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MICHAEL VII

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 359 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MICHAEL VII . See also:DUCAS, Or PARAPINACES, was the eldest son of See also:Constantine X. Ducas. After a See also:joint reign with his See also:brothers, Andronicus I. and Constantine XI. (1067—1071), he was made See also:sole See also:emperor through his See also:uncle See also:John Ducas. The feebleness of Michael, whose See also:chief See also:interest See also:lay in trifling See also:academic pursuits, and the avarice of his ministers, was disastrous to the See also:empire. As the result of anarchy in the See also:army, the Byzantines lost their last possessions in See also:Italy (1071), and were forced to cede a large See also:strip of See also:Asia See also:Minor which they were unable to defend against the Seljuk See also:Turks (1074). These misfortunes, which were but partially retrieved by the suppression of a Bulgarian revolt (1073), caused widespread dissatisfaction. In 1078 two generals, Nicephorus See also:Bryennius and Nicephorus Botaniates, simultaneously revolted. Michael resigned the See also:throne with hardly a struggle and retired into a monastery. His See also:nickname Parapinaces (" starver ") was due to his causing the See also:price of See also:wheat to rise.

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