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COMNENUS

kŏmnēˈnəs, family name of several Byzantine emperors—Isaac I, Alexius I, John II, Manuel I, Alexius II, and Andronicus I—who reigned in the 11th and 12th cent., and of the historian, Princess Anna Comnena. Though unable to turn back the forces that contributed to the eventual downfall of the Byzantine Empire, they were generally able rulers. Hellenism was revived during the family's reign, and contact with the West was increased. A branch of the family founded the empire of Trebizond (see Trebizond, empire of) after the fall of Constantinople in 1204.

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Deeds of John and Manuel Comnenus
Book by John Kinnamos, Charles M. Brand; Columbia University Press, 1976
Subjects:	Byzantine Empire--History--John Ii Comnenus, 1118-1143, Byzantine Empire--History--Manuel I Comnenus, 1143-1180, John--Ii Comnenus--Emperor Of The East--1088-1143, Manuel--I Comnenus--Emperor Of The East--Ca. 1120-1180
Deeds of John and Manuel Comnenus by John Kinnamos NUMBER XCV...STUDIES Deeds of John and Manuel Comnenus by John Kinnamos Translated...12th cent. Deeds of John and Manuel Comnenus. Records of civilization, sources...

Byzantium's Balkan Frontier: A Political Study of the Northern Balkans, 900-1204
Book by Paul Stephenson; Cambridge University Press, 2000
Subjects:	Balkan Peninsula--Politics And Government, Byzantine Empire--Ethnic Relations, Byzantine Empire--Politics And Government--1081-1453, Byzantine Empire--Politics And Government--527-1081
...1143 187 7. Manuel I Comnenus confronts the West 1143 1156 211...Cinnamus not The Deeds of John and Manuel Comnenus , but the Alexiad by Anna Comnena...variant exists, for example Alexius Comnenus not Alexios Komnenos, and John not Ioannes...

History of the Byzantine Empire
Book by Charles Diehl, George B. Ives; Princeton University Press, 1925
Subjects:	Byzantine Empire--History
...CHAPTER V The Apogee of the Empire under the Macedonian Dynasty, 867-1081 72 CHAPTER VI The Comnenus Dynasty, 1081-1204 111 CHAPTER VII The Latin Empire of Constantinople and the Greek Empire...

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Vol. 7
Book by Edward Gibbon, J. B. Bury; Methuen, 1900
Subjects:	Byzantine Empire--History, Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D
...re-peoples and adorns Constantinople 200 1453 Extinction of the Imperial Families of Comnenus* and Palae ologus 203 1460 Loss of the Morea 204 1461...*

The World of the Middle Ages: A Reorientation of Medieval History
Book by John L. Lamonte; Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1949
Subjects:	Middle Ages
...The Restoration under Alexius I, 1081-1118 324 John and Manuel Comnenus, 1118-80 325 The Last Comneni, 1180-85 327 Decline of...

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The Church and Béla III of Hungary (1172-1196): the Role of Archbishop Lukács of Esztergom
Journal article by Zoltan J. Kosztolnyik; Church History, Vol. 49, 1980
Subjects:	Church History
...at the Byzantine court, where Manuel Comnenus succeeded to the imperial throne in...3 See Manuel Comnenus: Novellae constitutiones , in Jacques...It may be characteristic of Manuel Comnenuss change of policy that he continued the...

The Church and Béla III of Hungary (1172-1196): the Role of Archbishop Lukács of Esztergom
Journal article by Zoltan J. Kosztolnyik; Church History, Vol. 49, 1980
Subjects:	Church History
...at the Byzantine court, where Manuel Comnenus succeeded to the imperial throne in...3 See Manuel Comnenus: Novellae constitutiones , in Jacques...It may be characteristic of Manuel Comnenuss change of policy that he continued the...

Christians and the First Crusade: Douglas James Explain Why So Many in the Christian West Answered Urban II's Call to Arms Following the Council of Clermont in 1095
Journal article by Douglas James; History Review, 2005
Subjects:	Fanaticism--Religious aspects, First Crusade, 1095-1099--Analysis, Urban II, Blessed, Pope
...for two hundred years. Whilst the letter appealing for help against the Seljuk Turks sent by the Byzantine Emperor Alexius I Comnenus perhaps encapsulates this spark, contextually, it could be argued that the fire Mayer proposes was an inevitable occurrence...

