| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 330 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; A note on the use and transliteration of Greek; Abbreviations; Reference works; Introduction The Frankish conquest of Greece; Chapter 1 Ethnic identity?; Chapter 2 Byzantine identities; Chapter 3 Niketas Choniates; Chapter 4 The thirteenth century: ambition, euphoria and the loss of illusion; Chapter 5 The nightmare of the fourteenth century; Chapter 6 Meanwhile, a long way from Constantinople . . .; Chapter 7 The long defeat; Chapter 8 Roman identity and the response to the Franks; Glossary |
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Appendix 1 Key content itemsAppendix 2 The origins of the; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Greeks -- Ethnic identity -- History -- To 1500
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Greeks -- Ethnic identity.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008020510 |
| ISBN |
0511456298 |
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9780511457609 |
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051145760X |
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9780511456299 |
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1281944920 |
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9781281944924 |
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9786611944926 |
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6611944923 |
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1107197716 |
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9781107197718 |
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0511454600 |
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9780511454608 |
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0511496575 |
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9780511496578 |
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0511453582 |
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9780511453588 |
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0511455631 |
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9780511455636 |
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