See also:

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

ISAAC I  . (See also:

• COMNENUS

COMNENUS), See also:

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

emperor of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East (1057-1059), was the son of an officer of See also:

• BASIL (Russ. VASILY)

Basil II. named See also:

• MANUEL, EUGENE (1823–1901)
• MANUEL, JACQUES ANTOINE (1775-1827)
• MANUEL, LOUIS PIERRE (1751-1793)

Manuel Comnenus, who on his deathbed commended his two sons See also:

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

Isaac and 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 to the emperor's care . Basil had them carefully educated at the monastery of Studion, and afterwards advanced them to high See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official positions . During the disturbed reigns of Basil's seven immediate successors, Isaac by his prudent conduct won the confidence of the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army; in 1057 he joined with the nobles of the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital in a See also:

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

conspiracy against See also:

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

Michael VI., and after the latter's deposition was invested with the See also:

• CROWN

crown, thus See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding the new See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty of the Comneni . The first care of the new emperor was to See also:

• REWARD

reward his See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble partisans with appointments that removed them from See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople, and his next was to repair the beggared finances of the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire . He revoked numerous See also:

• PENSIONS

pensions and grants conferred by his predecessors upon idle courtiers, and, See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting the reproach of See also:

• SACRILEGE

sacrilege made by the See also:

• PATRIARCH (M.E. and O. Fr. patriarche, Lat. patriarcha, Gr. aarpuipxtis, from srarptu., clan, and apxil, rule)

patriarch of Constantinople by a See also:

• DECREE (from the past participle, decretus, of Lat. decernere)

decree of See also:

• EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile, resumed a proportion of the revenues of the wealthy monasteries . Isaac's only military expedition was against the Hungarians and See also:

• PETCHENEGS, or PATZINAKS

Petchenegs, who began to ravage the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern frontiers in 1059 . Shortly after this successful See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign he was seized with an illness, and believing it mortal appointed as his successor See also:

• CONSTANTINE

Constantine See also:

• DUCAS
• DUCAS (15th cent.)

Ducas, to the exclusion of his own See also:

• BROTHER

brother John . Although he recovered Isaac did not resume the See also:

• PURPLE

purple, but retired to the monastery of Studion and spent the remaining two years of his See also:

• LIFE

life as a See also:

• MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
• MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
• MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
• MONK, MARIA (c. 1817—1850)

monk, alternating See also:

• MENIAL

menial offices with See also:

• LITERARY

literary studies .