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	Despotate of Morea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Despotate of Morea was a province of the Byzantine Empire which existed between the mid-14th and mid-15th centuries.
		The surrendered territory became the nucleus of the Despotate of Morea.
		The rival Palaeologus dynasty seized the Morea after Manuel's death in 1380, with Theodore I Palaeologus becoming the new despot of Morea in 1383.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Despotate_of_Morea (424 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Morea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The name Morea (Greek: ÎÏÏÎÎ±Ï or ÎÏÏÎ¹Î¬Ï) was used to refer to the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece during the Middle Ages and the early modern period.
		Morea, then, would be the land of the rebels, a good description of the peninsula for much of its history.
		In the mid-14th century, the later Byzantine Emperor John VI Cantacuzenus reorganized Morea into the Despotate of Morea, usually ruled from Mistra by the current heirs of the emperor.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Morea (625 words)

	Station Information - Mystras
		Mystras became the seat of the Latin Despotate of Morea, a vassal state of the Latin Principality of Achaea, established in 1205 after the conquest of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade.
		The Latin despotate was retaken in 1262 by Michael VIII Palaeologus after the recapture of Constantinople in 1261, when John Palaeologus, Michael's brother, ransomed William to the other Latin princes.
		It remained the capital of the despotate of Morea, ruled by relatives of the Byzantine emperor, although the Venetians still controlled the coast and the islands.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/m/my/mystras.html (314 words)

	Morea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The name Morea (Μωρέας) for Peloponnesos first appears in the 10th century in Byzantine chronicles.
		Morea was organized into a despotate under the late Byzantine Empire, centred on the fortress of Mistra near Sparta.
		The despots of Morea were usually the heirs of the Byzantine emperor.
	encyclopedia.codeboy.net /wikipedia/m/mo/morea.html (121 words)

	Lexiko
		Demetrios Palaiologos: Despotes of Mistra (1449-60), fifth son of the emperor Manuel II Palaiologos.
		Despotes: title which appeared in the 12th century, referring to the position of second in the hierarchy after the emperor and co-emperor.
		Despotate of Epiros: The independent state founded by Michael I Angelos, with Arta as its capital, after the fall of the Byzantine empire to the crusaders (1205).
	pegasos.fhw.gr /chronos/10/en/lexiko/lexd.html (546 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Morea
		After the conquest of Constantinople by the forces of the Fourth Crusade (1204), two groups of Franks undertook the occupation of the Morea and created a loose alliance of the Greek population under a Latin (Western) autocrat, as the Principality of Achaea, centered within the Peleponnesos, which the Latins, following local practice, called the Morea.
		The despots of Morea were usually the current heirs of the Byzantine emperor.
		Based on his analysis of the spread of Slavic placenames in mainland Greece, Fallmerayer concluded that the 19th century Greeks had almost no lineal cultural connection to the ancients and a large one to the Slavic tribes who invaded during the 6th and 7th centuries (See also History of Roman and Byzantine Greece).
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Morea (670 words)

	Athens News
		The Despot of Morea was the second in the line to the Constantinople throne, usually the emperor's second son.
		The despotate was the sole Greek state in southern Greece and the base from which to launch operations against the Frankish principalities.
		The palaces of the despots of Morea are the most extensive ruins of Byzantine civic architecture in Europe.
	www.athensnews.gr /athweb/nathens.prnt_article?e=C&f=13138&t=06&m=A24&aa=1 (2376 words)

	Despotate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		For 150 years from the early 1300s it flourished as the seat of the Despotate of the Morea and, governed by the sons and brothers of the emperor in Constantinople, it nurtured the last Byzantine renaissance...
		A Despotate is a State ruled under a Despot/Despoina (in this context it should not be confused with Despotism).
		The title of Despot was created by Manuel I Comnenus in the 12th century as the highest title after the Byzantine Emperor.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Despotate (331 words)

	Despotate: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		A Despotate is a State (State: The way something is with respect to its main attributes) ruled under a Despot/Despoina (in this context it should not be confused with Despotism (Despotism: Dominance through threat of punishment and violence)).
		The title of Despot was created by Manuel I Comnenus (Manuel I Comnenus: more facts about this subject) in the 12th century as the highest title after the Byzantine Emperor.
		Historical Despotates include The Despotate of Epirus (Epirus: An ancient area on the Ionian Sea that flourished as a kingdom in the 3rd century BC; located in northwest Greece and southern Albania) and The Despotate of Morea (Morea: the name morea () for peloponnesos first appears...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/despotate (114 words)

