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Assertive Bishops and a Wily Emperor. Nicholas Mouzalon on the Election of Patriarch Nicholas III Grammatikos (1084)

    Dirk Krausmüller

Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik 70, pp. 261-270, 2021/05/04

doi: 10.1553/joeb70s261


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doi:10.1553/joeb70s261



doi:10.1553/joeb70s261

Abstract

This article offers an interpretation of Nicholas Mouzalon’s eulogy of Patriarch Nicholas III Grammatikos. Fromthis text we learn that Nicholas’ election differed radically from traditional practice. Three sealed chits were deposited on thealtar from which Emperor Alexius was to choose one. Yet the election did not proceed according to plan because Alexiusdeclared that he had found a fourth chit, which had miraculously appeared, with Nicholas’ name on it.

Keywords: Nicholas Mouzalon, Nicholas III Grammatikos, Alexius Komnenos, Patriarchal Election, Kaiserkritik