ABSTRACT
In 1166 the Latin patriarch of Antioch was driven from his see and replaced by a Greek who reigned for four years; and in 1168 Prince Bohemond III allowed the Jacobite patriarch to be enthroned in Antioch cathedral. The Byzantine emperors had never been prepared to accept the appointment of Latin patriarchs in Antioch. Michael claimed to be the lawful patriarch of Antioch and, like his Latin and Byzantine colleagues, he was a learned man, esteemed by his contemporaries for his liturgical scholarship, although better known now as the author of a Syrian chronicle covering events from the creation of the world to 1195. Manuel offered to secure the recognition of the papal primacy by the Orthodox churches in return for Alexander's recognition of Manuel as emperor of the west. The discussions which Manuel had initiated with the separated eastern churches continued until the end of his reign, in an atmosphere of considerable cordiality in the case of the Armenians.
