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Manuel Rallis
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Manuel Rallis
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08 January 2014
What happened to the archons?
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Probable representation of an archon, Andreas Pavias, Crucifixion, late 15th C. Archons essentially disappear in 1460 with t...
12 April 2013
The leading men of the Morea
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Detail, Klontzas, Passion The earliest documentary evidence for Krokodylos Kladas seems to be a letter from Jacopo Barbarigo of 25 J...
01 April 2012
Archons: Petro Bua
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Drawing by Gentile Bellini, ca. 1480. When The City was taken in May 1453, the Morea went into panic. It was said that both the d...
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28 May 2009
Better Than You Were Before
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In the fall of 1454, Mehmed II sent a letter to thirteen archons of the Morea, accepting their offer of loyalty to him. They were "Kyr...
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