Michael V Part 8
Michael, on the other hand, being the supreme ruler of the Empire, was in a superior position and he made good use of it....
Michael V Part 7
He gradually developed this theme and presently launched a big-scale attack. He recalled John’s arrogance in the past, exposed his ill-will and deceit in...
Michael V Part 6
He proceeded to effect a reconciliation between the emperor and his kinsmen. He persuaded him to grant certain privileges to them, with the promise...
Michael V Part 5
In fact, more than that, he seems to me to have felt envy even for the supernatural, so great was his dislike and suspicion...
Michael V Part 4
They shared their secrets. They stood side by side in their campaign against John, knowing that he, on his part, was scheming against them....
Michael V Part 3
The more he acquiesced in John’s schemes, the more John suspected his motives. He plumbed the hollow depths of the young emperor’s mind, but...
Michael V Part 2
4. So with one accord they straightway banded together for the contest. With the artillery of their logic they laid siege to her soul...
Michael V Part 1
Michael V 1041-1042
Theodora 1049
1. His nephew, whom I have mentioned several times in the last book, succeeded him as emperor. In fact, when John...
Antiochus Strategos part 27
Willibald and Mother Church, like a hen that cherishes her offspring beneath her wings, won over many adoptive sons to the Lord, protecting them...
Antiochus Strategos part 26
Soon after he came there, the archbishop St. Boniface, Burchard and Wizo consecrated him and invested him with the sacred authority of the episcopate....
