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The Medieval Church · c. 1262–1267
The History
George Akropolites · 1217–1282
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What it is
The Byzantine exile empire at Nicaea and the recovery of Constantinople in 1261, written by a statesman who was tortured by one emperor and served another.
Why it lasted
The principal source for the empire's survival in exile after 1204, by a participant in most of what he describes.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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