A Late Byzantine Scholar, Warlord, and Prelate
by
Marios Philippides, Walter K. Hanak
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
A member of the imperial Palaiologan family, albeit most probably illegitimate, Isidore became a scholar at a young age and began his rise in the Byzantine ecclesiastical ranks. He was an active advocate of the union of the Orthodox and Catholic Churches in Constantinople. His military exploits, including...