Hubert Houben. Rogier II of Sicily. A Ruler between East and West
Journal article by Gabriella Brooke; Italian Culture, Vol. 20, 2002
Subjects:	Books--Book reviews, Rogier II of Sicily. A Ruler between East and West (Book)--Book reviews
...royal privilege by the German emperors, heirs of the Western Roman Empire, who coveted the south. Byzantine Emperor Manuel Comnenus, whose family had a long history of enmity with the Normans, conspired against him with different allies at different times...

Ecumenical Trends in the Armenian Church
Journal article; The Ecumenical Review, Vol. 51, 1999
Subjects:	Armenia--Foreign relations, Armenian Church--History, Armenians--Religious aspects, Bible (Sacred text)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Christians--Armenia
...theologians of the Armenian church had a serious conversation with Duke Alexis, a representative of the Byzantine emperor Manuel Comnenus (1143-80). Surprised to find the exposition of Bishop Nerses the Gracious so lucid and convincing, Alexis felt that the Byzantine...

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Soldiers of the Second Crusade Leave from Devon
Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 47, May 1997
Subjects:	Crusades--Second, 1147-1149
...Zengi and the deaths of the capable Byzantine emperor, John Comnenus, and Fulk of Anjou, the king of Jerusalem, left the Christian...motives and hidden agendas. The new Byzantine emperor, Manuel Comnenus, was insistent that all crusader conquests should be made in...

The Persistence of Byzantium
Magazine article by Warren Treadgold; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 22, Autumn 1998
Subjects:	Byzantium (Ancient city)--Analysis, Cities and towns, Ruined, extinct, etc.--Analysis
...tyrannical behavior, such as Andronicus I Comnenus (r. 1183-85), were promptly overthrown...monopolized by members or relatives of the Comnenus family itself. Most of the aristocracy...of the reigning emperor, Andronicus I Comnenus. The aristocracy was riven by family...

The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople: Jonathan Phillips Sees One of the Most Notorious Events in European History as a Typical 'Clash of Cultures'
Magazine article by Jonathan Phillips; History Today, Vol. 54, May 2004
Subjects:	Late Byzantine Empire, 1025-1453--Analysis, Late Byzantine Empire, 1025-1453--History
...extraordinary unpleasantness. The death of" Emperor Andronicus Comnenus in 1185 bears witness to this. With one eye gouged out, his...two decades of internal feuding. The death of Emperor Manuel Comnenus (1143-80), presaged a series of regencies, usurpations and...

War by Other Means: The Legacy of Byzantium
Magazine article by Michael Antonucci; History Today, Vol. 43, February 1993
Subjects:	Byzantine Empire--History, Diplomacy--History
...Constantinople to settle a border dispute. The Emperor Alexius I Comnenus struck a secret deal with the ambassador, buying the fortress...Constantinople to negotiate an agreement. The Emperor Manuel I Comnenus refused to see them. The ambassadors returned to Chios with...

The Capture of Jerusalem
Magazine article by John France; History Today, Vol. 47, April 1997
Subjects:	Crusades--First, 1096-1099, Jerusalem, Israel--History, Jerusalem, Israel--Military aspects
...But even this mission was a cause of strife. Urban II had wanted his great expedition to aid the Byzantine emperor Alexius Comnenus in his struggle with the Turks who had seized Asia Minor, to rescue the Christians of the East from their captivity under Islam...

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Comnenus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
COMNENUS komne n s, family name of several Byzantine emperors Isaac I , Alexius I , John II , Manuel I , Alexius II , and...

Isaac I
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ISAAC I (Isaac Comnenus)i z k komne n s, c.1005 1061, Byzantine emperor (1057 59), first of the Comnenus dynasty. Proclaimed emperor by the army...Michael VII, and Nicephorus III, the Comnenus dynasty returned to the throne with Isaacs...

Trebizond, Empire Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...by two members of the former imperial Comnenus family, David and his brother Alexius...Trebizond, who took the titles of Grand Comnenus and emperor, which were assumed by all...the empire was the conquest of David Comnenus, who soon lost his dominions to Nicaea...

Andronicus I
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ANDRONICUS I (Andronicus Comnenus)andr ni k s komne n s, 1120? 1185, Byzantine emperor (1183 85...Andronicus was tortured to death by the rabble. He was the last of the Comnenus dynasty to hold the throne of Constantinople...

Alexius II
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ALEXIUS II (Alexius Comnenus), 1168 83, Byzantine emperor (1180 83), son and successor of Manuel I. His mother, Mary of Antioch, who was regent for him, alienated...

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