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My Dearest John, I hope this letter finds you in good health and high spirits. Allow me to extend my warmest congratulations on your... -
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"Better to make of a man either truly dead, or a reliant supplicant, than to allow martyrdom or rebelliousness" - John V Palaiologos...
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The issue with the Union of the Churches is that by that point the Latins had sacked Constantinople, and then brutalised much of the...
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Thanks! From what little we know of all three—of the lot Alexios was the best choice; a man trained from birth to rule, who seemed to...
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ByzantineLover replied to the thread Our Fractured Crown: An Eastern Roman Timeline.So, do you think the empire would have been better off if John II had been succeeded by one of his three older sons (or just Isaac if...
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He had delusions of the Empire that weren’t reality; viewing it as the juggernaut power it had been under Basil II (and thus himself as...
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Michael VIII was an incredibly ambitious, cunning and diplomatically skilled Emperor with a proven record as a general and warrior. He...
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Attached below are two rough maps for visualisation purposes; barring a few errors I can't quite fix (such as the Isles containing a...
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John's hand came to rest softly over the covered remains of what had once been his father; the mighty Emperor and Autocrat of the...
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"Crippled in body, but not in mind, Andronikos III Palaiologos, Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans, would give what was left of himself...
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May 1299. Kings Langley Palace, England. The entire family stood together, even the little children, at the steps of King Edward’s...
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Appendices: Maps (Holy League War, 1523-1527) Soliman's campaigns (1521-1523) Legend: _ Dark green line: Soliman campaign of 1521...
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"It seemed that almost everyone became forgetful of friendship, human and natural affection; they no longer visited one another, hardly...
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It had been nearly two weeks of sailing from Caffa now; since his vessel and a dozen others had escaped from the Tartar wrath--from the...
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"And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider’s name was Death," - Revelation 6:8. 1342 The year started much as the last few...