Laonikos Chalkokondyles

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Laonikos Chalkokondyles was a 15th-century Byzantine Greek historian best known for his detailed account of the late Byzantine Empire and the rise of the Ottoman Turks.

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instanceOf 15th-century historian
Byzantine historian
Greek historian
chronicler
historian
birthPlace Athens NERFINISHED
chronologicalRangeOfWork 1298–1463
citizenship Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
deathPlace possibly Italy
describesEvent Fall of Constantinople NERFINISHED
decline of the Byzantine Empire
expansion of the Ottoman Empire
educatedBy George Gemistos Plethon NERFINISHED
educatedIn Peloponnese NERFINISHED
ethnicity Greek
familyOrigin Athenian aristocracy
father George Chalkokondyles NERFINISHED
floruit c. 1430–c. 1470
genre historiography
historicalPerspective Byzantine Greek viewpoint on Ottoman rise
influencedBy Herodotus NERFINISHED
Thucydides NERFINISHED
knownFor detailed account of late Byzantium
early history of the Ottoman Turks
language Greek
name Laonicus Chalcocondyles NERFINISHED
Laonikos Chalkokondyles NERFINISHED
notableWork Apodeixis historion NERFINISHED
Histories NERFINISHED
occupation historian
writer
region Byzantine world NERFINISHED
Eastern Mediterranean NERFINISHED
sourceFor early Ottoman political history
history of the Balkans in the 14th–15th centuries
late Byzantine political history
styleComparedTo Herodotean style
subjectOfWork history of the Greeks
history of the Turks
late Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
rise of the Ottoman Empire
timePeriod 15th century
usesTermFor Hellenes for contemporary Greeks
workStructure 10 books
writingLanguage Ancient Greek
Classical-style Greek

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Fall of Thessalonica (1430) describedBySource Laonikos Chalkokondyles