See also:

• DUCAS
• DUCAS (15th cent.)

DUCAS (15th cent.)  , See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine historian, flourished under See also:

• CONSTANTINE

Constantine XIII . (XI.) Dragases, the last See also:

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

emperor of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East, about 1450 . The See also:

• DATES

dates of his See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth and See also:

• DEATH

death are unknown . He was the See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson of See also:

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

Michael See also:

• DUCAS
• DUCAS (15th cent.)

Ducas (see above) . After the fall of See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople, he was employed in various See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic See also:

• MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

missions by Dorino and Domenico Gateluzzi, princes of See also:

• LESBOS (Mytilene, Turk. Midullu)

Lesbos, where he had taken See also:

• REFUGE

refuge . He was successful in securing a semi-See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence for Lesbos until 1462, when it was taken and annexed to See also:

• TURKEY

Turkey by See also:

• SULTAN (an Arabic word meaning " victorious " or " a ruler," sultat, dominion)

Sultan Mahommed II . It is known that Ducas survived this event, but there is no See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record of his subsequent See also:

• LIFE

life . He was the author of a See also:

• HISTORY

history of the See also:

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

period 1341–1462; his See also:

• WORK

work thus continues that of See also:

• GREGORAS, NICEPHORUS (c. 1295-1360)

Gregoras and Cantacuzene, and supplements Phrantzes and Chalcondyles . There is a preliminary See also:

• CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

chapter of See also:

• CHRONOLOGY (Gr. xpovo?oyfa, computation of time, xp6vos)

chronology from See also:

• ADAM
• ADAM (or ADAN) DE LE HALE (died c. 1288)
• ADAM, ALEXANDER (1741–1809)
• ADAM, JULIETTE (1836– )
• ADAM, LAMBERT SIGISBERT (1700-1759)
• ADAM, MELCHIOR (d. 1622)
• ADAM, PAUL (1862– )
• ADAM, ROBERT (1728—1792)
• ADAM, SIR FREDERICK (1781-1853)
• ADAM, WILLIAM (1751-1839)

Adam to 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:

• PALAEOLOGUS

Palaeologus I . Although barbarous in See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style, the history of Ducas is both judicious and trustworthy, and it is the most valuable source for the closing years of the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• EMPIRE

empire . The See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the See also:

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

capture of Constantinople is of See also:

• SPECIAL

special importance . Ducas was a strong supporter of the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union of the Greek and Latin churches, and is very See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter against those who rejected even the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of appealing to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West for assistance against the See also:

• TURKS

Turks .

The history, preserved (without a See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title) in a single See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris MS., was first edited by I . Bullialdus (Bulliaud) (Paris, 1649) ; later See also:

• EDITIONS

editions are 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 (1834) and See also:

• MIGNE, JACQUES PAUL (1800-1875)

Migne, Patrologia Graeca, See also:

• CIVIL

civil . The Bonn edition contains a 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation by an unknown author, found by See also:

• LEOPOLD (M.H. Ger. Liupolt; O.H. Ger. Liupald, from hut, Mod. Ger. Leute, " people," and paid, " bold," i.e. " bold for the people ")

Leopold See also:

• RANKE, LEOPOLD VON (1795-1886)

Ranke in one of the See also:

• LIBRARIES

libraries of See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice, and sent by him to Bekker .