JOHN VIII, Byzantine Emperor

(John Palaeologus), 1390–1448, Byzantine emperor (1425–48), son and successor of Manuel II. When he acceded, the Byzantine Empire had been reduced by the Turks to the city of Constantinople. John sought in vain to secure Western aid by agreeing at the Council of Florence (1439) to the union of the Eastern and Western churches. His brother, Constantine XI, succeeded him in 1449 and was the last Byzantine emperor.

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St. John Damascene: Tradition and Originality in Byzantine Theology
Book by Andrew Louth; Oxford University Press, 2004
Subjects: John--Of Damascus, Saint
...heresy by the Byzantine Emperor), and open...defeat. 2 St John Damascene...for the Byzantine emperor Leo III has...holy icons. John writes treatises...capital of the Byzantine Empire itself...account of Emperor Leos revenge...known about John Damascene...
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The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire
Book by J. M. Hussey; Clarendon Press, 1990
Subjects: Byzantine Empire--Church History, Orthodox Eastern Church--Byzantine Empire
...Leo VI: the Emperors fourth marriage...Thirteenth-century rival Byzantine churches...VIII. Contacts...8. John V Palaeologus...John VIII Palaeologus...23 John Orsini 1323-35...the Byzantine Emperor Andronicus...aspects of the Byzantine world particularly...and the Emperor John VIII -- all this...
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History of the Byzantine Empire: From Constantine the Great to the Epoch of the Crusades - Vol. 1
Book by A. A. Vasiliev, S. Ragozin; University of Wisconsin, 1928
Subjects: Byzantine Empire--History
...were generally more Emperors than one, there were...superficial manner in which Byzantine history has been treated...Introduction, pp. v-viii. This introduction has...to the death of the Emperor Heraclius in 641 A.D. Muralt, Essay in Byzantine Chronography Essai...
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History of the Byzantine Empire
Book by George Finlay; J. M. Dent, 1906
Subjects: Byzantine Empire--History
...Phokas, and John I...Constantine VIII., A.D. 1025-1028...HISTORY OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE BOOK...proclaimed Emperor, it seemed...subjects of the Byzantine emperors changed the...Nicaea, viii. 651, 674...officers of the Byzantine emperors were allowed...
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Byzantine Empresses: Women and Power in Byzantium, AD 527-1204
Book by Lynda Garland; Routledge, 1999
Subjects: Byzantine Empire--History--1081-1453, Byzantine Empire--History--527-1081, Empresses--Byzantine Empire--Biography, Leadership In Women--Byzantine Empire--History
...wife of John II Komnenos...1 Byzantine emperors and empresses...106 John the Lydian...senate and emperors advisers...Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Collection...places in Byzantine society...Sophia, like John and Athanasios...claim to be emperor as Justinian...
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Late Medieval Crete and Venice: an Appropriation of Byzantine Heritage
Journal article by Maria Georgopoulou; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 77, 1995
Subjects: Anthropology, Art history, Byzantine civilization, Culture, Middle Ages, Venice Italy
...had helped Michael VIII regain Constantinople...the blows that the Byzantine emperor leveled against Venice...the head of Saint John the Baptist. These...national" character of Byzantine Christianity, which saw the emperor not only as a state...
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Constructing a Byzantine Augusta: a Greek Book for a French Bride
Journal article by Cecily J. Hilsdale; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 87, 2005
Subjects: Art history, Manuscripts, Royalty
...dowry.77 The late Byzantine historian George...illegitimate daughter of Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos, when...Ravenna, where the Byzantine emperor Justinian and Bishop...diplomacy.87 In the later Byzantine period, John Kantakouzenos describes...
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The Liturgical Functions of Consecrated Women in the Byzantine Church
Journal article by Valerie A. Karras; Theological Studies, Vol. 66, 2005
...In 1274, (19) the Byzantine emperor Michael VIII Paleologos for political...founded by either the Byzantine emperor John II Komnenos or his...Pantokrator: Typikon of Emperor John II Komnenos for...Robert Jordan, in Byzantine Monastic Foundation...
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Pope Nicholas I and John of Ravenna: the Struggle for Ecclesiastical Rights in the Ninth Century
Journal article by Robert Joseph Belletzkie; Church History, Vol. 49, 1980
Subjects: Church History
...by abandoning John, the emperor in effect accepted...indicates that John had nominated...suggested by Eastern Emperor Michael III after...33 Although Byzantine military aid in...supported the emperor earlier: John of Ravenna...
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Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261-1557)
Journal article by Sharon E. J Gerstel; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 87, 2005
Subjects: Art exhibits, Byzantine civilization, Painting, Religious icons
...the likeness of the emperor John VIII Palaiologos and members...Council of Ferrara, the Byzantines appeared to be exotic...collect and preserve Byzantine manuscripts, along...Pisanellos studies of Emperor John VIII Palaiologos and his...
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The Elusive Eastern Empire: As the Royal Academy in London Opens a Major New Exhibition on the Artistic Splendours of the Byzantine Empire, Dionysios Stathakopoulos Surveys Its History, from Its Foundation in 324 to Its Conquest in 1453
Magazine article by Dionysios Stathakopoulos; History Today, Vol. 58, November 2008
Subjects: Byzantine Empire, 330-1453--History, Byzantine antiquities--Collections and collecting
...empire in constant decline, although some Byzantines profited from the decentralization of...advocates as the only solution. Many of the emperors pursued this policy right to the very end, when John VIII (r. 1425-1448) took part at the Council...
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The Fall of Constantinople: Judith Herrin Tells the Dramatic Story of the Final Moments of Byzantine Control of the Imperial Capital
Magazine article by Judith Herrin; History Today, Vol. 53, June 2003
Subjects: Civilization, Ancient
...moments of Byzantine control of...Most Serene Emperor were flying...the eldest John VIII. When John...reduced the emperor to the status...Turkish vassal. John V agreed...Byzantine rulers had...the young emperor Manuel II...and his son John VIII proved that...
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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
...emperor. Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaeologus...Byzantine emperor could release...Sultan. With Byzantine gold in his...Michael VIII helped instigate...Michael VIII himself wrote...The word byzantine has come...Byzantine emperors concocted...
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Byzantium at the Metropolitan
Magazine article by Karen Wilkin; New Criterion, Vol. 22, June 2004
Subjects: Metropolitan Museum of Art--Exhibitions, New York, New York--Exhibitions
...empire, see John Julius Norwichs...sent by the Byzantine general, the emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos...images of the Byzantine emperor John VIII, made in...another. The emperors appearance...sketches of John VIII and his retinue...the end of Byzantine art and the...
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The Medici and Gozzoli's Magi
Magazine article by Malcolm Oxley; History Today, Vol. 44, December 1994
Subjects: Art, Renaissance--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Gozzoli, Benozzo--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Mural painting and decoration--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Painting, Italian--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...his entourage with that of the Byzantine Emperor John VIII Paleologus at Florence. That...Catholic) one. In eastern Europe the Byzantine empire was on its last legs controlling...capital, Constantinople. The Emperor John desperately sought help from...
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Second Coming; POPE BENEDICT'S VISIT TO THE UK NEXT YEAR COULD BE BIGGER THAN THE WORLD CUP.. BUT NOT EVERYONE WILL BE GLAD TO WELCOME HIM
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), September 24, 2009
Subjects: John Paul II, Pope
...by a Pope since Henry VIII broke with the Roman Catholic...Britain could eclipse Pope John Pauls whirlwind tour in...offended Muslims by quoting a Byzantine emperor: "Show me what Mohammed...been made." LAST VISIT John Paul II with the Queen...
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Never Short on Skill; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 30, 2006
...Emperor Alexius I and a pretender. At Adrianople VIII, in 1205, the Bulgars defeated the Byzantine Emperor and Crusader Baldwin. Adrianople IX, in 1225...with a tower of coloured glass designed by John Piper and Patrick Reyntiens, which throws a...
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1000-1999
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 27, 1999
...ending the Byzantine Empire. 1489...crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1531 - King Henry VIII becomes head...posthumously. 1535 - John Calvin writes...XIV becomes emperor of France...occurs. 1667 - John Milton begins...Mathematica." 1690 - John Locke writes...Great becomes emperor of Russia...
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Treasures on the Trail of the Wandering Turks; It Took a Journey of 4,000 Miles over Eight Centuries to Lay the Foundations of Modern Turkey. A New Exhibition Traces These Nomadic Footprints to Constantinople
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), January 14, 2005
...with the expiry of the Byzantine Empire and 1453 is a...from the English of King John; the language of the...matters. The Ottoman emperor might drop unfaithful...contemporaries Henry VIII of England, Francis I...Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. He spoke demotic Greek...


