The Histories

Volume 2 (Books VI to X)

Laonikos Chalkokondyles, Anthony Kaldellis

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Harvard Uni.Press Academi
06 October 2014

History; Medieval history

Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library

Among Greek histories of the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the work of Laonikos (ca. 1430 ca. 1465) has by far the broadest scope. Born to a leading family of Athens under Florentine rule, he was educated in the Classics at Mistra by the Neoplatonist philosopher Plethon.

In the 1450s, Laonikos set out to imitate Herodotus in writing the history of his times, a version in which the armies of Asia would prevail over the Greeks in Europe. The backbone of the Histories, a text written in difficult Thucydidean Greek, is the expansion of the Ottoman Empire from the early 1300s to 1464, but Laonikos's digressions give sweeping accounts of world geography and ethnography from Britain to Mongolia, with an emphasis on Spain, Italy, and Arabia.

Following the methodology of Herodotus and rejecting theological polemic, Laonikos is the first Greek writer to treat Islam as a legitimate cultural and religious system. He followed Plethon in viewing the Byzantines as Greeks rather than Romans, and so stands at the origins of Neo-Hellenic identity.

This translation makes the entire text of The Histories available in English for the first time, over two volumes.

By: Laonikos Chalkokondyles
Translated by: Anthony Kaldellis
Imprint: Harvard Uni.Press Academi
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 34
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 31mm
Weight: 694g
ISBN: 9780674599192
ISBN 10: 0674599195
Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
Pages: 566
Publication Date: 06 October 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Histories: Volume 2 (Books VI to X)

There is much here that would appeal to readers interested specifically in Byzantine history, and more generally in the history of the east Mediterranean, the Balkans, and Turkey in the 14th and 15th centuries. The translation flows smoothly and is accompanied by much needed explanatory notes on persons and geography.--J. W. Nesbitt Choice (04/01/2015)