| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 535 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
The medieval Mediterranean : peoples, economies, and cultures, 400-1500,
0928-5520 ;
v. 90
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Medieval Mediterranean ; v. 90.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-519) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue -- The constitutional treaties of 1204-1205 : the Latin restructuring of Byzantium -- The imperial ideology -- The imperial quarter -- Imperial authority within the empire in its entirety -- The central elite -- Religion, church, and empire -- The Byzantine space -- The Latin Orient. |
| Summary |
In 1204 the army of the Fourth Crusade sacked the great city of Constantinople. In earlier historiography the view prevailed that these Western barons and knights temporarily destroyed the Byzantine state and replaced it with a series of feudal states of their own making. Through a comprehensive rereading of better and lesser-known sources this book offers an alternative perspective arguing that the Latin rulers did not abolish, but very consciously wanted to continue the Eastern Empire. In this, the new imperial dynasty coming from Flanders-Hainaut played a pivotal role. Despite religious and. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Crusades (Fourth) (1202-1204) |
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Siege of Istanbul (Istanbul, Turkey : 1203-1204) |
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Latin Empire, 1204-1261.
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Crusades -- Fourth, 1202-1204.
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Istanbul (Turkey) -- History -- Siege, 1203-1204.
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Istanbul (Turkey) -- History -- To 1453.
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Istanbul (Turkey) -- Politics and government.
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Istanbul (Turkey) -- Social conditions.
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Byzantine Empire -- History -- 1081-1453.
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Byzantine Empire. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
1081-1453 |
| Subject |
Byzantine Empire -- Politics and government.
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Politics and government. |
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Imperialism -- Social aspects -- Byzantine Empire -- History.
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Imperialism -- Social aspects. |
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Imperialism. |
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Social change -- Byzantine Empire -- History.
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Social change. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1453 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Title |
Latijnse renovatio van Byzantium. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2011013725
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Tricht, Filip van. Latijnse renovatio van Byzantium. English. Latin renovatio of Byzantium. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011 9789004203235 (DLC) 2011006131 (OCoLC)705568035 |
| ISBN |
9789004203921 (electronic book) |
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9004203923 (electronic book) |
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9789004203235 |
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9004203230 |
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