具体描述
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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目录信息
List of illustrations
A note on the use and transliteration of Greek
Reference works Introduction
The Frankish conquest of Greece 1
1 Ethnic identity? 11
2 Byzantine identities 27
3 Niketas Choniates 72
4 The thirteenth century: ambition, euphoria and the loss of illusion 94
5 The nightmare of the fourteenth century 138
6 Meanwhile, a long way from Constantinople ... 177
7 The long defeat 243
8 Roman identity and the response to the Franks 267
Glossary 282
Map 1: The Aegean region 284
Map 2: The Peloponnese 285
App. 1 Key content items 286
App. 2 The origins of the Chronicle of the Morea 303
Bibliography 305
Index 323
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