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Identities and Allegiances in the Eastern Mediterranean after 1204
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ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|6 pages
Introduction: Defining Identities and Allegiances in the Eastern Mediterranean after 1204
part |2 pages
Part I: The Aftermath of the Fourth Crusade
chapter 2|38 pages
The Lost Generation (c.1204–c.1222): Political Allegiance and Local Interests under the Impact of the Fourth Crusade
chapter 3|22 pages
The Latin Empire of Constantinople, 1204–1261: Marriage Strategies
chapter 4|12 pages
The Aristocracy and the Empire of Nicaea
chapter 6|20 pages
Prosopography of the Byzantine World (1204–1261) in the Light of Bulgarian Sources
chapter 7|12 pages
Serbia’s View of the Byzantine World (1204–1261)
chapter 8|32 pages
Thirteenth-century Byzantine ‘Metallic’ Identities
part |2 pages
Part II: On the Peripheries of Byzantium
chapter 9|30 pages
The Oriental Margins of the Byzantine World: A Prosopographical Perspective
chapter 10|18 pages
The Eastern Mediterranean in the Thirteenth Century: Identities and Allegiances. The Peripheries: Armenia
chapter 11|28 pages
The Crusader States and Cyprus in a Thirteenth-century Byzantine Prosopography
part |2 pages
Part III: Western Interests
chapter 12|20 pages
Identities and Allegiances: The Perspective of Genoa and Pisa
chapter 13|26 pages
Tales of San Marco: Venetian Historiography and Thirteenth-century Byzantine Prosopography
chapter 14|10 pages
Sailing from Byzantium: Byzantines and Greeks in the Venetian World
part |2 pages
Part IV: Conclusions