The Reluctant Emperor
Subtitle: A Biography of John Cantacuzene, Byzantine Emperor and Monk, c. 12951383
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 22, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9780521522014
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: BCE to c 500 CE; Biography: historical; European history: c 500 to c 1500; c 1000 CE to c 1500; History: World; History; History - General History; Byzantine Empire; Europe; Europe - Greece; Middle East - General; History / Middle East; History-Europe - Greece; John--VI Cantacuzenus, --Emperor of the East,; John--VI Cantacuzenus,--Emperor of the East,--1292-1383
First sentence: 'THERE is not, and there never was on this earth, a work of human policy so well deserving of examination as the Roman Catholic Church.'