Palaiologos, Ioannes VIII

URI https://medievalmideast.org/person/13952

Byzantine Emperor

Names

  • Greek: Ἰωάννης, Ἰωάννου, Ἰωάννῃ, Ἰωάννην = Iōannēs, Iōannou, Iōannē, Iōannēn 1

Attributes

  • Male
  • Floruit: 1392-1448

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Event mentioned by Laonikos Chalkokondyles.1 before 14641464-1468mid-late 15th C2014

Sources

  • 1Ioannes VIII: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 1.7; 4.46-47; 5.2-4, 6, 8, 27-28; 6.3, 6, 7-8, 11, 13, 15, 31-33, 47, 53, 55, 59; 7.1, 16, 61-62; 9.27 [Greek with English translation].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, Laurel Kenner, and Josh Kuch, “Palaiologos, Ioannes VIII” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/person/13952.

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  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; abstract; and gender assignment, matching, Greek collection and transliteration from Chalkokondyles' history
  • Laurel Kenner: birth/death/floruit dates entry and Wikipedia matching
  • Josh Kuch: categorization from Chalkokondyles' history
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