About the book: 1992 / The individual in her complex relationship with time and society, her ideas about the world and the purpose of man are at the center of the book. The biographical genre chosen by the author will turn the reader not so much to the general problems of the history and culture of Byzantium in the 14th century, but to the fate of a creative, educated and writing person in a country moving along the path of an inevitable political and economic crisis. The book is addressed to medievalists, teachers and students humanities faculties, as well as everyone interested in the history and culture of Byzantium.