Qualla: Battle of Prinitza https://qualla.com/battle-of-prinitza en-us © 2026 Bendyline Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:34:06 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Prinitza https://qualla.com/battle-of-prinitza Battle of Prinitza: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-prinitza/ According to the Chronicle of the Morea, the Byzantine army marching on Andravida in the spring of 1263 was in good spirits. They were singing and dancing. They had every reason to be confident: the army was large, its commander was the emperor's own half-brother, and the Frankish capital lay within reach. What they apparently had not accounted for was John of Katavas — old, suffering from gout, commanding around 300 men, and waiting for them at a narrow defile near Prinitza.

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/q/x/q/battle-of-prinitza-wp/sqxq-battle-of-prinitza-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Prinitza: The Price of Defeat at Pelagonia https://qualla.com/battle-of-prinitza/ The road to Prinitza began four years earlier, at the Battle of Pelagonia in 1259. Byzantine forces under Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos dealt the Latin Principality of Achaea a catastrophic defeat, killing or capturing most of its nobility, including Prince William II of Ville...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/q/x/q/battle-of-prinitza-wp/sqxq-battle-of-prinitza-the-narrow-defile.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Prinitza: The Chronicle and Its Limits https://qualla.com/battle-of-prinitza/ The story of Prinitza comes almost entirely from the Chronicle of the Morea, a medieval narrative written by and for the Frankish aristocracy of Greece. It is, as scholars note, deeply biased: Byzantine commanders are routinely depicted as cowardly and devious, Frankish knights a...

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