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Manuel II, Byzantine emperorManuel II (Manuel Palaeologus), 1350–1425, Byzantine emperor (1391–1425), son and successor of John V John V (John Palaeologus) (pāl'ēŏl`əgəs)..... Click the link for more information. . In his youth he was taken captive by the Turks, and during his reign the Ottomans reduced the empire to Constantinople and its dependencies in the Peloponnesus. After the failure of the crusade of Sigismund of Hungary (later Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund) at Nikopol Nikopol (nēkô`pôl), town (1993 pop. 4,897), N Bulgaria, a port on the Danube River bordering Romania. ..... Click the link for more information. (1396), Manuel appealed to the West for aid and made a futile European journey (1399–1402) for that purpose. His nephew, John VII John VII (John Palaeologus) (pā'lēŏl`əgəs), c.1370–1408, Byzantine emperor, grandson of John V. ..... Click the link for more information. , was coemperor during that time and, with Boucicaut Boucicaut (b  sēkō`), c...... Click the link for more information. , defended Constantinople against the siege by Sultan Beyazid I. The victory of Timur over Beyazid at Ankara, in the same year, temporarily saved Constantinople. By 1422 the Turks were again strong enough to attack Constantinople, and in 1425 Manuel was forced to pay tribute to the sultan. Afflicted with partial paralysis in his last years, Manuel devoted himself to religious writing, entrusting the government to his son and successor, John VIII. Manuel II, 1889–1932, king of PortugalManuel II, 1889–1932, king of Portugal (1908–10), second son of Charles I Charles I, 1863–1908, king of Portugal (1889–1908), son and successor of Louis I. A cultured man, learned in language and oceanography, Charles had little opportunity to display his administrative talents in a reign beset by political stagnation and..... Click the link for more information. . He succeeded to the throne after the assassination of his father and elder brother, but in Oct., 1910, a revolution dethroned Manuel and established a republic. The royal family escaped, and Manuel spent most of his remaining years in England enjoying his large fortune. |
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| The trip came against the background of his remarks during a September lecture at the University of Regensburg in which the pope quoted the 14th century Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Paleologus. Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached," wrote Emperor Manuel II Paleologus to an unidentified Persian scholar in the late 14th or early 15th century--a time when Constantinople was intermittently under siege by Turkish forces (and also being looked at with covetous intent by some Christian kingdoms, as well). In a strange apposition to his claims, he quoted Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Paleologos: "Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached. |
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