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Chapter-1 1261 AD-1354 AD
Micheal Palaiologoi retoke Contstantinople from the Latins in the 1261st Year of our Lord, recreating the Byzantine Empire. His Empire was a mere shadow of itself, but had a chance for survival. This was threatened by the growing power of Islamic Anatolian Emirates, notably the Ottomans led by Osman.
Andronikos II Palaiologos the son of Micheal, is credited for the Ottoman defeat and the survival of the Byzantines. It was however the decisive thinking of his General George Mouzalon. In the 1302nd Year of our Lord, the Infidel Ottomans invaded Byzantine Bithynia. George Mouzalon the local commander of the area, met the Ottomans at Bapheus. He quickly realized he was outnumbered 2 to 1 and ordered a retreat to Nicea. The overconfident Osman persued him and began to lay siege to Nicea. However inside Nicea, the Byzantine Army, blostered by thousands of local milita, began preparing for a counter attack. George Mouzalon thought of a brilliant idea, the Byzantines overnight weakened the North Gate of Nicea so the ottomans could easily break through. Local milita would be stationed nearby. When the Ottomans broke in, the Milita would retreat back towards the town center and the Ottomans would pursue them and funnel into the streets. Other Byzantine troops could move behind them, trap them, and slaughter them. The Plan worked exactly as intended and Osman's Army was crushed. Legend has it that Geore himself slay Osman in hand to hand fighting. When the battle was over, the northern quarter of Nicea suffered some damages, but the Byzantines won and kept the City. It was a time of celebration all over the Empire and in Europe. The only christians who were not pleased with this Victory was the Catalan company, who seeked adventure, wealth, and conquest in Byzantium, but thier help would not be needed. Andronikos II soon launched a sucessful campaign into Mysia in the 1305th Year of our Lord. and retoke it from the Karesi Turks. Osman's son Orhan I tried to avenge his fathers defeat at Nicea, but he too was crushed and was chased by the Byzantines back to his capital at Sogut, which was burned and returned to Imperial rule in the 1307th year of our Lord. Andronikos III, the emperors brother had some sucess against Achea and brought it under Byzantine rule by the 1328th Year of our Lord.
Andronikos II died just Three years later a sucessful Emperor and was suceeded by his brother. Andronikos III began numerous campaigns in Greece trying to obtain a significant power base for the Byzantines again. Walter VI of Brienne, the duke of Athens desperatly tried to hold off the Byzantine onslaught, eventually hiring the Catalan Company to help him, the Reversed the sucess of the Byzantine Campaign, but at a cost, Walter VI was soon overthrown by the company and he barely escaped with his life, Ironically enough he fled to constantinople for protection and sold his title of Duke of Athens to the emperor and lived the rest of his life in the country. Back in Greece the Catalans were besieging Corinth, if it fell the Catalans would be in a position to take over Morea a deathblow to the Empire. A desperate Adronikos asked the other balkan nations, and even pleaded with the Pope for help. The Balkan nations didn't want the Byzantines to gain too much power, so they declined to help, but the pope decided this could be the chance for Reunification and agreed to help on the condition a council in Constantinople would be held discussing the Reunification of the Church. A single document managed to prevent the Catalans from taking Morea. It stated from the pope, if any of them crosed into Morea they would be excommunicated, the Catalan company fell apart and Athens quickly became under byzantine Influence. Thessalay soon followed and by the 1339th Year of our lord became Byzantine as well, The Empire now was connected again and the Byzantines could move freely between thier Empire. A year later, the Fifth Council of Constantinople was held. It worked out a deal for the reunification of the Church. First it determined that the Nicean Creed would be adopted as its universal creed. Second if something were to be added or removed, it would require the approval of all 5 Patriarchs, Jerusalem, Antioch, Alexandria, Constantinople, and Rome and it would beed to be approved by the Eccenumical Council which would be permenantly held in Rome from this point further and run by the Pope. Each Patriarch would be in charge of running the church in certain areas. The Pope (the patriarch of rome) Would run church in Western Europe, The Patriarch of Constantinople would run the Church of Eastern Europe, the Patriarch of Alexandria would run the church in Africa, the Patriarch of Jerusalem would run the church in the Holy Land, and the Patriarch of Antioch would run the Church of the Remainder of Asia. Mass would be held in local Languages, but prayers themselves would be said in Latin or Greek. After about 250 years of Seperation the Church would be united once more. With the Church United, Western European Countries were much more open to Byzantium and new trade was established. New ideas were spread Europes Rennisance had began. In the 1354th Year of our Lord, Adronikos III died and his son John V succeded him as emperor.
