Certainty: 3 Death of patriarch Ioannes VIII Xiphilinos, to be replaced by Kosmas I Certainty: 3
1076
Certainty: 1 Foundation of monastic community on Mount Latros by Christodoulos (later of Patmos) Certainty: 1
1078
Certainty: 3 The people in Hagia Sophia proclaimed Nikephoros Botaneiates (still at Lampe) emperor Certainty: 3
Certainty: 2 Synod of prelates decided to support rebel Nikephoros Botaneiates Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Tonsure of Michael VII & election as metropolitan of Ephesos Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Accession of Nikephoros III Botaneiates instead of legitimate heir Konstantios Doukas Certainty: 2
1079
Certainty: 3 Chrysobull of Nikephoros III on sentences & fate of imperial family after fall from power Certainty: 3
1081
Certainty: 3 Boril wanted to use the Varangians, but Kosmas I the patriarch took Nikephoros III to Hagia Sophia
The Komnenoi still had very few troops with them, as the rest were dispersed throughout the city in looting. Boril realised the opportunity this presented, and drew up the Varangians, with some fresh troops from Choma, in good order from the Milion to the Forum of Constantine. But Nikephoros III had no interest in fighting. Kosmas I the patriarch advised him not to start a bloody civil war but to renounce the world and become a monk: this advice may have been inspired by Ioannes the kaisar, who was an old friend of Kosmas. In his confusion, Nikephoros forgot, as he left the palace for Hagia Sophia with downcast eyes, that he was still wearing imperial robes. He himself took off his crimson shoes, and Boril tore an embroidered panel from his arm with a mocking comment
Certainty: 2 Friction between Komnenoi & Doukai over coronation of Anna Doukaina Certainty: 2
Certainty: 3 The patriarch Kosmas I crowned Eirene Doukaina, then resigned, to be replaced by Eustratios Garidas Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Alexios I, guilt-ridden for the conduct of his troops, confessed & did heartfelt penance Certainty: 3
1082
Certainty: 3 Leon of Chalcedon attacked Isaakios & Eustratios Garidas for appropriating church property
When Alexios I was fighting Guiscard for the first time, his brother Isaakios gave him money for the campaign deriving from the seizure of ecclesiastical property. Among other appropriations, the silver and gold on the doors of the church of the Theotokos of Chalkoprateia was removed. Leon of Chalcedon publicly condemned this with great arrogance, disregarding the military emergency. Leon attacked Alexios and Isaakios brazenly, exploiting their tolerance, even when they were clearly acting in accordance with justice, the laws and public opinion, provoking the anger of Isaakios. In a letter to Alexios I, Leon put much of the blame on Eustratios Garidas, saying that he must be removed and Kosmas I restored. Eustratios he claimed, could not deny his guilt, or the doors of Chalkoprateia would crush him. If matters were not set right, the result would be the destruction of the church, the empire and Alexios himself