Nicaea
Subtitle: a Byzantine capital and its praises : with the speeches of Theodore Laskaris, In praise of the great city of Nicaea, and, Theodore Metochites, Nicene oration
By: by Clive Foss, with the collaboration of Jacob Tulchin.
Contributors: Tulchin, Jacob.; Theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of Nicaea, 1222-1258.; Metochites, Theodoros, d. 1332.
Series: Archbishop Iakovos library of ecclesiastical and historical sources ;; no. 21
Publisher: Hellenic College Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Brookline, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Byzantine Empire -- Civilization.; Iznik (Turkey) -- Antiquities, Byzantine.; Byzantine Empire -- Capital and capitol -- History.
Description: Nicaea - the site of the First Ecumenical Council (325) and the capital of the Byzantine Empire in exile during the Latin occupation of Constantinople (1204-1261) following the Fourth Crusade - has an important, albeit neglected, role in ecclesiastical and political history.

With this book, Professor Clive Foss - a meticulous historian - takes a significant step in rectifying that neglect. As he tells us, his initial objective was to provide a comprehensible English translation of the two thirteenth century encomia delivered by Theodore Laskaris and Theodore Metochites. The intent was to make these important sources accessible to the contemporary readers; and in this he has succeeded notably.

But, in addition, there is a major bonus. The initial objective blossomed into a history of Nicaea from the third to the fourteenth centuries, which will interest general readers of history and the specialist as well.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-215) and index.