{"product_id":"being-byzantine-greek-identity-before-the-ottomans-1200-1420-hardback-9780521871815","title":"Being Byzantine; Greek Identity Before the Ottomans, 1200–1420 (Hardback) 9780521871815","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBeing Byzantine\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eGreek Identity Before the Ottomans, 1200–1420\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew interpretation of the medieval history of Greece over the period 1200–1420, focusing on the ethnic identity of the Greeks.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGill Page (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521871815, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 October 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages, 6 b\/w illus.  2 maps\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2.6 cm, 0.68 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… sophisticated, well-planned, and intelligent book … a major contribution to late Byzantine … history and historical thought, as well as to Byzantine language and the history of ideas.' The Journal of Interdisciplinary History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: the Frankish conquest of Greece\u003cbr\u003e 1.  Ethnic identity?\u003cbr\u003e 2. Byzantine identities\u003cbr\u003e 3. Niketas Choniates\u003cbr\u003e 4. The thirteenth century: ambition, euphoria and the loss of illusion\u003cbr\u003e 5. The nightmare of the fourteenth century\u003cbr\u003e 6. Meanwhile, a long way from Constantinople …\u003cbr\u003e 7. The long defeat\u003cbr\u003e 8. Roman identity and the response to the Franks.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early history: c 500 to c 1450\/1500 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early history: c 500 to c 1450\/1500\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20history:%20c%20500%20to%20c%201450\/1500%20%5BHBLC%5D%22\"\u003eHBLC\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45978390003992,"sku":"9780521871815","price":89.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521871815i_75aa970c-8f34-4f42-9cbc-a56ee61a7aa1.jpg?v=1691358678","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/being-byzantine-greek-identity-before-the-ottomans-1200-1420-hardback-9780521871815","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}