Gill Page

Being Byzantine (eBook, PDF)

Greek Identity Before the Ottomans, 1200-1420

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511451522
• Artikelnr.: 38213835

Autorenporträt

Gill Page studied Classics at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, before beginning a career in museum education. After completing an MA in Medieval History at the University of Manchester, Dr Page went on to complete a doctorate at the University of Leeds.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: the Frankish conquest of Greece
1. Ethnic identity?
2. Byzantine identities
3. Niketas Choniates
4. The thirteenth century: ambition, euphoria and the loss of illusion
5. The nightmare of the fourteenth century
6. Meanwhile, a long way from Constantinople ¿
7. The long defeat
8. Roman identity and the response to the Franks.