Encyclopedia - 1183: Encyclopedia - 1183
1183 - Events. Three-year old Emperor Go-Toba ascends to the throne of Japan after the forced abdication of his brother Emperor Antoku...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manuel I Comnenus: Encyclopedia Ii - Manuel I Comnenus - The Second Crusade And Raynald Of Chatillon
The first test of Manuel's reign came in 1144, when he was faced with a demand by Raymond, Prince of Antioch for the cession of Cilician ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manuel I Comnenus: Encyclopedia Ii - Manuel I Comnenus - The Second Crusade And Raynald Of Chatillon
The first test of Manuel's reign came in 1144, when he was faced with a demand by Raymond, Prince of Antioch for the cession of Cilician ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maria Comnena: Encyclopedia Ii - Maria Comnena - Queen Consort Of Hungary
Maria Comnena was the daughter of Isaakios Comnenus. Isaakios was a son of the Emperor John II Comnenus and Piroska, daughter of King Lad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fourth Crusade: Encyclopedia Ii - Fourth Crusade - Background
After the failure of the Third Crusade, there was little interest in Europe for another crusade against the Muslims. The Fourth Crusade w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manuel I Comnenus: Encyclopedia Ii - Manuel I Comnenus - Family
Manuel had two wives. His first marriage, in 1146, was to Bertha of Sulzbach, a sister-in-law of Conrad III of Germany. She died in 1159....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manuel I Comnenus: Encyclopedia Ii - Manuel I Comnenus - Assessment
As a young man, Manuel had been determined to restore by force of arms the predominance of the Byzantine Empire in the Mediterranean coun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manuel I Comnenus: Encyclopedia Ii - Manuel I Comnenus - Character
Manuel was a brave general and an even more skillful diplomat and statesman. Famous for his charisma and his love of the West, he became ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maria Comnena: Encyclopedia Ii - Maria Comnena - Imperial Princess
Maria Comnena (1149-1182) was the eldest daughter of the Emperor Manuel I Comnenus by his first wife, Bertha of Sulzbach. She was known a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manuel I Comnenus: Encyclopedia Ii - Manuel I Comnenus - Assessment
In spite of his military prowess Manuel achieved but in a slight degree his object of restoring the Byzantine Empire. In fact he succeede...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manuel I Comnenus: Encyclopedia Ii - Manuel I Comnenus - Character
Manuel was a brave general and an even more skillful diplomat and statesman. Famous for his charisma and his love of the West, he became ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manuel I Comnenus: Encyclopedia Ii - Manuel I Comnenus - The Danube Frontier: Hungary Is Defeated Greece Flourishes
On his northern frontier Manuel expended considerable effort to preserve the conquests made by Basil II over one hundred years earlier an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fourth Crusade: Encyclopedia Ii - Fourth Crusade - Further Attacks On Constantinople
The crusaders were opposed to Isaac, as they had never met him and did not believe he was part of their deal with Alexius, but the Byzant...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fourth Crusade: Encyclopedia Ii - Fourth Crusade - Diversion To Constantinople
Boniface, meanwhile, had left the fleet before it sailed from Venice, and had visited his cousin Philip of Swabia. The reasons for his vi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fourth Crusade: Encyclopedia Ii - Fourth Crusade - Attack On Zara
Main article: Siege of Zara Since there was no binding agreement amongst the crusaders that all should sail from Venice, many chose to sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fourth Crusade: Encyclopedia Ii - Fourth Crusade - Final Capture Of Constantinople; Outcome
The crusaders were eventually able to knock holes in the walls, small enough for a few knights at a time to crawl through; the Venetians ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manuel I Comnenus: Encyclopedia Ii - Manuel I Comnenus - Accession To The Throne
Having distinguished himself in his father's war against the Seljuk Turks, in 1143 Manuel was nominated emperor by his father, in prefere...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manuel I Comnenus: Encyclopedia Ii - Manuel I Comnenus - Manuel's Invasion Of Egypt
Control of Egypt was a decades-old dream of the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. Only a Byzantine alliance could accomplish this goal, howe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manuel I Comnenus: Encyclopedia Ii - Manuel I Comnenus - The Italian Campaign And Pope Alexander Iii
In the same year the emperor made war upon Roger II of Sicily, whose fleet had captured Corfu and plundered the Greek towns, but in 1148 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manuel I Comnenus: Encyclopedia Ii - Manuel I Comnenus - Kilij Arslan Ii And The Seljuk Turks
Manuel had made an agreement with the Seljuks, following his earlier victory over them, that certain frontier regions, including the city...   » Read the article