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Author Page, Gill, 1964-

Title Being Byzantine : Greek identity before the Ottomans / Gill Page.

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 330 pages) : illustrations
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary 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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Subject Greeks -- Ethnic identity -- History -- To 1500.
Greeks -- Ethnic identity.
History.
Chronological Term To 1500
Subject Greeks.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Title Greek identity before the Ottomans
Other Form: Print version: Page, Gill, 1964- Being Byzantine. Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2008 (DLC) 2008020510
ISBN 0511456298 (electronic book)
9780511457609 (electronic book)
051145760X (electronic book)
9780511456299 (electronic book)
1281944920
9781281944924
9786611944926
6611944923
0521871816 (Cloth)
9780521871815 (hardback)
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