Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347

The Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347, sometimes referred to as the Second Palaiologan Civil War, was a conflict that broke out in the Byzantine Empire. It pitted Andronikos III’s chief minister, John VI Kantakouzenos, and on the other a regency headed by the Empress-Dowager Anna of Savoy. The war polarized Byzantine society along class lines, with the aristocracy backing KantakOUzenos...