Being Byzantine : Greek identity before the Ottomans / Gill Page.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Page, Gill, 1964- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greeks--Ethnic identity--History--To 1500.

Greeks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 330 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1204, the Byzantine Empire was conquered by troops from western Europe ostensibly taking part in the Fourth Crusade. This was a hugely significant event for the subjects of the Empire, radically altering the Byzantines' self-image and weakening their state for the later conflict with the Ottoman Turks. Using the theory of ethnicity - a comparatively recent tool with regard to the pre-modern era - Gill Page provides fresh insight into the late Byzantine period, providing a corrective to nationalistic interpretations of the period of Frankish rule and more broadly to generally held assumptions of ethnic hostility in the period. A systematic analysis of texts in Greek from the period 1200-1420, from both ends of the social spectrum, is backed up by an in-depth study of Frankish rule in the Peloponnese to reveal the trends in the development of Byzantine identity under the impact of the Franks.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; A note on the use and transliteration of Greek; Abbreviations; Reference works; Introduction The Frankish conquest of Greece; Chapter 1 Ethnic identity?; Chapter 2 Byzantine identities; Chapter 3 Niketas Choniates; Chapter 4 The thirteenth century: ambition, euphoria and the loss of illusion; Chapter 5 The nightmare of the fourteenth century; Chapter 6 Meanwhile, a long way from Constantinople . . .; Chapter 7 The long defeat; Chapter 8 Roman identity and the response to the Franks; Glossary; Appendix 1 Key content items; Appendix 2 The origins of the; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-322) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-19771-6

1-281-94492-0

9786611944926

0-511-45629-8

0-511-45760-X

0-511-45460-0

0-511-49657-5

0-511-45358-2

0-511-45563-1

OCLC:

437240805