Medievalists.net » Palaeologus dynasty http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Warfare and propaganda: the portrayal of Andronikos II Palaiologos (1282 – 1328) as an incompetent military leader in the Histories of John VI Kantakouzenos (1347-1354) http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/09/warfare-and-propaganda-the-portrayal-of-andronikos-ii-palaiologos-1282-1328-as-an-incompetent-military-leader-in-the-histories-of-john-vi-kantakouzenos-1347-1354/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/09/warfare-and-propaganda-the-portrayal-of-andronikos-ii-palaiologos-1282-1328-as-an-incompetent-military-leader-in-the-histories-of-john-vi-kantakouzenos-1347-1354/#comments Sun, 09 Feb 2014 11:18:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47459 The Histories of Kantakouzenos is the main source for the civil war between Andronikos II and Andronikos III which was fought intermittently from 1321 until 1328.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/20/manuel-ii-palaeologus-in-paris-1400-1402-theology-diplomacy-and-politics/feed/ 0 The legal aspects of the Stefan Dušan`s involvement in the civil war in Byzantium 1341-1354 http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/16/the-legal-aspects-of-the-stefan-dusans-involvement-in-the-civil-war-in-byzantium-1341-1354/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/16/the-legal-aspects-of-the-stefan-dusans-involvement-in-the-civil-war-in-byzantium-1341-1354/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:34:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=33886 The problem of the legal aspects is consisting mainly of the measure of influence of contemporary concepts of what was legitimate and legal towards the sequence of events during the civil war which started a few months after the death of the Emperor Andronikos III (died 15 June 1341) and lasted with certain periods of a relative peace until his son John V finally succeeded to take the sole rule of an Emperor (after 10 December 1354).

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