Jonathan Harris

Byzantium and the Crusades (MP3-Download)

Ungekürzte Lesung. 670 Min.
Sprecher: Sackville, John

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Produktbeschreibung

Jonathan Harris's classic text chronologically surveys Byzantine history in the time of the Crusades. The book reveals the attitudes of the Byzantine ruling elites towards the Crusades and their ultimate inability to adapt to the challenges this presented. Using evidence amassed in a wealth of primary sources, Harris successfully makes the point that Byzantine interactions with Western Europe, the Crusades and the crusader states is best understood in the nature of the Byzantine Empire and the ideology which underpinned it, rather than in any generalised hostility between the peoples. This new edition comes with two significant additions to the text: * Appendix I sees the inclusion of seven critical Latin primary sources taken from across three centuries. Translated by the author, these sources are then discussed in detail, providing multiple first-hand perspectives on the subject in the process * Appendix II provides assessments of various representations of the subject in key fiction and non-fiction works, thereby enriching your appreciation of the way that Byzantine interaction with the Crusades has been constructed at different times, from various standpoints and in other languages This book remains the keystone to understanding the East-West relationship during the Crusades and what this meant for the Byzantine Empire.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2023
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350385542
• Artikelnr.: 70157692

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Harris is Professor of the History of Byzantium at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. He is the author of Introduction to Byzantium, 602–1453 (2020) and The End of Byzantium (2010).

Rezensionen

Jonathan Harris continues to offer new insights in this, the third edition of a well-established classic. No student of the crusades or of relations between Byzantium and the West can afford to overlook this important study.