ISAAC I

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ISAAC I . (COMNENUS), emperor of the

East

EAST
EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

(1057-1059), was the son of an officer of Basil II. named Manuel Comnenus, who on his deathbed commended his two sons Isaac and John to the emperor's care. Basil had them carefully educated at the monastery of Studion, and afterwards advanced them to high official positions. During the disturbed reigns of Basil's seven immediate successors, Isaac by his prudent conduct won the confidence of the army; in 1057 he joined with the nobles of the

capital

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

in a conspiracy against Michael VI., and after the latter's deposition was invested with the crown, thus

founding

FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

the new dynasty of the Comneni. The first care of the new emperor was to reward his noble partisans with appointments that removed them from

Constantinople

CONSTANTINOPLE
CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

, and his next was to repair the beggared finances of the empire. He revoked numerous pensions and grants conferred by his predecessors upon idle courtiers, and,

meeting

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)

the reproach of

sacrilege

SACRILEGE

made by the patriarch of

Constantinople

CONSTANTINOPLE
CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

by a decree of

exile

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
- CONSUL
- CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)
, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

, resumed a proportion of the revenues of the wealthy monasteries. Isaac's only military expedition was against the Hungarians and Petchenegs, who began to ravage the northern frontiers in 1059. Shortly after this successful campaign he was seized with an illness, and believing it mortal appointed as his successor

Constantine

CONSTANTINE

Ducas, to the exclusion of his own brother John. Although he recovered Isaac did not resume the purple, but retired to the monastery of Studion and spent the remaining two years of his life as a monk, alternating menial offices with literary studies. His Scholia to

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