	Morea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		In 1830, the German historian Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer (1790-1861) published the first of his volumes Geschichte der halbinsel Morea wahrend des Mittelalters ("History of the Morea Peninsula during the Middle Ages").
		The most important prince in the Morea was Guillaume II de Villehardouin (1245-1287), who fortified Mistra (Mystras) near the site of Sparta in 1249.
		It is licensed under the GNU free documentation license.
	pda.molinu.com /wiki/en/mo/Morea.htm (598 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Thomas and Demetrius Palaeologus
		After the fall of Constantinople to Mehmed II, the only free province of the Byzantine Empire was the Despotate of Morea, ruled by two brothers of the dead emperor Constantine XI Palaeologus, Thomas and Demetrius Palaeologus.
		Only after the deaths of their older brothers Andronicus, despot of Thessalonica, Theodore, despot of Morea, John VIII Palaeologus, Constantine XI, and two brothers in childhood, were they able to claim the throne.
		When Mehmed II invaded Morea in 1460, Thomas, who had been fighting with Demetrius for the last seven years, did not have enough soldiers to protect the wall on which so much money and time had been spent in the 15th century.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Thomas_and_Demetrius_Palaeologus (643 words)

	The world's top byzantine aristocracy and bureaucracy websites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Despotes — This title ("despot") was created by Manuel I Comnenus in the 12th century, as the highest title after the emperor.
		A despot could be the holder of a despotate; for example, the Despotate of Morea, centred at Mistra, was held by the heir to the Byzantine throne after 1261.
		Despotes, sebastokrator, kaisar, panhypersebastos, and protosebastos were normally reserved for members of the royal family, and were distinguished by different clothes and different crowns.
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	The Vale of Laconia seen from the battlements of Mystras ...
		Mystras became the seat of the Latin Despotate of Morea, a vassal vassal state of the Latin Principality of Achaea Principality of Achaea, established in 1205 1205 after the conquest of Constantinople Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade Fourth Crusade.
		It remained the capital of the despotate of Morea, ruled by relatives of the Byzantine emperor Byzantine emperor, although the Venetians Venetians still controlled the coast and the islands.
		Demetrius, the last despot of Morea, surrendered the city to the Ottoman emperor Ottoman emperor Mehmed II Mehmed II in 1460 1460.
	www.biodatabase.de /Mystras (426 words)

	Mystras
		The most important state founded by the Franks was the Principality of Morea.
		From the Chronicles of Morea: " To give to the Emperor in exchange for their liberty, the castles of Monembassia and le Grand-Maigne.
		Palaces of the Mystras Despots (Kantakouzenoi and Palaeologoi).
	www.idcnet.com /~dchristo/mystras.htm (628 words)

	Morea explained (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Morea and surrounding states carved from the Byzantine Empire, as they were in 1265 (William R. Shepherd, Historical Atlas, 1911) The name Morea (''Μωρέας'') for Peloponnesos first appears in the 10th century in Byzantine chronicles.
		There is some uncertainty over the origin of the name "Morea." The German historian Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer (1790-1861) published the first of his volumes Geschichte der halbinsel Morea wahrend des Mittelalters ("History of the Morea Peninsula during the Middle Ages") in 1830.
		Tell your family they may make their Francis Burdett's long-expected letter arrived, but brought with it no soothing, evasive terms that might be supposed suitable to an elderly was now no hope of any improvement in her affairs, Lady Hester decided she was unable to perceive, injured nobody but herself.
	www.wordspider.net /mo/morea.html (731 words)

	BALKAN PENINSULA - LoveToKnow Article on BALKAN PENINSULA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		In the 6th century the Slays penetrated to the Morea, where a Shivonic dialect was spoken down to the middle of the isth century.
		In 1204 Constantinople was captured by the Latins of the Fourth Crusade, and Baldwin of Flanders was crowned emperor; the Venetians acquired several maritime towns and islands, and Frankish feudal dynasties were established in Salonica, Athens, Achaea and elsewhere.
		Greek rule, however, survived in the despotate of Epirus under princes of the imperial house of the Angeli.
	www.1911ency.org /B/BA/BALKAN_PENINSULA.htm (5272 words)

	Thomas and Demetrius Palaeologus: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		During his rule he had good relations with the Pope, Genoa and Venice (Venice: The provincial capital of Veneto; built on 118 islands within a lagoon in the Gulf of Venice; has canals instead of streets; one of Italy's major ports and a famous tourist attraction).
		Before resigning the title of Despot of Morea to his brother Thomas, Constantine XI with 7000 soldiers conquered all the Latin states in Greece up to the Turkish border.
		This invasion of Morea and the fall of Constantinople in 1453 was a final moral blow to the two rulers of Morea.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/thomas_and_demetrius_palaeologus (685 words)

