The Venetian Alliance
away to have a standing Army. In return the Empire needed to make a deal with the Normans whom were somewhat consequently always attacking Byzantium. This would have caused a problem in that in that the pact that Michael VII made had thinned the troops. The standing army that he had instituted during peace times sent these troops to other areas of the vast empire, areas of less importance. This left Constantinople unprotected and open for an outside attack to happen. “In 1081 Robert Guiscard abandons a marriage alliance and invades the Balkans and Alexios makes a pact with Henry to attack Norman lands. Upon this alliance the Venetians help assist and they help to defeat the Normans. In 1082 because of the Venetian victory they’re given free
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It starts to lose the influence it had so readily enjoyed previously.” From 1180-1204 there were six emperors that had come to power and they were all deposed” . This would have affected the Byzantine Empire by making this extremely unstable. By changing leadership this many times it would have exacerbated the rumors that Constantinople would be easy to bend to the West’s will. It would have been only a matter of time before someone had tried to invade as the Normans, the Seljuk Turks and the Pechenegs had done. Many of the leaders that we see throughout this time span of twenty-four years don’t have military experience and this ends up spelling …show more content…
King Henry basically threatens Byzantium and is able to do this because he is the Norman and German king which gives him more power since he was the Emperor of the Western Empire. The Emperor knew that he had a great influence and was able to dictate what was to happen. He is also the king whom is in charge of the Normans who had just previously invaded the Balkans. The Balkans had always been a contentious point for the Byzantine Empire and they had to defend these multiple times against the Normans. King Henry gives Alexios III an ultimatum, he both helps provide shelter and rations for the army that will be marching through Constantinople or he will make it happen by
It starts to lose the influence it had so readily enjoyed previously.” From 1180-1204 there were six emperors that had come to power and they were all deposed” . This would have affected the Byzantine Empire by making this extremely unstable. By changing leadership this many times it would have exacerbated the rumors that Constantinople would be easy to bend to the West’s will. It would have been only a matter of time before someone had tried to invade as the Normans, the Seljuk Turks and the Pechenegs had done. Many of the leaders that we see throughout this time span of twenty-four years don’t have military experience and this ends up spelling …show more content…
King Henry basically threatens Byzantium and is able to do this because he is the Norman and German king which gives him more power since he was the Emperor of the Western Empire. The Emperor knew that he had a great influence and was able to dictate what was to happen. He is also the king whom is in charge of the Normans who had just previously invaded the Balkans. The Balkans had always been a contentious point for the Byzantine Empire and they had to defend these multiple times against the Normans. King Henry gives Alexios III an ultimatum, he both helps provide shelter and rations for the army that will be marching through Constantinople or he will make it happen by