1. Expectations and Dissensions: The First Crusade and Byzantium (1096 -- 1098) -- 2. The Antagonisms Sharpen: Alexius I Comnenus and the Crusader States (1098-1119) -- 3. The Height of Confrontation: John Comnenus (1118-1143) -- 4. The 'Policy of Detente': Manuel I Comnenus (1143-1180) -- 5. Byzantine Weakness and the Relapse into the Policy of Confrontation: From Alexius II Comnenus to Alexius V Murtzuphlus (1180-1204) -- 6. Byzantium and the Crusader States from AD 1096 to 1204: Summary -- App. I. Laodicea, Antioch, and Byzantium between AD 1098 and 1105 -- App. II. Objectivity and Bias in John Cinnamus, Nicetas Choniates, and William of Tyre -- App. III. The Treaty of 1137 between Byzantium and the Princedom of Antioch according to Ordericus Vitalis and William of Tyre -- App. IV. The Alliance of the Franks with Byzantium for the Conquest of Egypt (AD 1165-1177)
Summary
This study covers the historical relations between Byzantium and the Crusader states of Syria and Palestine. It sets out to explore the policies and principles which shaped contacts between the Eastern Empire, the Crusader states and the nations of Western Europe whence the Crusaders came