The Morea revolt of 1453–1454 was a failed peasant rebellion carried out against the rule of the brothers Thomas and Demetrios Palaiologos, rulers of the...

Constantinople in 1453. The despots Demetrios and Thomas Palaiologos, brothers of the last emperor, failed to send him any aid, as Morea was recovering from...

community of Mount Athos, which is ecclesiastically under the direct jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. The remainder of the peninsula...

extinguished in the Fall of Constantinople in 1453. The Despotate of the Morea had been founded as an autonomous appanage ruled by members of the Byzantine imperial...

reform, it has been part of the municipality of Corinth, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It is the capital of Corinthia. It was founded...

rebellion of 1434–1436 in Sweden. 1437–1438 Transylvanian peasant revolt Jack Cade's Rebellion of 1450 led by Jack Cade. The Morea revolt of 1453–1454 The War...

Chronicle of the Morea, in the history of John Kantakouzenos, the hagiography of St. Niphon, or the Chronicle of the Tocco, where the inhabitants of the Despotate...

nobleman of the late medieval Despotate of the Morea (Peloponnese) who was the chief instigator of the Morea revolt of 1453–1454. After the revolt, he was...

affect its historical course under the Despotate of the Morea. In 1354, control over the Despotate of Morea was usurped by Manuel Kantakouzinos, who remained...

the Morea revolt of 1453–1454 led by Manuel Kantakouzenos against them, during which they invited in Ottoman troops to help them put down the revolt. At...

Paregoretissa Church, cathedral of Arta, capital of the Despotate of Epirus Despotate of the Morea (1349–1460) The Byzantine Castle of Angelokastro (Corfu) successfully...

two centuries until its fall to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. Following his victory at the Battle of Pelagonia in 1259 CE against an anti-Nicaean coalition...

Centuries of Byzantium, 1261–1453 (Second ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-43991-6. Vasiliev, Alexander A. (1952). History of the...

gains. In 1262, William of Villehardouin was released in exchange for three fortresses on the southeastern tip of the Morea peninsula. This foothold...

Mystras or Mistras (Greek: Μυστρᾶς/Μιστρᾶς), also known in the Chronicle of the Morea as Myzethras or Myzithras (Μυζηθρᾶς), is a fortified town and a former...

government reform it is part of the municipality Ermionida, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 252.938 km2 (97.660 sq mi)...

by princes bearing the title of despot; most notably the Despotate of Epirus, the Despotate of the Morea, the Despotate of Dobruja and the Serbian Despotate...

"Splintered medieval hellenism: The semi-autonomous state of Thessaly (AD 1213/1222 to 1454/1470) and its place in history", Byzantion, 68 (2), Peeters...

West Attica regional unit of Greece. It is located in the Thriasio Plain, at the northernmost end of the Saronic Gulf. North of Elefsina are Mandra and...

islets, with a total area of 64.443 km2 (24.9 sq mi). The province of Hydra (Greek: Επαρχία Ύδρας) was one of the provinces of the Argolis and Corinthia...

(1442–1469). Daughter of the despot of Morea Demetrios Palaiologos, Mehmed asked her for himself after the Morea campaign, having heard of her beauty. However...

seems that it had no connection to the Zealot revolt but was composed many decades later. At the beginning of the fourteenth century, the Byzantine Empire...

near the town of Distomo, in Boeotia, Greece. Founded in the mid-10th century, the monastery is one of the most important monuments of Middle Byzantine...

native Arvanite population of the island of Hydra. The Ottomans had imprisoned Pinotsis for his part in the failed Orlov revolt of 1769–1770 against the Ottoman...

based on pastoralism, and spread out into small villages. In 1453, the Albanians rose in revolt against Thomas and Demetrios Palaiologos, due to the chronic...

list of wars that began between 1000 and 1499 (last war ended in 1504). Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended...

Latin Archbishop remained in possession of the castle until 1430, when it was taken by the Despot of the Morea and future last Byzantine emperor, Constantine...

blossoming of Byzantine culture in the 9th–11th centuries, under the eponymous Macedonian dynasty (867–1056), following the upheavals and transformations of the...

Emperor (1425–1448) Constantine XI Palaiologos, Emperor (1449–1453) Despotate of the Morea (complete list) – Theodore I Palaiologos, Despot (1383–1407)...

Byzantine Empire declined, the Roman identity survived until its fall in 1453 and beyond. The Ottomans used the designation "Rûm" ("Roman") distinctly...