Emperor John II Komnenos: Rebuilding New Rome 1118-1143 by Maximilian C. G. Lau

Emperor John II Komnenos: Rebuilding New Rome 1118-1143

Oxford Studies in Byzantium

Maximilian C. G. Lau

352 pages first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

nonfiction historical history
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John II Komnenos was born into an empire on the brink of destruction, with his father Alexios barely preserving the empire in the face of civil wars and invasions. A hostage to crusaders as a child, married to a Hungarian princess as a teenager to...

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