The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon — In The East
AD Scope Of Chapter LXVI
1339 Embassy of the Younger Andronicus to Pope Benedict XII.
The Arguments for a Crusade and Union
1348 Negotiation of Cantacuzene with Clement Vl.
1355 Treaty of John Palaeologus with Innocent Vl.
1369 Visit of John Palaeologus to Urban V. at Rome
1370 His Return to Constantinople
Visit of the Emperor Manuel
1400 To the Court of France, To the Court of England
1402 His Return to Greece
Greek Knowledge and Descriptions, Of Germany, Of France , Of England
1402-1417 Indifference of Manuel towards the Latins
1417-1425 His Negotiations, His Private Motives, His Death
1425-1437 Zeal of John Palaeologus II.
Corruption of the Latin Church
1377- 1429 Schism
1409 Council of Pisa
1414-1418 Of Constance
1431-1443 Of Basil
Their Opposition to Eugenius IV.
1434-1437 Negotiations with the Greeks.
John Palaeologus embarks in the Pope's Galleys
1348 His Triumphal Entry at Venice — Into Ferrara
1348, 1439 Council of the Greeks and Latins at Ferrara and Florence
Negotiations with the Greeks
1438 Eugenius deposed at Basil
Re-union of the Greeks at Florence
1440 Their Return to Constantinople
1449 Final Peace of the Church
1300-1453 State of the Greek Language at Constantinople
Comparison of the Greeks and Latins
Revival of the Greek Learning in Italy
1339 Lessons of Barlaam
1339-1374 Studies of Petrarch
1360 Of Boccace
1360-1363 Leo Pilatus, first Greek Professor at Florence, and in the West
1390-l415 Foundation of the Greek Language in Italy by Manuel Chrysoloras
1400-1500 The Greeks in Italy
Cardinal Bessarion, &c.
Their Faults and Merits — The Platonic Philosophy
Emulation and Progress of the Latins
1447- 1455 Nicholas V.
1428- 1492 Cosmo and Lorenzo of Medicis
Use and Abuse of Ancient Learning
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