History/Medieval Studies 303
Readings:
Book List
Iconoclasm
Discussion
Topics
Chronologies:
Imperial Crisis
Later Roman
Emperors, 306-395
Fall of Western
Empire
Age of Justinian
Islamic Caliphs
Byzantine Dark
Ages
Triumph of
Christianity
Macedonian Resurgence
Crusades
Restoration and Ottoman Advance
Handouts:
Population
Finances under
Justinian
Byzantium c.850A.D.
Currency charts:
Diocletian
and Constantine
Justinian
and Heraclius
Isaurian,
Amorian, and Macedonian Ages
Comnenian
and Palaeogian Ages
| Latin Empire | Empire of Nicaea | |
| House of Lascaris | ||
| Baldwin I (1204-1205) | Theodore I (1204-1222) | |
| Henry of Flanders (1205-15) | John III Vatatzes (1222-1254) | |
| Peter of Courtenay (1217) | Theodore II (1254-1258) | |
| Yolande (1217-1219) | John IV (1258-1260) | |
| Robert of Courtenay (1211-28) | House of Palaeologus | |
| Baldwin II (1228-1231) | MICHAEL VIII (1260-1261) | |
| Constantinople recovered 1261 |
Empire of Thessalonica
Michael Angelus (1204-1215), Despot of Epirus
Theodore Comnenus-Ducas (1215-1230), occupied Thessalonica 1224
Manuel (1230-1237)
John (1237-1242), relinquished title emperor in 1242, Despot of Epirus (1242-1244)
Demetrius, Despot of Epirus (1244-1246); Thessalonica occupied by Nicene forces in 1246
Restored Byzantine Empire: The Palaeologan Dynasty
| MICHAEL VIII (1260-1282) | Andronicus IV (1376-79) | |
| ANDRONICUS II (1282-1328) | John VII ((1390) | |
| Andronicus III (1328-1341) | MANUEL II (1391-1425) | |
| John V (1341-1391) | John VIII (1425-1448) | |
| John VI Cantacuzanus (1347-1354) | CONSTANTINE XI (1449-53) |
The Ottoman Sultans
Osman (1288-1326)
ORHAN (1326-1362), crowned sultan in 1337
MURAD I (1362-1389)
BAYEZID I "THE THUNDERBOLT" (1389-1402)
Mehmed I (1402-1421)
Suleiman I (1402-1410)
Musa (1411-1413)
MURAD II (1421-1451)
MEHMED II "THE CONQUEROR" (1451-1481)
Bayezid II (1481-1512)
Selim I "the Grim" (1512-1530)
Suleiman II "the Magnificient" (1520-1566)
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