Scope Of Chapter 66
Fall In The East — from 'The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire' by Edward Gibbon

ADEvent
1339Embassy of the Younger Andronicus to Pope Benedict XII.
   The Arguments for a Crusade and Union
1348Negotiation of Cantacuzene with Clement Vl.
1355Treaty of John Palaeologus with Innocent Vl.
1369Visit of John Palaeologus to Urban V. at Rome
1370His Return to Constantinople; Visit of the Emperor Manuel
1400To the Court of France, To the Court of England
1402His Return to Greece; Greek Knowledge and Descriptions,
   —Of Germany, Of France , Of England
1402-1417Indifference of Manuel towards the Latins
1417-1425 His Negotiations, His Private Motives, His Death
1425-1437Zeal of John Palaeologus II.; Corruption of the Latin Church
1377-1429 Schism
1409Council of Pisa
1414-1418Of Constance
1431-1443Of Basil; Their Opposition to Eugenius IV.
1434-1437 Negotiations with the Greeks
   John Palaeologus embarks in the Pope's Galleys
1348His Triumphal Entry at Venice — Into Ferrara
ADEvent
1348,1439Council 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
1440Their Return to Constantinople
1449 Final Peace of the Church
1300-1453State of the Greek Language at Constantinople
   Comparison of the Greeks and Latins
   Revival of the Greek Learning in Italy
1339Lessons of Barlaam
1339-1374Studies of Petrarch
1360Of Boccace
1360-1363Leo Pilatus, first Greek Professor at Florence, and in the West
1390-l415Foundation of the Greek Language in Italy
   by Manuel Chrysoloras
1400-1500The Greeks in Italy; Cardinal Bessarion, etc.
   Their Faults and Merits —The Platonic Philosophy
   Emulation and Progress of the Latins
1447-1455Nicholas V.
1428-1492Cosmo and Lorenzo of Medicis;
   Use and Abuse of Ancient Learning
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