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Episode 309 – Cautious and Weak

https://thehistoryofbyzantium.com/2024/09/04/episode-309-cautious-and-weak/

Published: September 4, 2024 23:32

We look at Andronikos II Palailogos’ domestic arrangements and European wars. After disbanding his fleet to save money the Emperor was repeatedly humiliated by the Venetians. We also look at the Emperor’s personality to understand why he was not best…

Episode 308 – The Fall of Anatolia

https://thehistoryofbyzantium.com/2024/08/28/episode-308-the-fall-of-anatolia/

Published: August 28, 2024 13:35

The arrival of the Mongols in Anatolia would eventually lead to the expulsion of the Romans. Mongol dominance of the plateau sent waves of tribes into Byzantine territory. It was a crisis which the Emperor Andronikos was not equal to. Period: 1281-1303…

Episode 307 – Healing the Divisions

https://thehistoryofbyzantium.com/2024/08/21/episode-307-healing-the-divisions/

Published: August 21, 2024 13:16

The Union of Lyons had unleashed bitter division within Byzantium. We follow Michael and his son Andronikos as they try to make peace with the various factions that had opposed them. Period: 1281-1310 Left Pic: Andronikos II Palaiologos from the manuscript…

Episode 306 – Church Union

https://thehistoryofbyzantium.com/2024/08/14/episode-306-church-union/

Published: August 14, 2024 13:53

Left Pic: Michael VIII Palaiologos from ‘Rulers of the Byzantine Empire’ by Kibea. Right pic: Statue of Charles of Anjou by Arnolfo di Cambio c. 1277 The Pope responds with despair to the news of Constantinople’s fall. He calls for a Crusade to restore the…

Episode 305 – The Return from Exile

https://thehistoryofbyzantium.com/2024/08/07/episode-305-the-return-from-exile/

Published: August 7, 2024 19:07

Pic: The Deesis mosaic from the gallery of the Hagia Sophia. Created after the return to Constantinople in 1261. Michael VIII Palaiologos enters the city of Constantine for the first time. He has a lot of work to do to rebuild the city and restore its…

Episode 304 – Questions XIV

https://thehistoryofbyzantium.com/2024/07/21/episode-304-questions-xiv/

Published: July 21, 2024 14:27

We look at listener questions about this period of narrative. Were the Varangian Guard still employed at Nicaea? Had Greek Fire been lost? How many Emperors are actually Saints? Why did Nicaea win? Should they have moved back to Constantinople? Were the…

Episode 303 – Pinch Me

https://thehistoryofbyzantium.com/2024/07/17/episode-303-pinch-me/

Published: July 17, 2024 22:20

We talk about the challenges which Michael Palaiologos and the Nicaens faced as they prepared to move back to Constantinople. Period: 1204-61 Pic: Michael VIII Palaiologos. Miniature portrait in a manuscript of George Pachymeres’ Historia, early 14th…

Episode 302 – Colonial Occupation

https://thehistoryofbyzantium.com/2024/07/10/episode-302-colonial-occupation/

Published: July 10, 2024 22:31

Pic: Chlemoutsi Castle (in Andravida in the Peloponnese) was built by the Latin rulers of the Principality of Achaea.  We talk about the Latin occupied parts of Byzantium. What was life like for the conquered and the conquerors? Was the occupation a…