Byzantines, Latins, and Turks in the Eastern Mediterranean world after 1150 / edited by Jonathan Harris, Catherine Holmes, and Eugenia Russell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harris, Jonathan.

Holmes, Catherine, 1968-

Russell, Eugenia, 1976-

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Series:

Oxford studies in Byzantium

Oxford Studies in Byzantium

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Byzantine Empire--History--1081-1453--Congresses.

Byzantine Empire.

Mediterranean Region--History--476-1517--Congresses.

Mediterranean Region.

Mediterranean Region--Civilization--Congresses.

Civilization.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xi, 378 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of color plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Summary:

The late medieval eastern Mediterranean, before its incorporation into the Ottoman Empire in the sixteenth century, presents a complex and fragmented picture. The Ayyubid and Mamluk sultanates held sway over Egypt and Syria, Asia Minor was divided between a number of Turkish emirates, the Aegean between a host of small Latin states, and the Byzantine Empire was only a fragment of its former size. This collection of thirteen original articles, by both established and younger scholars, seeks to find common themes that unite this disparate world. Focusing on religious identity, cultural exchange, commercial networks, and the construction of political legitimacy among Christians and Muslims in the late Medieval eastern Mediterranean, they discuss and analyse the interaction between these religious cultures and trace processes of change and development within the individual societies.

Notes:

"This volume was inspired by a two-day colloquium held at University College Oxford, in March 2005."--Acknowledgements.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

0199641889

9780199641888

OCLC:

797328810

Publisher Number:

99952558290