On the 17th of September, 1176, a huge Byzantine army entered a defile some 40 km east of modern Konya. The Byzantine chronicles call it Myriokephalon
The Byzantines and Saladin, 1185-1192: Opponents of the Third Crusade
July 26, 2011 By
The Byzantines and Saladin, 1185-1192: Opponents of the Third Crusade Brand, Charles M. Speculum, Vol. 37, No. 2 (Apr., 1962) Abstract On the eve of the Third Crusade the chief Christian state in the East joined with Saladin, sultan of Egypt and Syria, to further their common interests, which involved opposition to the Latins in the […]
The “Wild Beast from the West”: Immediate Literary Reactions in Byzantium to the Second Crusade
July 20, 2011 By
The “Wild Beast from the West”: Immediate Literary Reactions in Byzantium to the Second Crusade Jeffreys, Elizabeth and Michael The Crusades from the Perspective of Byzantium and the Muslim World, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C. (2001) Abstract The purposes of this study are two: the first and more important is to draw […]
Manuel I Komnenos and Michael Glycas: A Twelfth-Century Defense and Refutation of Astrology
May 7, 2011 By
Manuel I Komnenos and Michael Glycas: A Twelfth-Century Defense and Refutation ofAstrology George, Demetra Culture and Cosmos, Vol. 5 no 1 (2001) Abstract Manuel Komnenos I, Emperor of the Byzantine Empire composed a defense of astrology to the Church Fathers, in which he asserted that this discipline was compatible with Christian doctrine. Theologian Michael Glykas, possibly imprisoned […]
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