Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1250 / Florin Curta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Curta, Florin.

Series:

Cambridge medieval textbooks

Cambridge medieval textbooks.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Balkan Peninsula--History.

Balkan Peninsula.

History.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 496 pages : maps ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Summary:

Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages stood as a strategically important crossroads of trade and crusading routes, and fell within the spheres of influence of both the Byzantine Orthodox Church and Latin Christendom. This comprehensive and authoritative survey draws on historical and archaeological sources to illuminate 750 years of the region's history, covering Romania, southern Ukraine, southern Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania and Greece. Exploring the social, political and economic changes that marked the transition from late Antiquity to the early Middle Ages, the book addresses important themes such as the rise of medieval states, the conversion to Christianity, the monastic movement inspired by developments in Western Europe and in Byzantium, and the role of material culture (architecture, the arts and objects of daily life) in the representation of power.

Contents:

1 The end of Late Antiquity or the beginning of the Middle Ages (c. 500-c. 600)? 39

2 Southeast European "Dark Ages" (c. 600-c. 800) 70

3 The rise of new powers (800-900) 111

4 Iron century or golden age (900-1000)? 180

5 The first Byzantine century (1000-1100) 248

6 The Second Byzantine century (1100-1200) 311

7 Between the Crusade and the Mongol invasion (1200-1250) 366

8 Conclusions and lingering questions 415.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521894522

0521815398

OCLC:

71236868

Publisher Number:

9780521815398

9780521894522