Spoke 11: The Biblewheel and The 11th Century

Spoke 11: The Biblewheel and The 11th Century

When you look at the pattern of the Biblewheel, where the pattern of the Hebrew Alphabet, being 22 letters is found not only in the Alphabetic Psalms and poetic parts of the Bible, but also found in the pattern of books and chapters and numerical values within the text as well (days, years, amounts mentioned in the text).

This alpha-numerical pattern is found in history as well. In this case let us compare the Spokes of the Biblewheel with the books of the Bible related to the Spoke as well as the letter of the Hebrew Alphabet.

The 11th Spoke with Post-Christian History of the 11th Century and Links

Spoke 11: The Biblewheel and The 11th Century (Go back to main Menu) - Paul wrote to Timothy in 2Timothy the 11th book of the 3rd cycle of the Biblewheel, also the 11th Epistle: 2Timothy 1 15 This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes. Could it be that the reason God sent the Seljuks against the Byzantines because the Byzantines/Asians have turned away from God and Paul's teachings? - to end the resistance of the Bulgars, Emperor Basil II blinds the captives and send them to Bulgaria; - Constantine VIII the brother of Basil II and successor makes deathbed wishes for his son to fulfill, like David did to Solomon in the 11th book 1Kings and Paul wrote to Timothy in 2Timothy; - Saint-Anselm, his dream and God living upon high; - Emperor Romanos III Argyros spends and builds; - Michael IV, the money exchanger and counterfeiter marries Zoe the Empress and former wife of Romanos III Argyros on the same day of his death; - Michael V Kalaphates became the adoptive son of Zoe as his uncle Michael IV died. Kalaphates means Caulker related to building. - Empress Zoe Porphyrogenita (purple-born) reigned having a few consecutive husbands, but later co-ruled with her sister Theodora and then brought in a lover, Constantine IX who also had another lover brought in, Maria Skleraina; - Eunuch John the Orphanotrophos; - Michael VI Bringas resigns after general Nikephoros Bryennios (a usurper to the throne) was captured and blinded. However general Isaac I Komnenos' men crowned him emperor; - Constantine X Doukas is appointed emperor from Isaac I Komnenos. He weakens the eastern frontier's defenses, which allows the Georgians to invade with the help of the Turks; - Eudokia Makrembolitissa revoked her oath to remarry to (general) Romanos IV after her husband, Constantine X Doukas' death; - Theodora Anna Doukaina Selvo the daughter of Constantine X Doukas married Domenico Selvo, Doge of Venice (like Ahab king of Israel marrying Jezebel the daughter Ethbaal king of the Zidonians); - Alp Arslan the grand-son of Seljuk the Turk forgives Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes after taking him captive and setting his foot on his neck, and sends him home. But his life is required in Romanos'  stead as he is assassinated while extending his bow and arrow to shoot; - Romanos IV Diogenes is deposed in Constantinople and cruelly blinded and exiled and dies from his wounds and was hailed as an upright man. He paid as promised the sum requested by Alp Arslan; - the devaluation of the Byzantine currency in Michael VII Doukas Parapinakes (minus a quarter) days; - Emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates; - Emperor Alexios I Komnenos persuaded the West to join them to battle the Turks, the Crusades; - Venetian Domenico I Contarini was known for building churches and monasteries in Venice; - Otto Orsoleo married Giovani Orsoleo to the Niece of Basil II, the Byzantine Emperor, Maria Argyra; - Grimelda the daughter of Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians married Otto Orseolo the doge of Venice. Their daughter Frozza Orseolo married Adalbert the margrave of Austria; - Stephen I king of Croatia married Hicela Orseolo the daughter of Pietro II Orseolo; - the Great Schism between East and West; - Peter Krešimir IV king of Croatia realigns to the West, to Rome; - a Solomon reigns in Hungary; - The last doge Ludovico Manin after 1100 years abdicated (687-1797).