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Showing posts with label Michael VIII Paleologos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Michael VIII Paleologos. Show all posts
09 November 2025

Genoa versus Venice, Part 1

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Four times between 1258 and 1381, the rivalry between the maritime republics of Genoa and Venice reached a tipping point that turned into m...
28 June 2025

Genoa Grows

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After the sack of Genoa by the Fatimids, the city started to recover. One avenue for commercial growth was the Crusades, and the First Crus...
19 May 2025

The Trebizond Empire

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Some Byzantine rulers invaded lands far enough from Constantinople that it made sense to establish the territories as separate empires. One ...
18 May 2025

Western Georgia

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After King David VI Narin of Georgia took the western half of the kingdom and seceded from Georgia , he became King David I of Imereti (West...
23 December 2024

Second Council of Lyon

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When the East-West Schism was over 200 years old, Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Paleologos (1224 - 1282) asked Pope Gregory X to help reun...
27 March 2024

Trial by Ordeal

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Trial by Ordeal took many forms in the ancient world and the Middle Ages. In a sense, it was an appeal to God to reveal the culprit. In Old ...
25 July 2014

Taking Back Constantinople

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Alexios Comnenos Strategopoulos Recently, DailyMedieval covered the 4th Crusade and its misguided conquest of Constantinople. ( This po...
11 January 2013

East & West

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Pope Gregory at the Second Council of Lyons The Second Council of Lyons, mentioned yesterday, accomplished many things. It was called by...