Venice, Genoa, and John VIII Palaeologus' Renovation of the Fortifications of Constantinople
Journal: ScholarWorks@UMassAmherst (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Year: 2016

Chalcocondyles’ account of John’s conflict with the Genoese ca. 1434 is supplemented by a contemporary panegyric that shows the events to be part of a larger conflict between Genoa and Venice.