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Late Byzantine author, scribe, and scholar. He held the position of governor of Imbros in the period 1456–1466 ca. His main work is a historiographical narrative of the years 1451–1467 (Ξυγγραφὴ Ἱστοριῶν); minor works include a prayer to Christ and verses to Saint Augustine. Imitation (mimesis) of ancient writers such as Thucydides, Herodotus, Xenophon, Flavius Josephus, Aelius Aristides, and Arrian is combined with a choice of compromise with and accommodation to Ottoman rule and elaborated through a new synthesis of notions regarding history and its evolution.
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Giarenis, I. (2020). Kritoboulos, Michael. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_1189-1
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