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May 13, 2024 · Uprising of Asen and Peter. Turnovo, Bulgaria. The disastrous rule of the last Comnenian emperor Andronikos I (r. 1183–85) worsened the situation of the Bulgarian peasantry and nobility. The first act of his successor Isaac II Angelos was to impose an extra tax to finance his wedding.
3 days ago · After Constantine Angelos Doukas was blinded during the rebellion against Isaac II, the Vlachs and the Bulgarians resumed their attacks against the Byzantine Empire. [64] [65] The Emperor dispatched Alexios Gidos and Basil Vatatzes to wage war against the invaders, but their united armies were almost annihilated in the Battle of Arcadiopolis . [65]
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1 day ago · The Fourth Crusade (November 10, 1202 - April 13, 1204) [2] was a Latin Christian armed expedition called by Pope Innocent III. The stated intent of the expedition was to recapture the Muslim -controlled city of Jerusalem, by first defeating the powerful Egyptian Ayyubid Sultanate. However, a sequence of economic and political events culminated ...
May 7, 2024 · The Assault on Constantinople. In April 1204, the combined forces of the Crusaders and the Venetians launched an all-out attack on Constantinople. The city, famed for its formidable walls and strong defenses, was taken by surprise. After several days of intense fighting, the Crusaders breached the city’s defenses and entered Constantinople.
Isaac appointed competent ministers like Theodore Kastamonites and Konstantine Mesopotamites who managed to get good results with regards to taxation and administration,keeping nobles in check.Also Alexios III was pretty much an indulgent wastrel the only thing keeping the adminstration afloat was his wife Euphrosine Doukaina Kamatere.
3 days ago · My account of the negotiations between Isaac II Angelos and Saladin in 1185-92 is criticised, partly because the mosque in Constantinople was a new one and not an existing one and partly because there is no evidence that Isaac requested the protectorship of the Holy Places from Saladin before 1192.
3 days ago · The first act of his successor Isaac II Angelos was to impose an extra tax to finance his wedding. In 1185, two aristocrat brothers from Tarnovo , Theodore and Asen , asked the emperor to enlist them into the army and grant them land, but Isaac II declined and slapped Asen across the face. [27]
