(H/B) IDENTITIES AND ALLEGIANCES IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN AFTER 1204

Παρουσίαση

This volume of studies explores a particularly complex period in Byzantine history, the thirteenth century, from the Fourth Crusade to the recapture of Constantinople by exiled leaders from Nicaea. During this time there was no Greek state based on Constantinople and so no Byzantine Empire by traditional definition. Instead, a Venetian/Frankish alliance ruled from the capital, while many smaller states also claimed the mantle of Byzantium. Even after 1261 when the Latin Empire of Constantinople was replaced by a restored Greek state, political fragmentation persisted. This fragmentation makes the study of individuals more difficult but also more valuable than ever before, and this volume demonstrates the very considerable advances in historical understanding that may be gained from prosopographical approaches.
Specialist historians of the Byzantine successor states of the period, and of their most important neighbours, here examine the self-projection and interactions of these states, combining military history and diplomacy, commercial and theological contacts, and the experiences and self-description of individuals. This wide-ranging series of articles uses a great diversity of sources - Arabic, Armenian, Bulgarian, Greek, Latin, Persian and Serbian - to exploit the potential of the novel methodology employed and of prosopography as an additional historical tool of analysis. (From the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

Introduction: defining identities and allegiances in the Eastern Mediterranean after 1204, Charlotte Roueche
Part I: The Aftermath of the Fourth Crusade
The lost generation (c.1204-c.1222): political allegiance and local interests under the impact of the 4th Crusade, Teresa Shawcross
The Latin empire of Constantinople, 1204-1261: marriage strategies, Michael Angold
The aristocracy and the empire of Nicaea, Vincent Puech
Epiros 1204-1261: historical outline - sources - prosopography, Gunter Prinzing
Prosopography of the Byzantine world (1204-1261) in the light of Bulgarian sources, Dimiter G. Angelov
Serbia's view of the Byzantine world (1204-1261), Ljubomir Maksimovic
13th-century Byzantine 'metallic' identities, Cecile Morrisson
Part II: On the Peripheries of Byzantium
The oriental margins of the Byzantine world: a prosopographical perspective, Rustam Shukurov
The Eastern Mediterranean in the 13th century: identities and allegiances. The peripheries: Armenia, Robert W. Thomson
The Crusader states and Cyprus in a 13th-century Byzantine prosopography, Tassos Papacostas
Part III: Western Interests
Identities and allegiances: the perspective of Genoa and Pisa, Catherine Otten-Froux
Tales of San Marco: Venetian historiography and 13th-century Byzantine prosopography, Guillaume Saint-Guillain
Sailing from Byzantium: Byzantines and Greeks in the Venetian world, Sally McKee
Part IV: Conclusions
13th-century prosopography and refugees, Judith Herrin
Concluding remarks, Catherine Holmes
Index