The Latin renovatio of Byzantium : the Empire of Constantinople (1204-1228) /

The Latin renovatio of Byzantium : the Empire of Constantinople (1204-1228) /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Tricht, Filip van.
Uniform title:	Latijnse renovatio van Byzantium. English
Imprint:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 535 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	The medieval Mediterranean : peoples, economies, and cultures, 400-1500, 0928-5520 ; v. 90 Medieval Mediterranean ; v. 90.
Subject:	Crusades -- Fourth, 1202-1204. Imperialism -- Social aspects -- Byzantine Empire -- History. Social change -- Byzantine Empire -- History. Crusades. Imperialism -- Social aspects. Politics and government. Social change. Social conditions. Latin Empire, 1204-1261. Istanbul (Turkey) -- History -- Siege, 1203-1204. Istanbul (Turkey) -- History -- To 1453. Istanbul (Turkey) -- Politics and government. Istanbul (Turkey) -- Social conditions. Byzantine Empire -- History -- 1081-1453. Byzantine Empire -- Politics and government. Byzantine Empire. Europe -- Latin Empire, 1204-1261. Turkey -- Istanbul. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11263053

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ISBN:	9789004203921 9004203923 9789004203235 9004203230
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-519) and index. Print version record.
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 form:	Print version: Tricht, Filip van. Latijnse renovatio van Byzantium. English. Latin renovatio of Byzantium. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011 9789004203235

Table of Contents:

Prologue
The constitutional treaties of 1204-1205 : the Latin restructuring of Byzantium
The imperial ideology
The imperial quarter
Imperial authority within the empire in its entirety
The central elite
Religion, church, and empire
The Byzantine space
The Latin Orient.