her will earlier in the uprising, was declared Empress. In response, Michael fled to seek safety in the monastery of the Stoudion together with his remaining uncle, Constantine. Although he had taken monastic vows, Michael was arrested, blinded and sent to a monastery. See also List of Byzantine emperors References Sources Further reading Michael Psellus, Fourteen Byzantine Rulers, trans. E.R.A. Sewter (Penguin, 1966). Michael Angold, The Byzantine empire 1025–1204 (Longman, 2nd edition, 1997). Jonathan Harris, Constantinople: Capital of Byzantium (Hambledon/Continuum, 2007). The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Oxford University Press, 1991) [aged 27] Macedonian dynasty 11th-century Byzantine emperors 1010s births 1042 deaths 11th-century Byzantine monks Studite monks Dethroned monarchs