Mikhail Duki Biography

Histanone, electr. The eldest son of Konstantin X, crowned during the life of his father in G. before overthrow from the throne of Roman IV Diogenes in the city of nickname, meant “modes without Pinakia”, because only so many bread could be bought at a nomisma in his reign. Michael VII left a fame by increasing taxes, rebellions, hunger, military defeats and the arbitrariness of his favorite Nikiforitsa.

In March, when his troops approached Nikai, an uprising in favor of the Netaniat broke out in Constantinople. Michael VII was forced to renounce the throne and get a haircut in the monks of the Studio Monastery. The Byzantine Dictionary: in 2 tons of Konstantin X., according to Psell, this sovereign had excellent spiritual qualities, but was inactive and completely unable to independently rule.

Proclaimed by the emperor, he voluntarily lost all the power of his mother, Empress Evdokia, and then his stepfather, Roman Diogenes Psell: “Roman Four”; 2. He was so much that he was so much that even the servants caught behind the theft he released without any reproaches, and with every strong word or just one mention of his love pleasures, his face was covered with a blush.

Constantly immersed in the study of sciences, he already in his youth had the appearance of a man of an elderly, closed and concentrated Psell: “Mikhail Seventh”; 2-3, 5-6. In August, at first, Mikhail liked this, but soon the mother and son were in a quarrel, as the close associates began to incite her to compatalism, and he was arming against Vrien mother: 1; In October of the same year, Mikhail retired from his mother and surrendered to the protection of palace guards.

They proclaimed him with a unhealthy ruler, and the Empress forced him to get a haircut in the monastery. Power initially passed to the uncle of the emperor, Caesar John Psell: “Roman Four”; 28 - He, seeing that his nephew was unable to engage in state affairs, introduced the eunuch Nikifor to Mikhail, who was flattered by Nikiforitsa. But, taking advantage of the frivolity of the emperor, Nicephorus completely tied him to himself and convinced him not to pay attention to his uncle.

Thus, Caesar was supposed to involuntarily give in the influence of his protege Vriennaya: 2; 1. Meanwhile, due to the inactivity of the sovereign, things went worse and worse: the enemies did not put the Romans in anything, attacked and devastated the empire from all sides; The rebels took place almost every year and suppressed with great difficulty. Finally, in October G., as soon in the capital, the news of the approach of the Votaniata spread, immediately, according to Vrienniya, everyone - both members of the synclite and the clergy - began to invent a way to deposit the emperor and put Nicephorus in his place.

The energetic commander Alexei Komnin, who was nominated shortly before, persuaded Mikhail to send his guard to the rebels, assuring them that they could not withstand the right battle, but Mikhail said: “I had a long idea to abandon the throne, so I would gladly accept what I wanted.” Soon he cut his hair and put on monastic clothes. The Patriarch ranked him to the clergy and, after some time, made Metropolitan Ephesus Verienne: 3; 15, all the monarchs of the world.

Ancient Greece. Ancient Rome. Konstantin Ryzhov. Moscow, G. His teacher was Psell 1, who managed to instill in the heir a love of science and literature. The young man, however, did not find the necessary firmness and courage necessary for the king. The historian Nicephorus Vrien Caesar wrote that “his soul was limited to two opposites - frivolity and treachery” [62, p.

He indecisive, he was even shy about punishing the thieves' servants Mikhail Duka became an obedient performer of the will of Psell and his uncle Caesar John, and with G. Ennukh, pushing the former “leaders” of the emperor, engaged in the enrichment of the empty treasury, not forgetting his interests. Nicephorus took up arms against the wealth of the church, confiscated part of them for state needs, and established strict control over the capital's bakery.

However, ultimately these and other events led only to a new round of bureaucracy. The hunger that happened in the capital took such sizes that on the streets of Constantinople it was possible to see the lying corpses, and five to six people were laid in the graves. In memory of this hunger, Vasilevs received the nickname “Parapinak” “for the kick”, since then at a nomisma with his image it was possible to buy not medimn bread, but a quarter, kicking.

Yes, and in the nomisma itself in both of its types, histamanone and tetar-not starting in the x. The troops complained that they were not given the due content, and the government did not pay any attention to this. Independent states began to arise on the lands of the empire and the Uzurpators impostors appear. The emperor, along with Psell, was engaged in the silence of the palace, as his opponents joked, “composing Yambov”.

It seemed that the times of Augustus Gallien 3 returned to the empire.A certain Tatush organized the Principality of the Principality on the Danube, received the royal crowns of Zhupana Khorvatsky and Zestsky from Pope VII VII, it got to the point that the Byzantine governor of Edessa, Kuropalat Filaret Vahamia, deposited from the empire, put up the army and began to independently, beat off from the sickens.

In - gg. Katepan Dror Nestor, sent to suppress the rebellion, was indignant, demanding the deposition of Nikiforitsa. Then, in Asia Minor, the same commander of the mercenaries Roussel and joined the latter Caesar Duk demanded. The Turkish detachments hired by Constantinople defeated and captured Roussela and Caesar, but they subjugated a number of lands belonging to the Byzantium.

In the city of the Pechenegs, they burned the surroundings of Constantinople, and Pope Gregory VII even turned to the truth, to no avail to the whole Christian world with an appeal to help the empire fight against the “pagans”. The emperor had mercenaries - Varangians and Pechenegs, and the fleet. The city was protected by Alexei Komnin subsequently the emperor and brother of the autocrat, the brave Konstantin.

Having suffered a number of defeats, John Vriennaya lifted the siege and retreated to Adrianopol. And then October was indignant at the old Maliazian commander Nicephorus Netaniat, which had long been resigned, supported by part of the metropolitan nobility. Alexey Komnin offered to immediately attack the Netaniat, located in the camp on the Bosphorus coast, but Mikhail VII hesitated and missed time.

Sofia, proclaimed Nicephorus Votaniat by the emperor. Duka continued to inactive, five days later the USRPAR soldiers entered the city and captured the palace. The emperor fled, and then, without even trying to fight, renounced the throne, accepted tonsure and later became Metropolitan of Ephesus. At the beginning of the HGG. The impostor died during the siege of Dirrachia.

Notes 1 Psell gave his pupil the characteristic simply enthusiastic, but the actions, or rather, the inaction of Mikhail Duki himself does not confirm it in any way. Therefore, in this book there is no tiring panegyric, and the reader, who is interested in the indicated style, can independently find it in [53]. It is traditionally believed that Gallien did not pay the slightest attention to the distinguished position of the country, preferring to have fun and spend time in conversations with court philosophers.

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