Great update - only one small point:
Most of the evidence suggests the crusaders actually went around with their bibles and made fiefs and dioceses based on biblical and patristic precedent, often in the face of whether there was still a thriving settlement somewhere or whether the place was...
Lots of interesting stuff on the future Komnenian succession, Cumans and Tzelepes, from a bit of study of the era a few comments on the ideas others have had, apologies in advance for the confusing number of Alexios', Johns and Andronikos':
- Tzelepes grew up while his father wandered between...
Happy to help! Though credit to you as the timeline writer for sure, and it was definitely a stroke of genius writing something that almost actually happened, honestly that bit inspired me to comment at all.
On Frankoi, it is used in the De Admininistrado Imperii so had been around for a few...
Great timeline - I rarely comment on here but as you're covering something I'm currently studying I thought I'd pitch in:
John is meant to have been contemplating a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1143: William of Tyre, Kinnamos and Choniates give accounts of the negotiations involved, whereby John...
Actually there's some evidence that they deliberately dismantled it because whenever it was used it caused panic and riots in Constantinople, and tactics to defeat raids evolved so that rather than try and prevent them the Byzantine army actually ambushed raiders when they were on their way...
Not a bad start - though there are a number of OTL occurrences that had they happened to the young Alexios or a surviving John instead of Manuel may have turned out rather differently:
-Cilicia: with John not dying so unexpectedly, does Thoros of Armenia escape Constantinople? And generally...
Hi all - long time reader, first time poster, but as I'm writing a thesis on Johnny K this is pretty much when I thought I should get involved...
Lots of this depends on which sources you believe, as according to Kinnamos, John intended on making "Cilicia and Antioch along with Attaleia and...