129: Bryennios's Rebellion

Fortune's Wheel: A Podcast History of the Late Middle Ages

NOTE: This episode will also serve as Patreon Supporting Listeners Episode 21 (entitled "The Book of Alexios: Chapter 2: Bryennios's Rebellion"), helping to bridge the public series and the Patreon Supporting Listeners series.

On this episode, we see Nikephoros III Botanieates make his first moves as emperor in the wake of the devastating Bread Riots of 1078, as well as his response to the first coup (yes, first coup) against his brief reign, a coup that his most trusted general, young Alexios Komnenos, would be called upon to put down swiftly and decisively. If he thought Roussel de Balliol was a formidable enemy, then Alexios was in for a very rude awakening.

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