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encyclopedia articles on: John VIII Byzantine Emperor  - 19 results

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John VIII , Byzantine Emperor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JOHN VIII , Byzantine emperor (John Palaeologus), 1390 1448, Byzantine emperor (1425 48), son and...of Constantinople. John sought in vain to secure...1449 and was the last Byzantine emperor...
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Michael VIII , Byzantine Emperor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MICHAEL VIII , Byzantine emperor (Michael Palaeologus...regent for Emperor John IV of Nicaea, he...its capital from Emperor Baldwin II . With the Byzantine Empire thus restored...patriarch. He later had John IV blinded and imprisoned...
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John IV , Byzantine Emperor of Nicaea
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...emperor of Nicaea (John Lascaris)las k ris, b. c.1250, d. after 1273, Byzantine emperor of Nicaea (1258 61), son...Palaeologus (later Michael VIII ) overthrew the regency...imprisoned. It is possible that John escaped from his fortress...
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Constantine XI , Byzantine Emperor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Constantine Palaeologus), d. 1453, last Byzantine emperor (1449 53), brother and successor of John VIII. To secure Western aid against the Turkish...months of heroic defense, directed by the emperor, the city and the empire fell. Constantine...
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Manuel II , Byzantine Emperor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...emperor (Manuel Palaeologus), 1350 1425, Byzantine emperor (1391 1425), son and successor of John V . In his youth he was taken captive by the...the government to his son and successor, John VIII. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia...
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