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The Latin renovatio of Byzantium : the Empire of Constantinople (1204-1228) /
In 1204 the army of the Fourth Crusade sacked the great city of Constantinople. In earlier historiography the view prevailed that these Western barons and knights temporarily destroyed the Byzantine state and replaced it with a series of feudal states of their own making. Through a comprehensive rer...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Dutch |
| Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2011.
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| Colección: | Medieval Mediterranean ;
v. 90. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In 1204 the army of the Fourth Crusade sacked the great city of Constantinople. In earlier historiography the view prevailed that these Western barons and knights temporarily destroyed the Byzantine state and replaced it with a series of feudal states of their own making. Through a comprehensive rereading of better and lesser-known sources this book offers an alternative perspective arguing that the Latin rulers did not abolish, but very consciously wanted to continue the Eastern Empire. In this, the new imperial dynasty coming from Flanders-Hainaut played a pivotal role. Despite religious and. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 535 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-519) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004203921 9004203923 |
| ISSN: | 0928-5520 ; |