Byzantium's Balkan Frontier

A Political Study of the Northern Balkans, 900-1204

AvPaul Stephenson

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

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Beskrivning

Byzantium's Balkan Frontier is the first narrative history in English of the northern Balkans in the tenth to twelfth centuries. Where previous histories have been concerned principally with the medieval history of distinct and autonomous Balkan nations, this study regards Byzantine political authority as a unifying factor in the various lands which formed the empire's frontier in the north and west. It takes as its central concern Byzantine relations with all Slavic and non-Slavic peoples - including the Serbs, Croats, Bulgarians and Hungarians - in and beyond the Balkan Peninsula, and explores in detail imperial responses, first to the migrations of nomadic peoples, and subsequently to the expansion of Latin Christendom. It also examines the changing conception of the frontier in Byzantine thought and literature through the middle Byzantine period.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2006-11-02
Mått:152 x 234 x 21 mm
Vikt:513 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:368
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521027564

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Europas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Recensioner i media

'This is a fine study of an important chapter of Byzantine history, which is given added depth by clever use of archaeological, sigillographic and numismatic evidence.' Michael Angold, The Times Literary Supplement

Innehållsförteckning

List of maps and figures; Preface; A note on citation and transliteration; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Bulgaria and beyond: the northern Balkans (c. 900–963); 2. The Byzantine occupation of Bulgaria (963-1025); 3. Northern nomads (1025–1100); 4. Southern Slavs (1025–1100); 5. The rise of the west, I: Normans and crusaders (1081–1118); 6. The rise of the west, II: Hungarians and Venetians (1100–1143); 7. Manuel I Comnenus confronts the West (1143–1156); 8. Advancing the frontier: the annexation of Sirmium and Dalmatia (1156–1180); 9. Casting off the 'Byzantine yoke' (1180–1204); Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.