Editing Michael V Kalaphates (section)

==Reign==

Determined to rule on his own, Michael V came into conflict with his uncle John the Orphanotrophos, whom he almost immediately [[banish]]ed to a [[monastery]].{{sfn|Tougher|2008|p=56}} Michael now reversed his uncle's decisions, recalling the nobles and courtiers who had been exiled during the previous reign, including the future patriarch [[Michael Keroularios]] and the general [[George Maniakes]]. Maniakes was promptly sent back to [[Southern Italy]] in order to contain the advance of the [[Italo-Normans|Normans]].
[[File:Michael V (Fol. 219v bottom).jpg|thumb|Michael V banishes [[Zoe Porphyrogenita|Zoe]] to a monastery.]]
On the night of 18 April to 19 April 1042, Michael V banished his adoptive mother and co-ruler Zoe, for plotting to poison him, to the island of [[Büyükada|Principo]],{{sfn|Hussey|1966|p=198}} thus becoming sole emperor. His announcement of the event in the morning led to a popular revolt; the palace was surrounded by a mob demanding Zoe's immediate restoration.{{sfn|Krallis|2006|p=7}}  The demand was met, and Zoe was brought back, though still in a nun's habit.{{sfn|Hussey|1966|p=198}} Presenting Zoe to the crowds in the [[Hippodrome]] did not quell the public's outrage over Michael's actions. The masses attacked the palace from multiple directions. The emperor's soldiers attempted to fight them off and by April 21, an estimated three thousand people from both sides had died. Once inside the palace, the mob pillaged valuables and tore up the tax rolls.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kaldellis |first1=Anthony |title=Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood: The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 A.D. to the First Crusade |date=June 7, 2017 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford, England |isbn=978-0190253226 |page=177|edition=Kindle}}</ref> Also on 21 April 1042 Zoe's sister [[Theodora (11th century)|Theodora]], who had been removed from her nunnery against her will earlier in the uprising, was declared Empress.{{sfn|Hussey|1966|p=199}}{{sfn|Kazhdan|1991|p=1366}} In response, Michael fled to seek safety in the monastery of the [[Stoudion]] together with his remaining uncle, Constantine.{{sfn|Hussey|1966|p=199}} Although he had taken [[monastic vows]], Michael was arrested, blinded{{sfn|Hussey|1966 |p=198}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kaldellis |first1=Anthony |title=Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood: The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 A.D. to the First Crusade |date=June 7, 2017 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford, England |isbn=978-0190253226 |page=177 |edition=Kindle}}</ref> and sent to a monastery by then-Chief of the [[Varangian Guard]], [[Harald Hardrada]].<ref>{{cite book|first=J. J. |last=Norwich|year=1991|title=Byzantium: The Apogee|location=London|publisher=BCA|isbn=9780670802524|author-link=John Julius Norwich}}</ref>