	Temple of Olympia - Pictures of Greece - Mistras (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		After the middle of the 14th century CE, when responsibility for the government of Mistras was assumed by the imperial family at Constantinople, the Despotate of the Morea flourised and developed into an important cultural centre, with close links with Constantinople.
		The palaces of the Despots were built on a small plateau on the hill.
		Buildings with a variety of functions, erected at different periods from the 13th to the 15th century CE form a large complex, dominated by the early 15th century CE throne room.
	home.freeuk.net /olympia/pictures/Mistras (327 words)

	Klepht - Phantis Wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		After the fall of Constantinople in 1453 and then Mystras in the Despotate of the Morea, Greece was entirely in the hands of the Ottoman Empire, save for a few island and coastal possesions of Venice.
		Ottoman conquests were divided up into pashaluks (provinces); in the case of the lands that form modern Greece, these were Morea and Roumeli, which were further sub-divided into feudal chifliks (Turkish çıflık, Greek τσιφλίκι).
		Any surviving Greek troops, whether regular Byzantine forces, local militia, or mercenaries had either to join the Ottoman army as janissaries, serve in the private army of a local Ottoman notable, or fend for themselves.
	wiki.phantis.com /index.php/Klepht (398 words)

	Order of the Pantocrator - NSwiki
		The Knights of the Order of the Pantocrator were founded in the Morea in 1453 by men determined to reconquer Constantinople and restore the Byzantine Empire.
		Still others were men who saw the proverbial writing on the wall for their way of life in the isolated Despotate of the Morea, and were determined not to be conquered by the Ottomans without a fight.
		They had elected to remain true to the union of the Eastern and Western churches negotiated by the Emperor John VIII and upheld by Constantine XI, laying the seeds for Pantocratoria's modern Catholicism.
	ns.goobergunch.net /wiki/index.php/Order_of_the_Pantocrator (594 words)

	Mystras the Medieval town
		The most significant of these, the French Principality of Morea, was much retarded in spreading throughout the entire Peloponnesus and so in 1249 the Frankish Prince of Achaia, Guillaume de Villehardouin, managed with the help of the Venetians, to take
		Mystras developed at such a rate that a hundred years after the building of the castle, in 1348, it became the capital of the Despotate of Morea with Manuel Kantakouzenos as first Despot, son of the Emperor John VI.
		the Palaiologoi came and succeeded in the expansion of the Despotate virtually throughout the Peloponnese.
	greece-private.com /mystras.htm (670 words)

	Roman Emperors - DIR Manuel II
		The only gain in power which John V achieved was to regain the Despotate of the Morea in the Peloponnesus, which had been administered for decades (from 1349 to 1382) by the Cantacuzeni.
		The relaxation of the situation could be seen in the fact that Manuel for the first time could leave the capital and travel to Thessaloniki (in 1407) and to the Peloponnesus (1414/16), where he supported his son Theodore II as Despot of the Morea.
		Barker John W.: "On the Chronology of the Activities of Manuel II Palaeologus in Morea in 1415," in: Byzantinische Zeitschrift 55, 1962, 39-55
	www.roman-emperors.org /manuel2.htm (6419 words)

	Politics in Late Byzantine Period
		Only in the Despotate of the Morea did the Byzantines continue to score successes against their Latin neighbours.
		Thus, in 1428, he arranged for his niece to marry one of the despotai of the Morea,
		who gave his daughter in marriage to Thomas, endowing her with most of his possessions in the Morea.
	pegasos.fhw.gr /chronos/10/en/p/pb8/pb8a.html (240 words)

	File 1a - From 1095 to 1400AD - Merchants and Bankers Listings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		1214: Duchies of Greece: Michael I, founder of the despotate of Epirus, is assassinated by one of his slaves.
		Nicephorus Angelos the despot of Epirus is aided by Florenz of Hainault Prince of Archaia and Richard Count Cephalonia.
		While the Duchy of Athens was held by the Sicilian branch of the house of Aragon, the Catalans attacked the despots of Epirus, the Venetians in Euboea, and the French in Archaia.
	www.danbyrnes.com.au /merchants/merchants1a.htm (14738 words)

	Explore Byzantium: Timeline: Decline and Fall (13th to 15th Centuries)
		The young Ottoman Sultan, Mehmet II, decides upon the final elimination of the Byzantine "Empire" - which is now effectively reduced to Constantinople itself and the Despotate (Province) of Morea in the Peloponnese.
		Constantine had been proclaimed Emperor at Mistra (capital of the Despotate of Morea) in 1449 and had precious little time to prepare for the Turkish assault.
		For the defence of Constantinople he has a small army of just over 8,000 men - 3,000 of them foreigners, including, ironically enough, contingents from Genoa and Venice, the two great Italian maritime cities who had done a considerable amount of damage to the Empire over the previous three centuries.
	byzantium.seashell.net.nz /articlemain.php?artid=time_last (886 words)

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