Joannes Zonaras

Joannes or John Zonaras (Greek: Ἰωάννης Ζωναρᾶς Iōánnēs Zōnarâs; c. 1070 – c. 1140) was a Byzantine Greek historian, chronicler and theologian who lived in Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey). Under Emperor Alexios I Komnenos he held the offices of head justice and private secretary (protasēkrētis) to the emperor, but after Alexios' death, he retired to the monastery on the Island of Hagia Glykeria,^[1] (İncir Adası, in the Bay of Tuzla), where he spent the rest of his life writing books.

^ Fresco, Karen L. (2012). Wright, Charles D. (ed.). Translating the Middle Ages. Oxford, New York: Routledge. p. 150. ISBN 9781315549965. Retrieved Sep 3, 2017.

[1] Fresco, Karen L. (2012). Wright, Charles D. (ed.). Translating the Middle Ages. Oxford, New York: Routledge. p. 150. ISBN 9781315549965. Retrieved Sep 3, 2017.

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