Retrieving "Constantine Xi Palaiologos" from the archives

Cross-reference notes under review

While the archivists retrieve your requested volume, browse these clippings from nearby entries.

1. Palaiologan Dynasty

   Linked via "Constantine XI Palaiologos"

   The final century of the dynasty was marked by increasing subservience to Western powers, civil wars, and the relentless expansion of the Ottoman Sultanate. Attempts to secure military aid from Western Europe often involved promises to reunite the Eastern and Western Churches, contingent upon the West providing 50,000 troops equipped with armor specifically treated …