Manuel II Palaeologus: The virtue of a king (Bilingual – Greek / English – excerpts from Manuel’s precepts, selected and translated by Elpenor)
Manuel II Palaeologus, by Wilhelm Baum (De Imperatoribus Romanis)
Coinage of Manuel II Palaeologus
Was the battle of Ankara the last chance for the Byzantine Empire?
The pedigree of Zoe-Sophia Palaeologus
Typikon of Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos for the Monasteries of Mount Athos (pdf / 61k)
Orthodox view on Islam in the context of the Ottoman conquest and rule during the 14th-15th century
The Islamic View of Late Byzantium, by Nadia Maria El-Cheikh
Extensive comments on Pope Benedict’s speech on faith, reason and the university
Robert
This emperor alone suffices to explain Byzantium’s glory, so much admired by Yeats, Runciman and others. I wish our politicians today had half of the half of Manuel Palaeologus’ mind.