Daily Almanac for
Aug 21, 2008
Search White Pages
Info search tips
Bio search tips
Encyclopedia

Michael I

Michael I (Michael Rangabe), d. c.845, Byzantine emperor (811–13), son-in-law of Nicephorus I. He supported orthodoxy against iconoclasm and recalled Theodore of Studium from exile. He recognized (812) Charlemagne's claim as emperor. Defeated by the Bulgars, he was deposed and exiled. Leo V succeeded him.

The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

    • Cite
    • Print
    • Bookmark

More on Michael I Byzantine emperor from Infoplease:

  • Byzantium: Emperors - Byzantium: Emperors Leo I, Byzantine or East Roman emperor (457–74) Justin I, Byzantine ...
  • Byzantium: Emperors - Byzantium: Emperors Leo I, Byzantine or East Roman emperor (457–74) Justin I, Byzantine ...

See more Encyclopedia articles on: Ancient History, Late Roman and Byzantine: Biographies


Premium Partner Content
HighBeam Research

Related content from HighBeam Research on: Michael I, Byzantine emperor

Diplomacy gone to seed: a history of Byzantine foreign relations, A.D. 1047-57. (International Journal of Kurdish Studies)

Therapeutic methods used for otolaryngological problems during the byzantine period (The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology)

Byzantine Monastic Foundation Documents: A Complete Translation of the Surviving Founders' Typika and Testaments (The Catholic Historical Review)

The Early Byzantine Churches of Cilicia and Isauria (The Catholic Historical Review)

The medieval world.(Encyclopedia of Barbarian Europe: Society in Transformation; The Warrior Saints in Byzantine Art and Tradition; The Orphans of Byzantium: Child Welfare in the Christian Empire; The Cross Goes North: Processes of Conversion in Northern Europe; Swein Forkbeard's Invasions and the Danish Conquest of England, 991-1017; Saracens, Demons, and Jews: Making Monsters in Medieval Art; Travel in the Middle Ages; Circled With Stone: Exeter's City Walls, 1485-1660; Castles in Medieval Society: Fortresses in England, France and Ireland in the Central Middle Ages; England's Population: A History Since the Domesday Survey; The Teutonic Knights: A Military History; The Norman Conquest of Southern Italy and Sicily; Margaret of Anjou: Queenship and Power in Laze Medieval England )(Book Review)(Brief Review) (History Today)

Theodore the Stoudite: the Ordering of Holiness.(Book Review) (Church History)

Glorious celebration (The Spectator)

Church and Society in Byzantium under the Comneni, 1081-1261 (The Catholic Historical Review)

Byzantium and the Crusades.(Book Review) (Church History)

1054 revisited.(Report) (Journal of Ecumenical Studies)

Additional search results provided by HighBeam Research, LLC. © Copyright 2005. All rights reserved.