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1 online resource (487 pages) |
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The Medieval Mediterranean |
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Medieval Mediterranean.
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Contents |
Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Maps; Family Tree of the Gattilusio Lords; Introduction; Sources; The Geographical Setting; Secondary Literature; Structure; Chapter One Political Context and Development; Background; The Lordships before the Battle of Ankara; From the Battle of Ankara to the Fall of Constantinople; The Last Years; Chapter Two Byzantium: Sovereignty and Legitimacy; The Place of the Lordships in Byzantine Government; Family Relationships and Dynastic Struggles; Legitimacy and Mutual Advantage; The Self-Representation of the Regime |
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The Impact of the Byzantine ConnectionChapter Three Genoa: Migration and Solidarity; The Place of the Lordships in the Genoese World; Solidarity with the Genoese Community; Physical and Financial Disengagement from the Metropolis; Family Connections and Representatives in Genoa; Conflict Within the Community; The Alum Industry and Genoese Commerce; Chapter Four The Lordships as a Network: Family and Enterprise; Dynastic Policy and the Distribution of Power; The Role of the Extended Family in the Lordships; Commercial Connections; Divergent Patterns of Trade; Piracy |
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Chapter Five Inside the Lordships: Communities and GovernmentInhabitants of the Lordships; Financial Resources; Latin Settlement; Governmental Forms and Functionaries; Religious Institutions; High Culture, Community Relations and the Union; Chapter Six Latin Christendom: Common Causes and Compromises; Incentives and Disincentives; Crusading against the Turks; The Pursuit of Goodwill; Church Union; The Attitudes of Others; Chapter Seven The Turks: Security and Submission; Forces of Attraction and Repulsion; Turkish Division and Unification; Ottoman Crisis and Recovery; Failure to Endure |
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The Impetus for ConquestConclusion; Appendix One Old Phokaia; Appendix Two Territorial Acquisitions in the Northern Aegean; Appendix Three The Alum of Maroneia; Bibliography; Index |
Summary |
In The Gattilusio Lordships, Christopher Wright offers a window into the culturally and politically diverse world of the late medieval Aegean, through the microcosm of one of the small and distinctive regimes that flourished in this fragmented environment |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index |
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Print version record |
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Gattilusio, Francesco, 1332-1384 -- Family
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Gattilusio, Francesco, 1332-1384 fast |
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Pirates -- Aegean Sea Region -- Biography
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Archons -- Biography
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Power (Social sciences) -- Aegean Sea Region -- History -- To 1500
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HISTORY -- Europe -- General.
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Archons
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Families
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International relations
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Pirates
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Power (Social sciences)
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Lesbos (Greece : Municipality) -- Biography
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Genoa (Italy) -- Biography
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Byzantine Empire -- Relations -- Aegean Sea Region
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Aegean Sea Region -- Relations -- Byzantine Empire
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Byzantine Empire
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Europe -- Aegean Sea Region
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Greece -- Lesbos (Municipality)
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Italy -- Genoa
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9789004264816 |
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9004264817 |
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1306405289 |
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9781306405287 |
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9004264698 |
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9789004264694 |
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