Medievalists.net » Emperor Manuel Komnenos I http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Failed Experience: Why Did Manuel Komnenos Lose the Battle at Myriokephalon? http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/27/the-failed-experience-why-did-manuel-komnenos-lose-the-battle-at-myriokephalon/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/27/the-failed-experience-why-did-manuel-komnenos-lose-the-battle-at-myriokephalon/#comments Sat, 27 Jul 2013 18:47:12 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42393 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

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/27/the-failed-experience-why-did-manuel-komnenos-lose-the-battle-at-myriokephalon/feed/ 0 The Byzantines and Saladin, 1185-1192: Opponents of the Third Crusade http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/26/the-byzantines-and-saladin-1185-1192-opponents-of-the-third-crusade/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/26/the-byzantines-and-saladin-1185-1192-opponents-of-the-third-crusade/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 23:56:18 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=23303 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 […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/26/the-byzantines-and-saladin-1185-1192-opponents-of-the-third-crusade/feed/ 0 The “Wild Beast from the West”: Immediate Literary Reactions in Byzantium to the Second Crusade http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/20/the-%e2%80%9cwild-beast-from-the-west%e2%80%9d-immediate-literary-reactions-in-byzantium-to-the-second-crusade/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/20/the-%e2%80%9cwild-beast-from-the-west%e2%80%9d-immediate-literary-reactions-in-byzantium-to-the-second-crusade/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:43:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=23005  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 […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/20/the-%e2%80%9cwild-beast-from-the-west%e2%80%9d-immediate-literary-reactions-in-byzantium-to-the-second-crusade/feed/ 0 Manuel I Komnenos and Michael Glycas: A Twelfth-Century Defense and Refutation of Astrology http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/07/manuel-i-komnenos-and-michael-glycas-a-twelfth-century-defense-and-refutation-of-astrology/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/07/manuel-i-komnenos-and-michael-glycas-a-twelfth-century-defense-and-refutation-of-astrology/#comments Sun, 08 May 2011 01:34:41 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=20555 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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