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Booklet 1: Consequences of Manzikert - Coggle Diagram
Booklet 1: Consequences of Manzikert
Political rivalries
Roussel of Bailleur
: betrayed emperor and set up
self-declared independent Norman state
inside Anatolia; proclaimed
John Ducas
as emperor, put down by
Seljuk Turks
Nicephorus Bryennius
: rebelled in November,
1077
: marched to Adrianople and acclaimed emperor
Nicephorus Botaneiates
: entered
Constantinople
with an army
Michael Ducas
abdicated
; Nicephorus III
crowned emperor in March 1078
Economic problems
cost of
employing mercenaries
to put down coups and deal with
Seljuk threats in Anatolia
put a strain on the economy
loss of Anatolia
; less taxation, less grain, greek refugees swarmed Constantinople increasing need for food grain prices rose
inflation
led to riots
nomisma
lost a quarter of its value: Michael Parapinaces -
'minus-a-quarter
Immediate consequences
Michael VII Ducas
overthrew
Romanus Diogenes
reigned as Byzantine emperor from
1071-78
his reign suffered
economic, military, territorial and political
problems
Military and territory problems
Michael
refused to accept
the terms of Romanus' truce with Arslan: Seljuk tribes
advanced into Anatolia
;
1077
: Anatolia virtually overrun by Seljuk tribes
1071: Robert Guiscard
had captured Bari; continued to threaten Byzantine lands; truce:
daughter would marry Guiscard's son
1076: Pechenegs
from the Balkan regions marched on Constantinople but were
repulsed by Norman mercenaries
Byzantines did not have
internal military troops
; had to hire
mercenaries
hired mercenaries had their
own agenda
:
Roussel
tried to take his own territory in
Anatolia