Nicephorus Grigora (c. 1290–1361) - Byzantine polymath, historian and astronomer, participant in theological, so-called. “hesychast” disputes of the mid-14th century, in which he took an anti-Palamite position, for which he was condemned at the Council of Constantinople in 1351. Author of a number of hagiographic works, works on rhetoric, theological treatises and natural science, mainly astronomical, works. In particular, he was the first to draw attention to the inaccuracy of the Julian calendar and proposed its correction long before the Gregorian reform of 1582. All these interests of Nikephoros are reflected in the book now offered to the reader’s attention. “The History of the Romans” is the most important work of Gregoras and one of the main sources on Byzantine history of the 13th–14th centuries. Her 37 books cover the period from 1204 to 1359, but in most detail the author describes the historical figures of his time and the events he witnessed and, sometimes, participated in as a person close to the imperial court. He pays special attention to church disputes. The first volume of this three-volume edition contains books from I to XI in a new modern translation. Intended for both specialists and all those interested in the political and ecclesiastical history of Byzantium. CONTENTS: L. Gerd. Nikephoros Grigora and his era VIIР. Yashunsky. Preface by translator XXXIX Nikifor Grigora. History of the RomansBook One 3Book Two 19Book Three 44Book Four 62Book Five 88Book Six 125Book Seven 165Book Eight 216Book Nine 299Book Ten 356Book Eleven 400