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	JOHN VI, Byzantine emperor. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		John’s reign briefly quieted civil and religious strife within the empire.
		In 1354 he abdicated in favor of John V and retired to a monastery, where he wrote a history of the period 1320–56.
		A defender of the mystical theory known as Hesychasm, he was instrumental in its acceptance by the Orthodox Eastern Church.
	www.bartleby.com /aol/65/jo/John6Byz.html (95 words)

	John VI Cantacuzenus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Connected with the house of Palaeologus on his mother's side, on the accession of Andronicus III in 1328 he was entrusted with the supreme administration of affairs.
		On the death of the emperor in 1341, Cantacuzenus was left regent, and guardian of his son John V Palaeologus, who was but nine years of age.
		In 1347 he entered Constantinople in triumph, and forced his opponents to an arrangement by which he became joint emperor with John Palaeologus and sole administrator during the minority of his colleague.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Cantacuzene (455 words)

	JOHN III. (EAST ROMAN EMPEROR) - LoveToKnow Article on JOHN III. (EAST ROMAN EMPEROR) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The news of the pope's escape was received at Constance with an extraordinary outburst of rage, and led to the subversive decrees of the 4th and 5th sessions, which proclaimed the superiority of the council over the pope.
		John was brought back to Freiburg (April 27), and there in vain attempted to appease the wrath which he had aroused by more or less vague promises of resignation.
		JOHN I. (925-976), surnamed Tzimisces, East Roman emperor was born of a distinguished Cappadocian family.
	85.1911encyclopedia.org /J/JO/JOHN_III_EAST_ROMAN_EMPEROR_.htm (1216 words)

	JOHN VI. or VII. (EAST ROMAN EMPEROR) - LoveToKnow Article on JOHN VI. or VII. (EAST ROMAN EMPEROR) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Cantacuzene was far too ready to invoke the aid of foreigners in his European quarrels; and as he had no money to pay them, this gave them a ready pretext for seizing upon a European town.
		Cantacuzene was also the author of a commentary on the first five books of Aristotle's Ethics, and of several controversial theological treatises, one of which (Against Mohammedanism) is printed in Migne (Patrologia Graeca, cliv.).
		When only five years old John was betrothed (1173) to the heiress of Maurienne anc Savoy, a principality which, as dominating the chief routes from France and Burgundy to Italy, enjoyed a consequence out of al proportion to its area.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /J/JO/JOHN_VI_or_VII_EAST_ROMAN_EMPEROR_.htm (2479 words)

	Andronicus III
		His chief minister during this period was John Cantacuzene, later Emperor John VI.
		During his reign Andronicus III was engaged in constant war, chiefly with the Turks, who greatly extended their conquests, conquering almost all of Asia Minor during Andronicus' reign.
		He died in 1341, and was succeeded by his son, John V.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/an/Andronicus_III.html (185 words)

	CHAPTER - CIVIL WARS AND THE RUIN OF THE GREEK EMPIRE
		The army of Cantacuzene, in sixteen divisions, was stationed on the banks of the Melas to tempt or to intimidate the capital: it was dispersed by treachery or fear; and the officers, more especially the mercenary Latins, accepted the bribes, and embraced the service, of the Byzantine court.
		In the beginning of the dispute, the empress felt, and complained, that she was deceived by the enemies of Cantacuzene: the patriarch was employed to preach against the forgiveness of injuries; and her promise of immortal hatred was sealed by an oath, under the penalty of excommunication.
		Cantacuzene instantly signed his treaty with the Venetians; but the weight of the Roman empire was scarcely felt in the balance of these opulent and powerful republics.
	www.godrules.net /library/gibbon/82gibbon_f5.htm (7452 words)

	History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire (1845) By Edward Gibbon Esq.-Volume 4 Chapter 15- from Nalanda ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In the beginning of the dispute, the empress felt, and complained, that she was deceived by the enemies of Cantacuzene: the patriarch was employed to preach against the forgiveness of injuries; and her promise of immortal hatred was sealed by an oath, under the penalty of excommunication.
		The talents of Cantacuzene were employed to the ruin, rather than the restoration, of the empire; and after his domestic victory, he was condemned to an ignominious trial, whether the Greeks or the Genoese should reign in Constantinople.
		Cantacuzene instantly signed his treaty with the Venetians; but the weight of the Roman empire was scarcely felt in the balance of these opulent and powerful republics.
	www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in /resources/english/etext-project/history/rome/volume4.chapter15.html (5359 words)

