Georgios Gemistos Plethon (Greek: Γεώργιος Γεμιστός Πλήθων; Latin: Georgius Gemistus Pletho c. 1355 /1360 – 1452/1454), commonly known as Gemistos Plethon, was a Greek scholar and one of the most renowned philosophers of the late Byzantine era. He was a chief pioneer of the revival of Greek scholarship in Western Europe. As revealed in his last literary work, the Nomoi ...

The Byzantine–Ottoman wars were a series of decisive conflicts between the Ottoman Turks and Byzantines that led to the final destruction of the Byzantine Empire and the rise of the Ottoman Empire.In 1204 the Byzantine capital of Constantinople was sacked and occupied by the Fourth Crusaders, an important moment of the Christian East–West Schism.The Byzantine Empire, …

Voievod al Maramureșului (1330–42 și 1355–59) Înainte de anul 1342, Bogdan, voievodul Maramureșului, a primit în stăpânire de la regele Ungariei, Carol Robert de Anjou, un cnezat de vreo 17-18 sate stăpânite cu diplomă de întărire, cu reședința la Cuhea, și pentru sprijinul oferit regelui în campaniile sale militare acesta îi concedase stema sa de familie (crini de aur în ...

In Deutschland führte das Deutsche Institut für Normung mit der DIN 1355-1 zum 1. Januar 1976 eine entsprechende Zählweise mit Montag als ersten Wochentag in Deutschland ein. In der Vorgängerversion DIN 1355 von 1943 fing die Woche noch am Sonntag an. In Kalendern für den deutschsprachigen Raum wird die Kalenderwoche stets nach ISO 8601 ...