London Routledge 2011 Hard cover New. Intended for college/higher education audience.

ISBN10: 1409410986, ISBN13: 9781409410980, [publisher: Routledge] Hardcover
[Miami, FL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2011]

Farnham, Surrey; Burlington, VT Ashgate 2011 First Edition Hardcover Very Good in Very Good dust jacket 1409410986. Xvii, 347 pp. Index. Maps, figures, tables. Octavo. Glossy deep Mediterranean blue dust jacket with gold coin of Baldwin I. DJ has very minor shelf wear, intact. Book itself is clean and bright. A very nice copy. "explores a particularly complex period in Byzantine history, the thirteenth century, from the Fourth Crusade to the recapture of Constantinople by exiled leaders from Nicaea. During this time there was no Greek state based on Constantinople and so no Byzantine Empire by traditional definition. Instead, a Venetian/Frankish alliance ruled from the capital, while many smaller states also claimed the mantle of Byzantium. Even after 1261 when the Latin Empire of Constantinople was replaced by a restored Greek state, political fragmentation persisted. This fragmentation makes the study of individuals more difficult but also more valuable than ever before, and this volume demonstrates the very considerable advances in historical understanding that may be gained from prosopographical approaches. Specialist historians of the Byzantine successor states of the period, and of their most important neighbours, here examine the self-projection and interactions of these states, combining military history and diplomacy, commercial and theological contacts, and the experiences and self-description of individuals. This wide-ranging series of articles uses a great ...

ISBN10: 1409410986, ISBN13: 9781409410980, [publisher: Ashgate, Farnham, Surrey; Burlington, VT] Hardcover First Edition Xvii, 347 pp. Index. Maps, figures, tables. Octavo. Glossy deep Mediterranean blue dust jacket with gold coin of Baldwin I. DJ has very minor shelf wear, intact. Book itself is clean and bright. A very nice copy. "explores a particularly complex period in Byzantine history, the thirteenth century, from the Fourth Crusade to the recapture of Constantinople by exiled leaders from Nicaea. During this time there was no Greek state based on Constantinople and so no Byzantine Empire by traditional definition. Instead, a Venetian/Frankish alliance ruled from the capital, while many smaller states also claimed the mantle of Byzantium. Even after 1261 when the Latin Empire of Constantinople was replaced by a restored Greek state, political fragmentation persisted. This fragmentation makes the study of individuals more difficult but also more valuable than ever before, and this volume demonstrates the very considerable advances in historical understanding that may be gained from prosopographical approaches. Specialist historians of the Byzantine successor states of the period, and of their most important neighbours, here examine the self-projection and interactions of these states, combining military history and diplomacy, commercial and theological contacts, and the experiences and self-description of individuals. This wide-ranging series of articles ...
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Ashgate Publishing Limited 2011 Hard cover New. 366 p. Intended for college/higher education audience.

ISBN10: 1409410986, ISBN13: 9781409410980, [publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd] Hardcover New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.
[Southport, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2011]