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		During the civil war between John Cantacuzene and the Palaeologi, Palamas was imprisoned.
		After Cantacuzene's victory in 1347, Palamas was released and appointed arch-bishop of Thessalonica; being refused admittance by the inhabitants, he retired to the island of Lemnos, but subsequently obtained his see.
		Jahn, 1884), containing the accusations brought against the body by the soul, the defence made by the body, and the final pronouncement of the judges in favour of the body, on the ground that its sins are the result of inadequate teaching.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=50569 (363 words)

	The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Chapter 63
		Reigns of Andronicus, the Elder and Younger, and John Palaeologus Regency, Revolt, Reign, and Abdication of John Cantacuzene.
		Reign of John Palaeologus, A.D. 1341, June 15- A.D. The empress Anne of Savoy survived her husband: heir son, John Palaeologus, was left an orphan and an emperor in the ninth year of his age; and his weakness was protected by the first and most deserving of the Greeks.
		The army of Cantacuzene, in sixteen divisions, was stationed on the banks of the Melas to tempt or to intimidate the capital: it was dispersed by treachery or fear; and the officers, more especially the mercenary Latins, accepted the bribes, and embraced the service, of the Byzantine court.
	www.ccel.org /gibbon/decline/volume2/chap63.htm (7887 words)

	John V, John VI Cantacuzene and the apogee of Serbian power - by Al. Vasilief
		A Byzantine historian of the fourteenth century, Nicephorus Gregoras, put into the mouth of John Cantacuzene these words: The great Serb (Stephen Dushan) like an overflowing river which has passed far beyond its banks, has already submerged one part of the Empire of Romania with its waves, and is threatening to submerge another.
		John Cantacuzene, for example, wrote, The Kral (King) approached Seres and took possession of it.
		In the last years of his reign a body of Serbian troops fighting on the side of John V Palaeologus was slain by the Turks.
	www.ellopos.net /elpenor/vasilief/john-v-vi.asp (1693 words)

	The policies of Byzantium in the fourteenth century- by Al. Vasilief
		John was compelled to yield, and fulfill the sultan's demand.
		The latter was discontented with Genoa and consented, by his attacks upon the shores and islands of Italy, to distract the Genoese and thereby to facilitate the advance of Venice in the east.
		After some hesitation John Cantacuzene joined the Aragon-Venetian alliance against Genoa; he accused the ungrateful nation of the Genoese of forgetting the fear of the Lord, devastating the seas as if they were seized with a mania for pillaging, and of endeavoring permanently to disturb the seas and navigators by their piratical attacks.
	www.ellopos.net /elpenor/vasilief/policies-byzantium-fourteenth-century.asp (2859 words)

	HighBeam Research: Library Search: Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		CANTACUZENE [ Cantacuzene] or Cantacuzino, noble Romanian family of Greek origin, tracing its descent from the Byzantine emperor John VI (John Cantacuzene).
		A nobleman from a prominent family, John Cantacuzene was placed on the throne by the widow of Andronicus...
		John Palaeologus), 1332-91, Byzantine emperor (1341-91), son and successor of Andronicus III.
	www.highbeam.com /library/search.asp?refid=ency_botresults&q=Cantacuzene (460 words)

	The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon (chapter63)
		Agnes, or Irene, was the daughter of Duke Henry the Wonderful, the chief of the house of Brunswick, and the fourth in descent from the famous Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony and Bavaria, and conqueror of the Sclavi on the Baltic coast.
		Cantacuzene asserts, that in all the cities, the populace were on the side of the emperor, the aristocracy on his.
		Cantacuzene praises their bravery, but imputes their losses to their ignorance of the seas: they suffered more by the breakers than by the enemy, vol.
	etext.library.adelaide.edu.au /g/gibbon/edward/g43d/chapter63.html (10065 words)

