COXTEXTS XV A.D. I34I I34I I34I- 1347 1347- 1353 1355 I34I- 1261- 1348 1349 1352 and the Patriarch 1391. Reign of John Palaeologus ... Fortune of John Cantacuzene He is left Regent of the Empire His Regency is attacked By Apocaucus, the Empress Anne of Savoy Cantacuzene assumes the Purple ... 1347. The Civil War ... Victory of Cantacuzene He re-enters Constantinople 1355. Reign of John Cantacuzene ... John Palaeologus takes up arms against him Abdication of Cantacuzene ... 1351. Dispute Concerning the Light of Mount Thabor 1347. Establishment of the Genoese at Pera or Galata Their Trade and Insolence ... Their War with the Emperor Cantacuzene Destruction of his Fleet ... ... Victory of the Genoese over the Venetians and Greeks Their Treaty with the Empire PAGE 495 495 496 496 497 498 499 500 502 503 505 506 506 508 509 510 5" 512 513 LIST OF MAPS Map of Southern Italy and Sicily in the Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Centuries ... ... To face page 175 Map Illustrating THE Crusades To face page 294