NICEPHORUS See also:

• NICEPHORUS BRYENNIUS (1062-1137)

BRYENNIUS (1062-1137)  , See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine soldier, statesman and historian, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Orestias (See also:

• ADRIANOPLE
• ADRIANOPLE (anc. Hadrianopolis; Turk. Edirne, or Edreneh; Slay. Odrin)

Adrianople) . His See also:

• FATHER

father, of the same name, had revolted against the feeble See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael VII., but had been defeated and deprived of his eyesight . The son, who was distinguished for his learning, See also:

• PERSONAL

personal beauty and engaging qualities, gained the favour of Alexius I . (See also:

• COMNENUS

Comnenus) and the See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand of his daughter See also:

• ANNA
• ANNA (Hindustani ana)
• ANNA, BALDASARRE

Anna, with the titles of See also:

• CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS (102—44 B.c.)
• CAESAR, SIR JULIUS (1557-1558-1636)

Caesar (then ranking third) and Panhypersebastos (one of the new dignities introduced by Alexius) . See also:

• BRYENNIUS, NICEPHORUS (1062-1137)

Bryennius successfully de-fended the walls of See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople against the attacks of See also:

• GODFREY, SIR EDMUND BERRY (1621-1678)

Godfrey of See also:

• BOUILLON

Bouillon (1097); conducted the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace negotiations between Alexius and See also:

• BOHEMUND

Bohemund, See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• ANTIOCH

Antioch (11o8); and played an important See also:

• PART

part in the defeat of Malik-Shah, the Seljuk See also:

• SULTAN (an Arabic word meaning " victorious " or " a ruler," sultat, dominion)

sultan of See also:

• ICONIUM (mod. Konia)

Iconium (1116) . After the See also:

• DEATH

death of Alexius, he refused to enter into the See also:

• CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy set on See also:

• FOOT

foot by his See also:

• MOTHER

mother-in-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law and wife to depose See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John, the son of Alexius, and raise himself to the See also:

• THRONE

throne . His wife attributed his refusal to cowardice, but it seems from certain passages in his own See also:

• WORK

work that he really regarded it as a See also:

• CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime to revolt against the rightful See also:

• HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir; the only reproach that can be brought against him is that he did not nip the conspiracy in the bud . He was on very friendly terms with the new See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor John, whom he accompanied on his Syrian See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign (1137), but was forced by illness to return to See also:

• BYZANTIUM

Byzantium, where he died in the same See also:

• YEAR

year . At the See also:

• SUGGESTION

suggestion of his mother-in-law he wrote a See also:

• HISTORY

history (called by him "TX 'Icrroptas, materials for a history) of the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period from 1057 to 1o81, from the victory of See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

Isaac I . (Comnenus) over Michael VI. to the dethronement of Nicephorus Botaneiates by Alexius . The work has been described as rather a See also:

• FAMILY

family See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

chronicle than a history, the See also:

• OBJECT

object of which was the glorification of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of Comnenus . Part of the introduction is probably a later addition .

In addition to See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information derived from older contemporaries (such as his father and father-in-law) Bryennius made use of the See also:

• WORKS

works of Michael See also:

• PSELLUS (Gr.'I' XXor)

Psellus, John Scylitza and Michael Attaliota . As might be expected, his views are biased by personal considerations and his intimacy with the royal family, which at the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, however, afforded him unusual facilities for obtaining material . His See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model was See also:

• XENOPHON

Xenophon, whom he has imitated with a tolerable measure of success; he abstains from an excessive use of simile and See also:

• METAPHOR

metaphor, and his See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style is concise and See also:

• SIMPLE

simple . Editio princeps, P . Possinus, 1661; in See also:

• BONN

Bonn Corpus Scriptorum Hist . Byz., by E . See also:

• MEINEKE, JOHANN ALBRECHT FRIEDRICH AUGUST (1790-1870)

Meineke (1836), with du Cange's valuable commentary; See also:

• MIGNE, JACQUES PAUL (1800-1875)

Migne, Patrologia Graeca, cxxvii.; see also J . Seger, Byzantinische Historiker See also:

• DES

des so. and zi . Jahrhunderts (1888), and C . See also:

• KRUMBACHER, CARL (1856–1909)

Krumbacher, Geschichte der byzantinischen Litteratur (1897) . The estimate of his work in R . See also:

• NICOLAI, CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH (1733-1811)

Nicolai, Griechische Literaturgeschichte, iii. p .

76 (1878), is too unfavourable .