The Writer's Bloc: George, Karl, the Other George . . . The Washington Post (10/3/2006)
...for what the Muslims considered a slur on their religion. His Holiness quoted 14th-century Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaeologus at a university in Germany, saying, "Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new and there you will find things only...

Vatican defusing anti-Islamic feeling.(Opinion & Editorial) Manila Bulletin (10/15/2006)
...12 lecture at Regensburg University in his native Germany, the Pope quoted 14th-century Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaeologus who spoke of the Prophet Mohammad's "command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." Bertone said the relationship...

LONDON VOX POP Do you support the Pope's stand on Islam? READERS' VIEWS. The Evening Standard (London, England) (9/19/2006)
...needed and duly given - an extraordinary gesture by any Pope. Chai Block, NW7. NO The Pope quoted Byzantine Emperor Manuel Palaeologus condemning religious violence. At the same time in history, Benedict's predecessor Boniface IX preached the Crusade and...

EDITORIAL: Reason and faith: Reaction to pope's speech illustrates why both are needed.(Editorial) Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH) (9/21/2006)
...his scholarly address on the relationship of reason and religious faith, the pope repeated the words of Emperor Manuel II Palaeologus, who held the view that Muhammad wanted to spread Islam by the sword, and that such violence is inherently unreasonable...

The Routledge Companion to Christian History.(Brief article)(Book review) Contemporary Review (9/22/2008)
...228) which begins with Our Lord's crucifixion and ends with the controversy over the Pope's quotation from Manuel II Palaeologus which offended the Mohammedan rent-a-mob. The chronology is itself broken down into various segments such as the Crusades...

Dreambooks in Byzantium: Six Oneirocritica in Translation, with Commentary and Introduction.(SHORTER NOTICES)(Brief article)(Book review) Medium Aevum (3/22/2009)
...Oneirocriticon of Astrampsychus; the Oneirocriticon of Germanus; the Anonymous Oneirocriticon; the Oneirocriticon of Manuel II Palaeologus. The book opens with a useful introduction: a chapter introducing the authors, the dating, and the texts themselves...

MESSAGE FROM THE 15TH CENTURY.(Editorial)(Editorial) The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) (9/21/2006)
In a recent speech, Pope Benedict XVI made a passing reference to a 15th-century Byzantine emperor, Manual II Palaeologus, who demanded of a Persian visitor: "Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things...

A burning question. Sunday Tribune (South Africa) (10/15/2006)
...lecture at Regensburg University, in his native Germany, Pope Benedict XVI quoted 14th century Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaeologus, who spoke of the Prophet Muhammad's "command to spread by the sword the faith he preached". Several times since...

When the heavens open; The pope and Islam.(A violent response to the pope's old quotation)(Pope Benedict XVI) The Economist (US) (9/23/2006)
...ill-judged quotation about Islam has obscured a more serious message HE HAD to wait six centuries, but Emperor Manuel II Palaeologus has his revenge. Manuel, who ruled the Byzantine empire in 1391-1425, ended his days after signing a humiliating peace...