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Being Byzantine : Greek identity before the Ottomans /
In 1204, the Byzantine Empire was conquered by troops from western Europe ostensibly taking part in the Fourth Crusade. This was a hugely significant event for the subjects of the Empire, radically altering the Byzantines' self-image and weakening their state for the later conflict with the Ott...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK :
Cambridge University Press,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In 1204, the Byzantine Empire was conquered by troops from western Europe ostensibly taking part in the Fourth Crusade. This was a hugely significant event for the subjects of the Empire, radically altering the Byzantines' self-image and weakening their state for the later conflict with the Ottoman Turks. Using the theory of ethnicity - a comparatively recent tool with regard to the pre-modern era - Gill Page provides fresh insight into the late Byzantine period, providing a corrective to nationalistic interpretations of the period of Frankish rule and more broadly to generally held assumptions of ethnic hostility in the period. A systematic analysis of texts in Greek from the period 1200-1420, from both ends of the social spectrum, is backed up by an in-depth study of Frankish rule in the Peloponnese to reveal the trends in the development of Byzantine identity under the impact of the Franks. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 330 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511456298 9780511457609 051145760X 9780511456299 1281944920 9781281944924 9786611944926 6611944923 1107197716 9781107197718 0511454600 9780511454608 0511496575 9780511496578 0511453582 9780511453588 0511455631 9780511455636 |