34 Byzantium in the Thirteenth Century Flashcards
What were the three Greek kingdoms that emerged in areas outside the crusader’s control after 1204?
Kingdom of Epirus
Kingdom of Trebizond
Kingdom of Nicaea
Theodore Lascaris (Nicaea) was crowned emperor by the ecumenical patriarch and recognised by majority of the eastern church leaders
Who was the co-emperor that retook Constantinople in 1261?
Michael Palaeologus
What was the focus of discussions at the Council of Blarchernae called by patriarch Gregory II?
The subject of the double procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son.
What was the impact of the sacking of Constantinople in 1204 on the churches in Serbia and Bulgaria?
The churches became ‘autocephalous’ (self-heading)
They became independent churches with their own heads
Who helped two grandsons of a former emperor establish a new Greek kingdom at Trebizond?
Queen Tamar of Georgia
