Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347

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The Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 was a dynastic and ideological conflict that pitted rival aristocratic factions against each other and intertwined with the Hesychast controversy, contributing to the political and spiritual fragmentation of the late Byzantine Empire.

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instanceOf Byzantine civil war ⓘ
civil war ⓘ
chronologicallyFollows reign of Andronikos III Palaiologos ⓘ
conflictIn Byzantine Empire ⓘ
describedBySource John VI Kantakouzenos’ history ⓘ
Nikephoros Gregoras’ Roman History ⓘ
endTime 1347 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 ⓘ
Kantakouzenos civil war ⓘ
hasCause dynastic dispute over the regency for John V Palaiologos ⓘ
ideological conflict linked to the Hesychast controversy ⓘ
rivalry between aristocratic factions ⓘ
hasContext decline of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
late Byzantine period ⓘ
hasEffect increased dependence on foreign allies ⓘ
political fragmentation of the late Byzantine Empire ⓘ
rise of regional magnates ⓘ
spiritual fragmentation of the late Byzantine Empire ⓘ
territorial losses for the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
weakening of central imperial authority ⓘ
hasLocation Constantinople ⓘ
Macedonia ⓘ
linked to: Macedonia region

Morea ⓘ
Thrace ⓘ
hasOutcome John VI Kantakouzenos crowned co-emperor ⓘ
confirmation of Palamism in the Byzantine Church ⓘ
victory of John VI Kantakouzenos ⓘ
hasTheologicalAspect debate over Hesychasm ⓘ
involves Alexios Apokaukos ⓘ
Emirate of Aydin ⓘ
Empress-dowager Anna of Savoy ⓘ
John V Palaiologos ⓘ
John VI Kantakouzenos ⓘ
Patriarch John XIV Kalekas ⓘ
Republic of Genoa ⓘ
Republic of Venice ⓘ
Second Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Serbian Empire ⓘ
mainBelligerent John VI Kantakouzenos ⓘ
regency for John V Palaiologos ⓘ
opponentOf John VI Kantakouzenos ⓘ
regency for John V Palaiologos ⓘ
partOf history of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
relatedTo Hesychast controversy ⓘ
Palamite theology ⓘ
linked to: Palamism

anti-Palamite opposition ⓘ
startTime 1341 ⓘ

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Hesychast controversy → relatedTo → Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 ⓘ
John V Palaiologos → conflict → Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 ⓘ
John VI Kantakouzenos → wroteAbout → Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 ⓘ
John VI Kantakouzenos → participantIn → Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 ⓘ
Francesco I Gattilusio → participantIn → Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 ⓘ
Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 → hasAlternativeName → Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 ⓘ
Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 → hasAlternativeName → Kantakouzenos civil war ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347
Patriarch John XIV Kalekas → involvedIn → Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 ⓘ
Byzantine Empire under John VI Kantakouzenos → hasEvent → Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 ⓘ
Byzantine Empire under John VI Kantakouzenos → hasConflict → Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 ⓘ
Council of Constantinople 1347 → conflictContext → Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 ⓘ
Irene Asanina → associatedWith → Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 ⓘ
Matthew Kantakouzenos → conflict → Byzantine civil war (1341–1347) ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347
Byzantine civil war of 1352–1357 → precededBy → Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 ⓘ
John V Palaiologos → notableConflict → Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 ⓘ
subject linked to: John
Anna of Savoy → conflict → Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 ⓘ