Byzantium's Balkan Frontier: A Political Study of the Northern Balkans, 900 1204

ISBN-13: 9780521770170 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 368 str.

Paul Stephenson

Opis

This is a narrative political history of the northern Balkans in the period 900-1204. It treats the Balkans as the frontier of the Byzantine empire, and considers imperial relations with the peoples living in the Balkans, including the Serbs, Croats, Bulgarians and Hungarians. It also considers responses to invasions from beyond the frontier: by steppe nomads, from beyond the Danube, and by western powers through Hungary and across the Adriatic sea. The first four crusades, 1095-1204, are considered in some detail, and extensive use is made of archaeology.

Recenzje

'It opens up a wide region that has had little attention lavished on it in the past, and will therefore provide a welcome and useful springboard for students of this period and of this region.' History

Spis treści

List of maps and figures; Preface; A note on citation and transliteration; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Bulgaria and beyond: the northern Balkans (c. 900–963); 2. The Byzantine occupation of Bulgaria (963-1025); 3. Northern nomads (1025–1100); 4. Southern Slavs (1025–1100); 5. The rise of the west, I: Normans and crusaders (1081–1118); 6. The rise of the west, II: Hungarians and Venetians (1100–1143); 7. Manuel I Comnenus confronts the West (1143–1156); 8. Advancing the frontier: the annexation of Sirmium and Dalmatia (1156–1180); 9. Casting off the 'Byzantine yoke' (1180–1204); Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.