Kritoboulos of Imbros

by Stavrides, Theoharis

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Kritoboulos of Imbros , (d. c.874/1470) was a Greek Ottoman historian and official in the court of Sultan Mehmed (Meḥmed) II (r. 848–50/1444–6 and 855–86/1451–81). He was born as Michael Kritopoulos, on the island of Imbros (İmroz/Gökçeada), but later adopted the more classical-sounding Kritoboulos (Reinsch, Kritobulos, 299). Kritoboulos belonged to the circle of Patriarch Georgios-Gennadios Scholarios (d. c.878–9/1473), the first Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople after the Ottoman Con…

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Kritoboulos of Imbros , (d. c.874/1470) was a Greek Ottoman historian and official in the court of Sultan Mehmed (Meḥmed) II (r. 848–50/1444–6 and 855–86/1451–81). He was born as Michael Kritopoulos, on the island of Imbros (İmroz/Gökçeada), but later adopted the more classical-sounding Kritoboulos (Reinsch, Kritobulos, 299). Kritoboulos belonged to the circle of Patriarch Georgios-Gennadios Scholarios (d. c.878–9/1473), the first Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople after the Ottoman Conquest, and he was acquainted with the Anconitan humanist

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei2946

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eng Islam

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Stavrides, Theoharis

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