In 1081, while the Byzantine Empire was mired in a succession crisis, Robert Guiscard, Norman Duke of Apulia-Calabria, sought ...

The archaeological Tower in Nea Fokaea Halkidiki, which is already welcoming its first tourists, has been vandalized with ...

The Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the First Crusade continues with the events following the Byzantine defeat at Manzikert in 1071 and the rise of Alexios I Komnenos. As ...

His brothers William and Conrad both married into the royal family of Jerusalem, while his youngest brother, Renier, married the daughter of the Byzantine Emperor himself, who at the time was Manuel I ...

When the general Isaac Komnenos marched on the capital Constantinople, Michael tried negotiating but was soon “persuaded” (probably forced) by figures such as the intellectual Michael Psellos, to just ...