Book | Russian Travelers to Constantinople in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries

Mavi Boncuk | Russian Travelers to Constantinople in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries George P. Majeska[1] 

Dumbarton Oaks Studies BYZANTINE STUDIES, BYZANTINE HISTORY 

ISBN: 978-0-88402-101-8, Hardcover, 1984 

Russian pilgrim depictions of Constantinople have long been recognized as among the best sources for the topography of the Byzantine capital. In this volume Professor Majeska has produced the first scholarly edition of the five Russian travel narratives which deal with Constantinople in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries; the accompanying English translations make this material available to scholars who do not read Old Russian. The substantial commentary, which makes up part two of this study, relates the Russian material to other sources for Byzantine and medieval Russian history as well as to modern archaeological and historical scholarship.

[1] George P. Majeska | Associate Professor Emeritus |3111 Francis Scott Key Hall | 301-405-4288 | gmajeska(at)umd(dot)edu

Majeska, George P. was born on April 28, 1936 in Brooklyn. Son of John Alexander and Marguerite (Fagan) Majeska.

Education: AB, Brooklyn College, 1961. Master of Arts in History, Indiana University, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy in History, Indiana University, 1968.

Career: Assistant professor State University of New York, Buffalo, 1967-1972. Associate professor University Maryland, College Park, since 1972, director Russian area studies program Buffalo, since 1987.