Byzantium's last imperial offensive in Asia Minor
Subtitle: the documentary evidence for and hagiographical lore about John III Ducas Vatatzes' crusade against the Turks, 1222 or 1225 to 1231
By: John S. Langdon.
Contributors: Langdon, John Springer, 1942-
Series: Hellenism--ancient, mediaeval, modern ;; 7th v.
Publisher: A.D. Caratzas
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New Rochelle, N.Y
Language: eng; gre
Number of pages: 156
Subjects: John III Ducas Vatatzes, Emperor of Nicaea, 1193-1254.; Byzantine Empire -- History -- Lascarid dynasty, 1208-1259.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [119]-141) and index.
Includes the Greek text of a paraphrase of an anonymous biography of John Ducas Vatatzes.
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of California, Los Angeles, 1979), which appeared under the title: John III Ducas Vatatzes' Byzantine Imperium in Anatolian exile, 1222-54.