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Histories (4 books)

Ἱστοριῶν βιβλία Δ΄ · John VI Kantakouzenos · c. 1360s-1370s (events 1320-1356) · other

Greek · domain: historiography · researched 2026-11-13

partial / older only. An English translation exists but is partial or older than the critical edition. The gap is a modern, complete translation from the original. A rendering of a daughter version does not count here: it is recorded on the dossier of the text it actually translates.

Why this is in the register

HOLLIS searches 'John Kantakouzenos history English translation' and 'Cantacuzenus' return two English dissertation translations only: Robert H. Trone, 'The History of John Kantakouzenos (Book 1): Text, Translation and Commentary' (1979) and 'The History of John Cantacuzenus (Book 4): Text, Translation and Commentary' (University Microfilms, 1975). The CSHB edition (Bonn, 1828-31) is Greek with Latin. No English translation of Books 2-3 was found.

The emperor-historian's apologia, 4 books covering 1320-1356; the central source for the civil wars of the 1340s and the Serbian and Ottoman advance. Books 1 and 4 exist only as dissertations (Book 1 as far as 1341, Book 4 from 1351); Books 2-3, the heart of the civil war, are untranslated.

Existing translations recorded

Edition / series
The History of John Kantakouzenos (Book 1): Text, Translation and Commentary · PhD dissertation · Robert H. Trone · 1979
The History of John Cantacuzenus (Book 4): Text, Translation and Commentary · University Microfilms · unknown · 1975

Electronic text

Source and licence
archive.org · PDF scan · public domain (19th-c. imprint)
ioanniscantacuz00joangoog

Scanned witnesses

Scan search: not checked. Not searched in the scan pass: this dossier was outside the 121-work scan target set.

Harvard Hollis

Hollis query: John VI Kantakouzenos Histories — 25 record(s); match basis author_title.

RecordCitation
The history of John Kantakouzenos (Book 1) : text, translation and commentary
John VI Cantacuzenus, Emperor of the East, 1292-1383 · 1979 · eng, gre
John VI Cantacuzenus, Emperor of the East, 1292-1383. "The history of John Kantakouzenos (Book 1) : text, translation and commentary." 1979. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990010191560203941
Radical traditionalism : the influence of Walter Kaegi in late antique, Byzantine, and medieval studies
· 2019 · eng
"Radical traditionalism : the influence of Walter Kaegi in late antique, Byzantine, and medieval studies." Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2019]. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/99153743225303941
The history of John Cantacuzenus (book 4) : text, translation and commentary
John VI Cantacuzenus, Emperor of the East, 1292-1383 · 1975 · eng
John VI Cantacuzenus, Emperor of the East, 1292-1383. "The history of John Cantacuzenus (book 4) : text, translation and commentary." Ann Arbor : University Microfilms, 1975. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990007127290203941
Iōannou Kantakouzēnou Historiōn vivlia Dʹ = Ioannis Cantacuzeni eximperatoris Historiarum libri IV
John VI Cantacuzenus, Emperor of the East, 1292-1383 · 2008 · grc, gre, lat
John VI Cantacuzenus, Emperor of the East, 1292-1383. "Iōannou Kantakouzēnou Historiōn vivlia Dʹ = Ioannis Cantacuzeni eximperatoris Historiarum libri IV." Athēna : Ekdoseis Epikairotēta, 2008. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990114937320203941
Geschichte
John VI Cantacuzenus, Emperor of the East, 1292-1383 · 1982-<2011> · ger
John VI Cantacuzenus, Emperor of the East, 1292-1383. "Geschichte." Stuttgart : Hiersemann, 1982-<2011>. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990012915970203941

Sources checked

Cite: Tergwame, “Histories (4 books)” (greek gap dossier), 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/greek-kantakouzenos-historiai