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Jan 10, 2019 · This essay will focus on the experiences of Aliceof Antiochand her daughter, Constance, in order to better understand the political culture of the Latin East, defined here as the set of attitudes and assumptions that justified the exercise of power and allowed certain individuals access to authority while denying it to others 5 It seeks to incre...
- Erin L. Jordan
- 2019
May 13, 2021 · For example, Constance the rightful princess of Antioch had authority as the daughter of Bohemond II, the granddaughter of Bohemond I and the mother of Bohemond III but only half of the surviving charters her husband Raymond issued were with her consent (158-9).
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Jun 25, 2015 · He declared himself Bohemond I, Prince of Antioch in defiance of his oath of allegiance to the emperor. He was confirmed as Prince of Antioch in Jerusalem at Christmas 1099 by Daibert, the newly elected patriarch of Jerusalem, although with doubtful authority as John of Oxeia had been appointed patriarch of Antioch.
Oct 1, 2023 · The conflict with the Byzantines was reignited in 1097, when Bohemond seized Antioch and the land around the city and refused to surrender it to the emperor; this lasted until 1108, when Bohemond was defeated and compelled to acknowledge Byzantine overlordship in Antioch at the Treaty of Devol.19
- Roger Borsa – The Moneybag
- Bohemond of Taranto
- Bohemond Becomes A Crusader
- The Independent Sicily
The ruler had been given his nickname “moneybags” because he was accused of having counted all the coins in his moneybag since his early childhood. A highly unchivalrous habit and a recipe for the failure of every medieval feudal lord! The knightly ideal envisioned the lavish prince who appreciated money only when he had spent it on his splendour. ...
Bohemond, Robert’s son from his first marriage, was quite a different fellow. Although his father had excluded him from succession, he found the support of numerous nobles. They turned peaceful Puglia into a theatre of war. In the end, Roger Borsa was forced to merge a considerable part of his duchy into the Principality of Taranto in order to give...
The conflict between Roger Borsa and his older half-brother ended in 1096 in a relatively typical manner. Bohemond discovered a new destination where he could live out his ambition. He joined the first crusade with the firm goal of conquering an important dominion for himself. He succeeded. Bohemond ruthlessly secured the rule over Antioch for hims...
While Bohemond conquered Antioch, the older Roger limited himself to the systematic assumption of power in Sicily. In 1094, at the age of 63, Roger was at last the undisputed lord of the island. This meant that he was in a unique position in Europe: while the princes elsewhere had to deal with strong vassals all over, Roger ruled over a mixture of ...
- Forced by loss of Raymond and Joscelin to deal with Antioch (went with Templars and produced a truce with Nur ad-Din) and then Edessa. - Had to deal with Constance, Raymond's widow, in Antioch. Why was there conflict between Baldwin III and Melisende?
The great army of the crusaders was annihilated or dispersed; the principality of Antioch was left without a head, by the surprise and captivity of Bohemond; his ransom had oppressed him with a heavy debt; and his Norman followers were insufficient to repel the hostilities of the Greeks and Turks.
