Open AccessKritobulos of Imbros: Learned historian, Ottoman raya and Byzantine patriot
Author(s) -
Diether Reinsch-Roderich
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
zbornik radova vizantološkog instituta/zbornik radova vizantološkog instituta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0917
pISSN - 0584-9888
DOI - 10.2298/zrvi0340297r
Subject(s) - autograph , byzantine architecture , governor , ancient history , history , classics , period (music) , art , art history , engineering , aerospace engineering , aesthetics
Kritobulos of Imbros, the author of a historical work covering the period from 1451 to 1467, describes the deeds of the Sultan Mehmed Fatih. The work written between 1465 and 1467 is an autograph of the author. Apart from a knowledge of literature (Thucydides), one can discern in this work a definite interest in medicine. K. was sultan's governor of Imbros for almost ten years. At the same time he was a patriot in the sense that he expressed solidarity with the unfortunate inhabitants of Constantinople