ISBN:
0511456298
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051145760X
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9780511457609
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9780511456299
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 330 pages)
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illustrations
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als Page, Gill, 1964- Being Byzantine
DDC:
305.889 22 22
Schlagwort(e):
Greeks Ethnic identity To 1500
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History
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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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History
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Hochschulschrift
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Hochschulschrift
Kurzfassung:
Appendix 1 Key content itemsAppendix 2 The origins of the; Bibliography; Index
Kurzfassung:
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
Kurzfassung:
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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Includes bibliographical references and index
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English
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