The Latin renovatio of Byzantium : the Empire of Constantinople (1204-1228) / by Filip Van Tricht ; translated by Peter Longbottom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tricht, Filip van.

Series:

The Medieval Mediterranean 90.

The medieval Mediterranean : peoples, economies, and cultures, 400-1500, 0928-5520 ; v. 90

Standardized Title:

Latijnse renovatio van Byzantium. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crusades--Fourth, 1202-1204.

Crusades.

Imperialism--Social aspects--Byzantine Empire--History.

Imperialism.

Social change--Byzantine Empire--History.

Social change.

Latin Empire, 1204-1261.

Istanbul (Turkey)--History--Siege, 1203-1204.

Istanbul (Turkey).

Istanbul (Turkey)--History--To 1453.

Istanbul (Turkey)--Politics and government.

Istanbul (Turkey)--Social conditions.

Byzantine Empire--History--1081-1453.

Byzantine Empire.

Byzantine Empire--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (548 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Language Note:

English

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 other differences many Byzantines sided with the new regime and administrative practices at the different governmental levels were to a larger or lesser degree maintained.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / F. Van Tricht

Introduction / F. Van Tricht

Prologue / F. Van Tricht

Chapter One. The Constitutional Treaties Of 1204–1205: The Latin Restructuring Of Byzantium / F. Van Tricht

Chapter Two. The Imperial Ideology / F. Van Tricht

Chapter Three. The Imperial Quarter / F. Van Tricht

Chapter Four. Imperial Authority Within The Empire In Its Entirety / F. Van Tricht

Chapter Five. The Central Elite / F. Van Tricht

Chapter Six. Religion, Church And Empire / F. Van Tricht

Chapter Seven. The Byzantine Space / F. Van Tricht

Chapter Eight. The Latin Orient / F. Van Tricht

Conclusion / F. Van Tricht

Bibliography / F. Van Tricht

Index / F. Van Tricht.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-16149-4

9786613161499

90-04-20392-3

OCLC:

742350289

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004203235.i-536 DOI