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A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire1067–1204

A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire: 1067–1204 Part VI T. Venning (ed.), A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire © Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2006 1067 Egypt Severe famine. Byzantium May Constantine X falls seriously ill, and on his deathbed makes all his courtiers swear never to recognise anyone but his sons as Emperors and his wife Eudocia Macrembolitissa swear never to marry again; 21/23 May he dies aged ?62 and is buried at the monastery of St Nicholas Molyboton outside the ‘Golden Gate’ of the capital; his eldest son succeeds as Michael VII, aged around 19; due to Michael’s feeble character Eudocia is effect- ively regent with the aid of Michael’s tutor Psellus, and she looks around for a strong military man to rely on against the rising number of Turkish raids in East Anatolia. Summer Turkish horde ravages Cappadocia unopposed after bypassing frontier garrisons, and its mobile cavalry is not challenged by Byzantine forces; Caesarea is taken by surprise and sacked, the populace are massacred, and the rich shrine of St Basil looted and desecrated. Patriarch John Xiphilinus tries to dissuade Eudocia from re-marriage, but she is determined to do so and enable a military officer as her husband tackle Turks http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire1067–1204

Editors: Venning, Timothy
Venning, Timothy
A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire — Nov 14, 2015
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Palgrave Macmillan UK
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© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2006
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10.1057/9780230505865_7
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Part VI T. Venning (ed.), A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire © Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2006 1067 Egypt Severe famine. Byzantium May Constantine X falls seriously ill, and on his deathbed makes all his courtiers swear never to recognise anyone but his sons as Emperors and his wife Eudocia Macrembolitissa swear never to marry again; 21/23 May he dies aged ?62 and is buried at the monastery of St Nicholas Molyboton outside the ‘Golden Gate’ of the capital; his eldest son succeeds as Michael VII, aged around 19; due to Michael’s feeble character Eudocia is effect- ively regent with the aid of Michael’s tutor Psellus, and she looks around for a strong military man to rely on against the rising number of Turkish raids in East Anatolia. Summer Turkish horde ravages Cappadocia unopposed after bypassing frontier garrisons, and its mobile cavalry is not challenged by Byzantine forces; Caesarea is taken by surprise and sacked, the populace are massacred, and the rich shrine of St Basil looted and desecrated. Patriarch John Xiphilinus tries to dissuade Eudocia from re-marriage, but she is determined to do so and enable a military officer as her husband tackle Turks

Published: Nov 14, 2015

Keywords: Young Brother; Taurus Mountain; Ionian Island; Anatolian Plateau; Byzantine Empire

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