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Alexios I did ask the Pope for help. But I doubt what he wanted was the Normans Robert and Bohemund to enter his territory with their armed men. Alexios I had f
by rawgabbit 2y ago
Alexios I did ask the Pope for help. But I doubt what he wanted was the Normans Robert and Bohemund to enter his territory with their armed men. Alexios I had fought several battles against them and feared that they were after his throne. Alexios’ daughter mentioned her father’s fear several times.
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- wqaatwt 2y agoThat’s true. There was a chance of it getting slightly out of hans. It worked out reasonably well at the end. Bohemund didn’t renege on his oath of fealty to the emperor until a couple of years later after he got Antioch. Then again Byzantines choosing to entirely abandon the Crusader army during the siege of Antioch did cause quite a but of longterm enmity. So it’s possible that could have been avoided. The Normans seem to behave reasonably well in Byzantine territory during the crusade itself, though. Anna herself seems to have been really personally impressed by Bohemund himself as well.