	Columbia Encyclopedia- John V - AOL Research & Learn
		Forced to fight John VI (John Cantacuzene), who usurped the throne during his minority, he came into power in 1354.
		John vainly tried to heal the schism between East and West in order to secure Western aid against the Turks.
		John V was succeeded by his son Manuel II.
	reference.aol.com /columbia/_a/john-v/20051206174809990009 (176 words)

	LXIII. Civil Wars And The Ruin Of The Greek Empire Page 6
		A private treaty with the cral or despot of Servia was soon followed by an open revolt; and Cantacuzene, on the throne of the elder Andronicus, defended the cause of age and prerogative, which in his youth he had so vigorously attacked.
		At his request the empress-mother undertook the voyage of Thessalonica, and the office of mediation: she returned without success; and unless Anne of Savoy was instructed by adversity, we may doubt the sincerity, or at least the fervor, of her zeal.
		By the arms of the Turks, who now struck a deep and everlasting root in Europe, Cantacuzene prevailed in the third contest in which he had been involved; and the young emperor, driven from the sea and land, was compelled to take shelter among the Latins of the Isle of Tenedos.
	www.web-books.com /Classics/Nonfiction/History/RomanEmpire6/RomanEmpire6C5P6.htm (793 words)

	Nicol. Last Centuries of Byzantium
		The illusion was fostered by the known facts that Mehmed II had made treaties with John Hunyadi of Hungary and with George Brankovic of Serbia, and that he had expressed his goodwill to the prince of Wallachia, to the Knights of Rhodes, and to the Genoese lords of Chios and Lesbos.
		Demetrios Cantacuzene and his son, the protostrator, who was a brother-in-law of Nikephoros, commanded a body of 700 men in the region of the Holy Apostles church in the centre of the city, ready to move wherever the need was greatest.
		John Hunyadi, who might have caused a diversion on the Danube, sent an embassy to the Sultan's camp in the course of the siege to announce the accession of a new King of Hungary.
	coursesa.matrix.msu.edu /~fisher/hst373/readings/nicol.html (11142 words)

	CANTACUZENE. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Serban Cantacuzene, 1640–88, hospodar [governor] of Walachia (1678–88), took part in the Ottoman siege of Vienna (1683), outwardly on the side of the Ottomans but in reality supplying intelligence information to the Austrians and conducting secret negotiations with them.
		During his rule Romanian was substituted for Slavonic as the liturgical language, and the first Romanian Bible was printed (1688) under his auspices.
		George Cantacuzene, 1837–1913, the head of the Romanian Conservative party, held several important government posts, most notably the premiership (1905–7).
	www.bartleby.com /aol/65/ca/Cantacuz.html (157 words)

	The Reluctant Emperor - Cambridge University Press
		A Biography of John Cantacuzene, Byzantine Emperor and Monk, c.
		John Cantacuzene reigned as Byzantine emperor in Constantinople from 1347 to 1354.
		A man of varied talents, as a scholar, soldier, statesman, theologian and monk, he was unique in being the only emperor to narrate the events of his own career.
	www.cambridge.org /aus/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521522013 (159 words)

	The History of the Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire - Vol 6 - Chapter LXIII Part I
		The empress Anne of Savoy survived her husband: their son, John Palæologus, was left an orphan and an emperor in the ninth year of his age; and his weakness was protected by the first and most deserving of the Greeks.
		The long and cordial friendship of his father for John Cantacuzene is alike honorable to the prince and the subject.
		Under the reign of Andronicus the younger, the great domestic ruled the emperor and the empire; and it was by his valor and conduct that the Isle of Lesbos and the principality of Ætolia were restored to their ancient allegiance.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/hst/roman/TheDeclineandFallofTheRomanEmpire-6/chap14.html (4703 words)

