| AD | Event |
| 1339 | Embassy of the Younger Andronicus to Pope Benedict XII
The Arguments for a Crusade and Union |
| 1348 | Negotiation of Cantacuzene with Clement VI |
| 1355 | Treaty of John Palaeologus with Innocent VI |
| 1369 | Visit of John Palaeologus to Urban V at Rome |
| 1370 | His Return to Constantinople;
Visit of the Emperor Manuel |
| 1400 | To the Court of France,
To the Court of England |
| 1402 | His Return to Greece;
Greek Knowledge and Descriptions,
—Of Germany, Of France , Of England |
| 1402-1417 | Indifference of Manuel towards the Latins |
| 1417-1425 | His Negotiations, His Private Motives, His Death |
| 1425-1437 | Zeal of John Palaeologus II; Corruption of the Latin Church |
| 1377-1429 | Schism |
| 1409 | Council of Pisa |
| 1414-1418 | Of Constance |
| 1431-1443 | Of Basil; Their Opposition to Eugenius IV |
| 1434-1437 | Negotiations with the Greeks
John Palaeologus embarks in the Pope's Galleys |
| 1348 | His Triumphal Entry at Venice — Into Ferrara |
| AD | Event |
| 1348,1439 | Council of the Greeks and Latins at Ferrara and Florence
Negotiations with the Greeks |
| 1438 | Eugenius deposed at Basil; Re-union of the Greeks at Florence |
| 1440 | Their Return to Constantinople |
| 1449 | Final Peace of the Church |
| 1300-1453 | State of the Greek Language at Constantinople
Comparison of the Greeks and Latins
Revival of the Greek Learning in Italy |
| 1339 | Lessons of Barlaam |
| 1339-1374 | Studies of Petrarch |
| 1360 | Of Boccace |
| 1360-1363 | Leo Pilatus, 1st Greek Professor at Florence and in the West |
| 1390-l415 | Foundation of the Greek Language in Italy by Manuel Chrysoloras |
| 1400-1500 | The Greeks in Italy; Cardinal Bessarion, etc.
Their Faults and Merits —The Platonic Philosophy
Emulation and Progress of the Latins |
| 1447-1455 | Nicholas V |
| 1428-1492 | Cosmo and Lorenzo of Medicis; Use and Abuse of Ancient Learning |