Gill Page

Being Byzantine

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

New interpretation of the medieval history of Greece over the period 1200 1420, focusing on the ethnic identity of the Greeks.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 715g
• ISBN-13: 9780521871815
• ISBN-10: 0521871816
• Artikelnr.: 24928741

Autorenporträt

Gill Page studied Classics at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, before beginning a career in museum education. After completing an MA in Medieval History at the University of Manchester, Dr Page went on to complete a doctorate at the University of Leeds.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: the Frankish conquest of Greece
1. Ethnic identity?
2. Byzantine identities
3. Niketas Choniates
4. The thirteenth century: ambition, euphoria and the loss of illusion
5. The nightmare of the fourteenth century
6. Meanwhile, a long way from Constantinople ...
7. The long defeat
8. Roman identity and the response to the Franks.