Michael I Rangabe: The Khan, the Patriarch and the Idiot
Michael I Rangabe ruled from AD811-813 and is notable for three acts: a persecution of the Athingans and Paulicians, recognising the imperial title of Charlemagne and the Battle of Versinikia.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:06 Charlemagne and the End of the Moechian Schism
02:34 The Battle of Versinikia
Predecessor: Staurakios
• Staurakios: The Wounded Emperor
Bibliography:
Primary Sources
John Skylitzes, A Synopsis of Byzantine History 811-1057, Translated by J. Wortley, (2010).
Theophanes the Confessor, Chronicle AD284-813, Translated by C. Mango and R. Scott (1997).
Scholarship
Bury, J. B. (1912) A History of the Eastern Roman Empire From the Fall of Irene to the Accession of Basil I, (AD802-867), Cambridge.
Brubaker, L. and Haldon J. (2011) Byzantium in the Iconoclast Era 680-850, A History, Cambridge.
Sophoulis, P. (2011) Byzantium and Bulgaria 775-831, Brill.
Treadgold, W. (1988) The Byzantine Revival 780-842, Stanford.
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