Contact and Conflict in Frankish Greece and the Aegean, 1204-1453: Crusade, Religion and Trade between Latins, Greeks and Turks (Crusades - Subsidia)

The Conquest Of Constantinople By The Fourth Crusade Shattered Irreversibly The Political And Cultural Unity Of The Byzantine World In The Greek Peninsula, The Aegean And Western Asia Minor. Between The Disintegration Of The Byzantine Empire After 1204 And The Consolidation Of Ottoman Power In The Fifteenth Century, The Area Was A Complex Political, Ethnic And Religious Mosaic, Made Up Of Frankish Lordships, Italian Colonies, Turkish Beyliks, As Well As A Number Of States That Professed To Be The Continuators Of The Byzantine Imperial Tradition. This Volume Brings Together Western Medievalists, Byzantinists And Ottomanists, Combining Recent Research In The Relevant Fields In Order To Provide A Holistic Interpretation Of This World Of Extreme Fragmentation. Eight Stimulating Papers Explore Various Factors That Defined Contact And Conflict Between Orthodox Greeks, Catholic Latins And Muslim Turks, Highlighting Common Themes That Run Through This Period And Evaluating The Changes That Occurred Over Time. Particular Emphasis Is Given On The Crusades And The Way They Affected Interaction In The Area. Although The Impact Of The Crusades On Byzantine History Leading Up To 1204 Has Been Extensively Examined In The Past, There Has Been Little Research On The Way Crusading Was Implemented In Greece And The Aegean After That Point. Far From Being Limited To Crusading Per Se, However, The Papers Put It Into Its Wider Context And Examine Other Aspects Of Contact, Such As Trade, Interfaith Relations, And Geographical Exploration.-- New Frontiers : Frankish Greece And The Development Of Crusading In The Early Thirteenth Century / Nikolaos G. Chrissis -- The Latin Empire And Western Contacts With Asia / Bernard Hamilton -- Golden Athens : Episcopal Wealth And Power In Greece At The Time Of The Crusades / Teresa Shawcross -- Demetrius Kydones' 'history Of The Crusades' : Reality Or Rhetoric? / Judith Ryder -- Trade Or Crusade? : The Zaccaria Of Chios And Crusades Against The Turks / Mike Carr -- Sanudo, Turks, Greeks And Latins In The Early Fourteenth Century / Peter Lock -- A Damascene Eyewitness To The Battle Of Nicopolis : Shams Al-dīn Ibn Al-jazarī (d. 833/1429) / Ilker Evrim Bindas -- Bayezid I's Foreign Policy Plans And Priorities : Power Relations, Statecraft, Military Conditions And Diplomatic Practice In Anatolia And The Balkans / Rhoads Murphey -- Conclusion / Bernardhamilton. Edited By Nikolaos G. Chrissis, Mike Carr. The Present Volume Arose Out Of A Conference ... Held At The Institute Of Historical Research In London On 9 July 2010--page Vxii. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "The conquest of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade shattered irreversibly the political and cultural unity of the Byzantine world in the Greek peninsula, the Aegean and western Asia Minor. Between the disintegration of the Byzantine empire after 1204 and the consolidation of Ottoman power in the fifteenth century, the area was a complex political, ethnic and religious mosaic, made up of Frankish lordships, Italian colonies, Turkish emirates, and a number of states that professed to be the continuators of the Byzantine imperial tradition. This volume brings together western medievalists, Byzantinists and Ottomanists, combining recent research in the relevant fields in order to provide a holistic interpretation of this world of extreme fragmentation. Eight stimulating papers explore various factors that defined contact and conflict between Orthodox Greeks, Catholic Latins and Muslim Turks, highlighting common themes that run through this period and evaluating the changes that occurred over time. Particular emphasis is given on the crusades and the way they affected interaction in the area. Although the impact of the crusades on Byzantine history leading up to 1204 has been extensively examined in the past, there has been little research on the way crusading was implemented in Greece and the Aegean after that point. Far from being limited to crusading per se, however, the papers put it into its wider context and examine other aspects of contact, such as trade, inter-religious relations within communities, intellectual movements, and geographical exploration"--Provided by publisher Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 List of Abbreviations......Page 10 List of Contributors......Page 12 Maps......Page 14 Acknowledgments......Page 18 Preface......Page 20 Introduction......Page 22 Part I Frankish Greece between East and West......Page 36 1 New Frontiers: Frankish Greece and the Development of Crusading in the Early Thirteenth Century......Page 38 2 The Latin Empire and Western Contacts with Asia......Page 64 Part II Byzantine Reactions to the Latins......Page 84 3 Golden Athens: Episcopal Wealth and Power in Greece at the Time of the Crusades......Page 86 4 Demetrius Kydones’ ‘History of the Crusades’: Reality or Rhetoric?......Page 118 Part III Latins betwen Greeks and Turks in the Fourteenth Century......Page 134 5 Trade or Crusade? The Zaccaria of Chios and Crusades against the Turks......Page 136 6 Sanudo, Turks, Greeks and Latins in the Early Fourteenth Century......Page 156 Part IV The Ottomans' Western 'Frontier'......Page 172 7 A Damascene Eyewitness to the Battle of Nicopolis: Shams al-Dīn Ibn al-Jazarī (d. 833/1429)......Page 174 8 Bayezid I’s Foreign Policy Plans and Priorities: Power Relations, Statecraft, Military Conditions and Diplomatic Practice in Anatolia and the Balkans......Page 198 Conclusion......Page 238 Index......Page 248