	History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire (1845) By Edward Gibbon Esq.-Volume 4 Chapter 14- from Nalanda ...
		The empress Anne of Savoy survived her husband: their son, John Palaeologus, was left an orphan and an emperor in the ninth year of his age; and his weakness was protected by the first and most deserving of the Greeks.
		It had been formed amidst the pleasures of their youth: their families were almost equally noble; [21] and the recent lustre of the purple was amply compensated by the energy of a private education.
		His enemies confess, that, among the public robbers, Cantacuzene alone was moderate and abstemious; and the free and voluntary account which he produces of his own wealth [22] may sustain the presumption that he was devolved by inheritance, and not accumulated by rapine.
	www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in /resources/english/etext-project/history/rome/volume4.chapter14.html (4634 words)

	Gregory Palamas - Historical Appendices - Monachos.net
		Cantacuzene is careful to admit the validity of this coronation, and recognises John as First Emperor, himself as second (p.65).
		Cantacuzene and John V are recognised as co-Emperors, effectively returning things to the political regime previous to Autumn 1341 (pp.79-80).
		John V not eager to return Gregory, as a former supporter of Cantacuzene (pp.107-8).
	www.monachos.net /library/Gregory_Palamas_-_Historical_Appendices (4040 words)

	chronological 1300 and later
		John would become John VI and gives his sixteen-year-old daughter Theodora to Orkhan I as a wife.
		June 13: Death of John VI Cantacuzene, Byzantine emperor who allowed Turkish military forces to first cross into Europe because he needed their aid against a rival for the Byzantine throne.
		June 05: John Hunyadi is elected governor of Hungary in the name of Ladislaus V. Constantine XI Palaeologus, the last Byzantine Emperor, takes the throne.
	www.allcrusades.com /CHRONOLOGICAL/chrono-1300.html (6094 words)

	The History of the Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire - Vol 6 - Chapter LXIII Part II
		n the strong city of Demotica, his peculiar domain, the emperor John Cantacuzenus was invested with the purple buskins: his right leg was clothed by his noble kinsmen, the left by the Latin chiefs, on whom he conferred the order of knighthood.
		The introduction of barbarians and savages into the contests of civilized nations, is a measure pregnant with shame and mischief; which the interest of the moment may compel, but which is reprobated by the best principles of humanity and reason.
		The marriage of his daughter with John Palæologus was at length consummated: the hereditary right of the pupil was acknowledged; but the sole administration during ten years was vested in the guardian.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/hst/roman/TheDeclineandFallofTheRomanEmpire-6/chap15.html (5404 words)

	A HISTORY OF THE CHURCH To the Eve of the Reformation : L.3, C.2.
		In 1356 the rivalry of a Byzantine prince, John Cantacuzene, with the emperor, gave the Turks their first footing in Europe; they became masters of Gallipoli.
		The emperor, like his brother and predecessor, John VIII, stood by the union with the pope, and his fidlity cost him the support of the mass of his people.
		The heroes of this amazing feat were the nameless thousands whom the sanctity and burning eloquence of the General of the Observant Franciscans, St. John Capistran, had recruited for the new crusade, whom the genius of the Spanish cardinal legate, Juan Carvajal, had organised, and whom John Hunyadi led.
	www.franciscan-sfo.org /ap/hu/hc3-2.htm (6470 words)

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		Forced to fight John VI (John Cantacuzene), who usurped the throne during his minority, he came...
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	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 581 (v. 2)
		His memorials of forty years extend, from the revolt of the younger Andronicus to his own abdication of the empire ; and it is observed that, like Moses and Caesar, he was the principal actor in the scenes which he describes.
		Palaeologus the younger was born in 1332, and nominally succeeded his father in 1341.
		For the same reason he stands in the series of emperors as John VI., although strictly he was the fifth of that name.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/1689.html (977 words)

	Byzantine Military - Ancient Roman Empire Forums
		I was wondering if some of the military buffs on the site (or anyone else) could give me the lowdown on the exact equipment and dress of Byzantine soldiers, especially footsoldiers, from various periods roughly from 800 AD to 1300 AD.
		Since the Dux John, ruler of Acarnania, was already dead at this time, the emperor hurried to reach the west for he hoped to bring Acarnania under his control.
		There is a great book called "The Byzantine Wars" by John Haldon which was published in 2000, unfortunatly its all out of print now, but you may be able to find it in a decent library.
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