See also:

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

MICHAEL II  ., called See also:

• PSELLUS (Gr.'I' XXor)

PSELLUS, " the stammerer," See also:

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

emperor 820-829, was a native of Amorium in See also:

• PHRYGIA

Phrygia, who began See also:

• LIFE

life as a private soldier, but See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose by his talents to the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general . He had favoured the enthronement of his old See also:

• COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion in arms See also:

• LEO
• LEO (THE LION)
• LEO, BROTHER (d. c. 1270)
• LEO, HEINRICH (1799-1878)
• LEO, JOHANNES (c. 1494-1552)
• LEO, LEONARDO (1694–1744)

Leo the Armenian (813), but, detected in a See also:

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

conspiracy against that emperor, had been sentenced to See also:

• DEATH

death in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 82o; his partisans, however, succeeded in assassinating Leo and called See also:

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

Michael from the See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison to the See also:

• THRONE

throne . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal features of his reign were a struggle against his See also:

• BROTHER

brother general, See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas, who aimed at the throne (822—824); the See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest of See also:

• CRETE (Gr. Kp;rrrr; Turk. Kirid, Ital. Candia)

Crete by the See also:

• SARACENS

Saracens in 823; and the beginning of their attacks upon See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily (827) . In spite of his iconoclastic sympathies, he endeavoured to conciliate the See also:

• IMAGE (Lat. imago, perhaps from the same root as imitari, copy, imitate)

image-worshippers, but incurred the wrath of the monks by entering into a second See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage with See also:

• EUPHROSYNE

Euphrosyne, daughter of See also:

• CONSTANTINE

Constantine VI., who had previously taken the See also:

• VEIL (O.Fr. veile, mod. voile, from Lat. velum, cloth, awning, sail)

veil .