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The Norman danger to Constantinople ends for …
Years: 1084 - 1095
The Norman danger to Constantinople ends for the time being with the death of Robert Guiscard in 1085, which, combined with an imperial victory and crucial Venetian aid, allows the East Romans to retake the Balkans.
In the lands remaining to Constantinople, the empire is menaced by Seljuq Turks on the east and south, and by heretical Bogomils and nomadic Pecheneg and Cuman marauders to the north and west, to the point that Emperor Alexios requests military aid from the papacy and the West.
The West’s exaggerated response is the formation of the first crusade for the liberation of the Holy Land from the infidel.
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- Oghuz Turks
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Islam
- Muslims, Sunni
- Muslims, Shi'a
- Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
- Pechenegs, or Patzinaks
- Bogomilism
- Normans
- Cuman people, or Western Kipchaks, also called Polovtsy, Polovtsians)
- Seljuq Empire (Isfahan)
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Christians, Eastern Orthodox
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Komnenos dynasty, restored
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Years: 1084 - 1095
People
Groups
- Oghuz Turks
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Islam
- Muslims, Sunni
- Muslims, Shi'a
- Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
- Pechenegs, or Patzinaks
- Bogomilism
- Normans
- Cuman people, or Western Kipchaks, also called Polovtsy, Polovtsians)
- Seljuq Empire (Isfahan)
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Christians, Eastern Orthodox
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Komnenos dynasty, restored
Topics
Subjects
Regions
Subregions