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Inhaltsverzeichnis: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1 The rise of Isidore -- 1 The early years -- 2 The sojourn in the Morea and the letters of Isidore -- 2 Isidore and the Council of Basle -- 1 Prelude to Basle -- 2 At Basle -- 3 Byzantine issues resulting from Basle -- 4 The Muscovite reaction -- 3 The rise of Isidore and the Council of Ferrara-Florence -- 1 Metropolitan of Kiev and of All Rus' -- 2 The Council of Ferrara-Florence -- 3 The return to Muscovy and the aftermath of Florence -- 4 The papal emissary -- 1 The first mission to Constantinople: a failure -- 2 The second mission to Constantinople: warlord and gift-bearer -- 3 Disputations -- 4 Isidore and the declaration of church union -- 5 Defender, humanist, and survivor -- 1 Imperial councilor and legate -- 2 Warrior and reporter -- 3 Two letters of Isidore -- 4 The escape of Isidore -- 6 Cretan interlude -- 1 Early propagandist -- 2 Two major themes in Isidore's letters from Candia -- 3 Religious propaganda and military strategy -- 7 Il Cardinal Greco Vecchio: The last years -- 8 Conclusions: Damnatio memoriae? -- Appendix -- 1 Isidore the historian -- 2 Selections from Isidore's Panegyric to Manuel II and John VIII -- 3 English translation of selections from Isidore's Panegyric to Manuel II and John VIII -- Bibliography -- Index Nominum -- Index Locorum -- Index Rerum Antiquarum.