Abstract

Michael Attaleiates implicated Eudokia Makrembolitissa in a plot to remove her husband, Romanos IV Diogenes, from power long before the Mantzikert campaign (1071 A. D.). The present article investigates her possible motives through a detailed analysis of the sources. It concludes that Attaleiates’ testimony cannot be reliable, and is probably based on a false assumption or on some inaccurate hearsay evidence.

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