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Also Known As George Sphrantes • George Phrantzes
Born 1401
Died c.1477 • Corfu • Greece
Subjects Of Study Byzantine Empire
Saint Theophanes the Confessor
Byzantine monk
George Acropolites
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George the Monk
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Procopius
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Theophylactus Simocattes
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Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos
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George Pachymeres
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John VI Cantacuzenus, detail from an illuminated manuscript, 14th century; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (Ms. Gr. 1242).
John VI Cantacuzenus
Byzantine emperor
Nicephorus Gregoras
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Hesychius Of Miletus
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Nicetas Choniates
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Nicephorus Bryennius
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Anna Comnena
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Michael Glycas
Byzantine historian and theologian
Laonicus Chalcocondyles
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George The Syncellus
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Michael Critobulus
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John Cinnamus
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John Scylitzes
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Joseph Genesius
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