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Pseudo-Dorotheos of Monemvasia (Greek: Δωρόθεος Μονεμβασίας) is the name given to the unknown author (or compiler) of a Greek-language chronicle titled Historical Book (Βιβλίον Ιστορικόν), published at Venice in 1631.^[1] The work contains a history of the world from Creation until the early 17th century, and purports to have been written by a non-existent metropolitan of Monemvasia named Dorotheos.^[2] The book became a popular source of historical knowledge during the period of Ottoman rule in Greece.

References

^ Papademetriou, Tom (2015). Render Unto the Sultan: Power, Authority, and the Greek Orthodox Church in the Early Ottoman Centuries. Oxford University Press. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-19-871789-8.
^ Tziovas, Dimitris (2017-07-05). Greece and the Balkans: Identities, Perceptions and Cultural Encounters Since the Enlightenment. Taylor & Francis. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-351-93218-9.

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[1] Papademetriou, Tom (2015). Render Unto the Sultan: Power, Authority, and the Greek Orthodox Church in the Early Ottoman Centuries. Oxford University Press. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-19-871789-8.

[2] Tziovas, Dimitris (2017-07-05). Greece and the Balkans: Identities, Perceptions and Cultural Encounters Since the Enlightenment. Taylor & Francis. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-351-93218-9.

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