Chapter-1 1261 AD-1354 AD
Micheal Palaiologoi retoke Contstantinople from the Latins in the 1261st Year of our Lord, recreating the Byzantine Empire. His Empire was a mere shadow of itself, but had a chance for survival. This was threatened by the growing power of Islamic Anatolian Emirates, notably the Ottomans led by Osman.
Andronikos II Palaiologos the son of Micheal, is credited for the Ottoman defeat and the survival of the Byzantines. It was however the decisive thinking of his General George Mouzalon. In the 1302nd Year of our Lord, the Infidel Ottomans invaded Byzantine Bithynia. George Mouzalon the local commander of the area, met the Ottomans at Bapheus. He quickly realized he was outnumbered 2 to 1 and ordered a retreat to Nicea. The overconfident Osman persued him and began to lay siege to Nicea. However inside Nicea, the Byzantine Army, blostered by thousands of local milita, began preparing for a counter attack. George Mouzalon thought of a brilliant idea, the Byzantines overnight weakened the North Gate of Nicea so the ottomans could easily break through. Local milita would be stationed nearby. When the Ottomans broke in, the Milita would retreat back towards the town center and the Ottomans would pursue them and funnel into the streets. Other Byzantine troops could move behind them, trap them, and slaughter them. The Plan worked exactly as intended and Osman's Army was crushed. Legend has it that Geore himself slay Osman in hand to hand fighting. When the battle was over, the northern quarter of Nicea suffered some damages, but the Byzantines won and kept the City. It was a time of celebration all over the Empire and in Europe. The only christians who were not pleased with this Victory was the Catalan company, who seeked adventure, wealth, and conquest in Byzantium, but thier help would not be needed. Andronikos II soon launched a sucessful campaign into Mysia in the 1305th Year of our Lord. and retoke it from the Karesi Turks. Osman's son Orhan I tried to avenge his fathers defeat at Nicea, but he too was crushed and was chased by the Byzantines back to his capital at Sogut, which was burned and returned to Imperial rule in the 1307th year of our Lord. Andronikos III, the emperors brother had some sucess against Achea and brought it under Byzantine rule by the 1328th Year of our Lord.
Andronikos II died just Three years later a sucessful Emperor and was suceeded by his brother. Andronikos III began numerous campaigns in Greece trying to obtain a significant power base for the Byzantines again. Walter VI of Brienne, the duke of Athens desperatly tried to hold off the Byzantine onslaught, eventually hiring the Catalan Company to help him, the Reversed the sucess of the Byzantine Campaign, but at a cost, Walter VI was soon overthrown by the company and he barely escaped with his life, Ironically enough he fled to constantinople for protection and sold his title of Duke of Athens to the emperor and lived the rest of his life in the country. Back in Greece the Catalans were besieging Corinth, if it fell the Catalans would be in a position to take over Morea a deathblow to the Empire. A desperate Adronikos asked the other balkan nations, and even pleaded with the Pope for help. The Balkan nations didn't want the Byzantines to gain too much power, so they declined to help, but the pope decided this could be the chance for Reunification and agreed to help on the condition a council in Constantinople would be held discussing the Reunification of the Church. A single document managed to prevent the Catalans from taking Morea. It stated from the pope, if any of them crosed into Morea they would be excommunicated, the Catalan company fell apart and Athens quickly became under byzantine Influence. Thessalay soon followed and by the 1339th Year of our lord became Byzantine as well, The Empire now was connected again and the Byzantines could move freely between thier Empire. A year later, the Fifth Council of Constantinople was held. It worked out a deal for the reunification of the Church. First it determined that the Nicean Creed would be adopted as its universal creed. Second if something were to be added or removed, it would require the approval of all 5 Patriarchs, Jerusalem, Antioch, Alexandria, Constantinople, and Rome and it would beed to be approved by the Eccenumical Council which would be permenantly held in Rome from this point further and run by the Pope. Each Patriarch would be in charge of running the church in certain areas. The Pope (the patriarch of rome) Would run church in Western Europe, The Patriarch of Constantinople would run the Church of Eastern Europe, the Patriarch of Alexandria would run the church in Africa, the Patriarch of Jerusalem would run the church in the Holy Land, and the Patriarch of Antioch would run the Church of the Remainder of Asia. Mass would be held in local Languages, but prayers themselves would be said in Latin or Greek. After about 250 years of Seperation the Church would be united once more. With the Church United, Western European Countries were much more open to Byzantium and new trade was established. New ideas were spread Europes Rennisance had began. In the 1354th Year of our Lord, Adronikos III died and his son John V succeded him as emperor.
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