The epilepsy of the Emperor Theodore II Lascaris (1254-1258)

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Title

The epilepsy of the Emperor Theodore II Lascaris (1254-1258) (EN)

Creator

Lascaratos, J (EN)

Zis, PV (EN)

Type

journalArticle (EN)

Partial document
Publication in journal (EN)

Article
Scientific article (EN)

Issued

2014-03-01T01:47:44Z

1998 (EN)

Year

1998 (EN)

Description

The study of contemporary historic sources affords us a clinical picture of the epilepsy of the Byzantine Emperor, Theodore II Lascaris (1254-1258). It appears that he suffered from an epileptic disorder of rather generalized tonic-clonic type (grand mal), which started to afflict him in all probability before the age of 30 years. Numerous incidents described by many historians of his entourage reveal that he also had serious behavior disorders that the famous Byzantine historian, George Pachymeres, directly attributed to his disease. (EN)

Scientific field

Clinical Neurology (EN)

Medical and Health Sciences ▶ Clinical Medicine
Clinical Neurology (EN)

Subject

epilepsy (EN)

Theodore II Lascaris (EN)

medieval literature (EN)

Byzantine medicine (EN)

Journal

JOURNAL OF EPILEPSY (EN)

Language

English