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<p>[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 4020587, member: 87200"]Nice coins. Don't have any Manuel's yet but he is an interesting historical figure in the history of the Crusades. He appears as a "fiend" in this book by the bishop Odo of Deuil, where his misdeeds against the Crusaders are recounted.</p><p><br /></p><p>De profectione Ludovici VII in Orientem: The journey of Louis VII to the East</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/q811kk07w" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/q811kk07w" rel="nofollow">https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/q811kk07w</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.fulcrum.org/image-service/bc386j61k/full/225,/0/default.png?1555702930" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>He actually was a good emperor who slowed down the deterioration of the Byzantine state and territories. It's just that the Byzantines and Franks had different goals and objectives. By forcing the Crusaders to swear fealty and suzerainty to him in exchange for supplies they developed a deep resentment.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 4020587, member: 87200"]Nice coins. Don't have any Manuel's yet but he is an interesting historical figure in the history of the Crusades. He appears as a "fiend" in this book by the bishop Odo of Deuil, where his misdeeds against the Crusaders are recounted. De profectione Ludovici VII in Orientem: The journey of Louis VII to the East [URL]https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/q811kk07w[/URL] [IMG]https://www.fulcrum.org/image-service/bc386j61k/full/225,/0/default.png?1555702930[/IMG] He actually was a good emperor who slowed down the deterioration of the Byzantine state and territories. It's just that the Byzantines and Franks had different goals and objectives. By forcing the Crusaders to swear fealty and suzerainty to him in exchange for supplies they developed a deep resentment.[/QUOTE]
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