOLITA (AKROPOLITES), GEORGE (1217–1282)

Acropolita's most important See also:

• POLITICAL

political task was that of effecting a reconciliation between the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek and Latin Churches, to which he had been formerly opposed . In 1273 he was sent to See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope See also:

• GREGORY
• GREGORY (Gregorius)
• GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
• GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
• GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
• GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
• GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)

Gregory X., and in the following See also:

• YEAR

year, at the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of See also:

• LYONS
• LYONS (Fr. Lyon)
• LYONS, COUNCILS OF
• LYONS, EDMUND LYONS, BARON (1790-1858)
• LYONS, RICHARD BICKERTON PEMELL LYONS, 1ST EARL (1817–1887)

Lyons, in the emperor's name he recognized the spiritual supremacy of See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome . In 1282 he was sent on an See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy to John IL, emperor of See also:

• TREBIZOND (Gr. Trapezus)

Trebizond, and died in the same year soon after his return . His See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• WORK

work (Xpovts')1vyypacaii, Annales) embraces the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period from the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of Constantinople by the Latins (1204) to its recovery by Michael Palaeologus (1261), thus forming a continuation of the work of Nicetas See also:

• ACOMINATUS (AKOMINATOS), MICHAEL (c. 1140-1220)

Acominatus . It is valuable as written by a contemporary, whose See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official position as great logothete, military commander and confidential See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador afforded him frequent opportunities of observing the course of events .

Acropolita is considered a trustworthy authority as far as the statement of facts is concerned, and he is easy to under-stand, although he exhibits See also:

• SPECIAL

special carelessness in the construction of his sentences . He was also the author of several shorter See also:

• WORKS

works, amongst them being a funeral oration on John Batatzes, an See also:

• EPITAPH (Gr. it oa¢cos, sc. X/yos, from bri, upon, and ra¢os, a tomb)

epitaph on his wife Eirene and a See also:

• PANEGYRIC

panegyric of Theodorus II . Lascaris of Nicaea . While a prisoner at Epirus he wrote two See also:

• TREATISES

treatises on the procession of the See also:

• HOLY

Holy See also:

• GHOST (a word common to the W. Teutonic languages; O.E. vest, Dutch, 'geest, Ger. Geist)

Ghost ('EKirbpevots, Processio Spiritus Sancti) . Editio princeps by See also:

• LEO
• LEO (THE LION)
• LEO, BROTHER (d. c. 1270)
• LEO, HEINRICH (1799-1878)
• LEO, JOHANNES (c. 1494-1552)
• LEO, LEONARDO (1694–1744)

Leo Allatius (1651), with the editor's famous See also:

• TREATISE

treatise De Georgics eorumque Seriptis; See also:

• EDITIONS

editions in the See also:

• BONN

Bonn Corpus Scriptorum Hist . Byz., by I . See also:

• BEKKER (or WOLFF), ELIZABETH (1738–1804)
• BEKKER, AUGUST IMMANUEL (1785–1871)
• BEKKER, BALTHASAR (1634–1698)

Bekker (1836), and See also:

• MIGNE, JACQUES PAUL (1800-1875)

Migne, Patrologia Graeca, cxl.; in the Teubner See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series by A . Heisenberg (1903), the second See also:

• VOLUME

volume of which contains a full See also:

• LIFE

life, with bibliography; see also C . See also:

• KRUMBACHER, CARL (1856–1909)

Krumbacher, Geschichte der byzantinischen Litteralur (1897) .