{"product_id":"byzantium-between-the-ottomans-and-the-latins-politics-and-society-in-the-late-empire-paperback-9781107403888","title":"Byzantium between the Ottomans and the Latins; Politics and Society in the Late Empire (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107403888","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eByzantium between the Ottomans and the Latins\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePolitics and Society in the Late Empire\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book examines Byzantine political attitudes towards the Ottomans and western Europeans during the critical last century of Byzantium.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNevra Necipo?lu (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107403888, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 12 January 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e374 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.55 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is a detailed analysis of Byzantine political attitudes towards the Ottomans and western Europeans during the critical last century of Byzantium. The book covers three major regions of the Byzantine Empire - Thessalonike, Constantinople, and the Morea - where the political orientations of aristocrats, merchants, the urban populace, peasants, and members of ecclesiastical and monastic circles are examined against the background of social and economic conditions. Through its particular focus on the political and religious dispositions of individuals, families and social groups, the book offers an original view of late Byzantine politics and society that is not found in conventional narratives. Drawing on a wide range of Byzantine, western and Ottoman sources, it authoritatively illustrates how late Byzantium was drawn into an Ottoman system in spite of the westward-looking orientation of the majority of its ruling elite.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Introduction and Political Setting: 1. The topic and the sources\u003cbr\u003e 2. The shrinking Empire and the Byzantine dilemma between East and West after the Fourth Crusade\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Thessalonike: 3. Social organization, historical developments, and political attitudes in Thessalonike: an overview (1382–1430)\u003cbr\u003e 4. Byzantine Thessalonike (1382–7 and 1403–23)\u003cbr\u003e 5. Thessalonike under foreign rule\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Constantinople: 6. The Byzantine court and the Ottomans: conflict and accommodation\u003cbr\u003e 7. The first challenge: Bayezid I's siege of Constantinople (1394–1402)\u003cbr\u003e 8. From recovery to subjugation: the last fifty years of Byzantine rule in Constantinople (1403–53)\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The Despotate of the Morea: 9. The early years of Palaiologan rule in the Morea (1382–1407)\u003cbr\u003e 10. The final years of the Byzantine Morea (1407–60)\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1. Archontes of Thessalonike (14th–15th cents.)\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2. 'Nobles' and 'small nobles' of Thessalonike (1425)\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 3. Constantinopolitan merchants in Badoer's account book (1436–40)\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 4. Members of the Senate of Constantinople cited in the synodal tome of August 1409\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 5. Some Greek refugees in Italian territories after 1453.\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":45909200535832,"sku":"9781107403888","price":42.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107403888i_abb2fe7b-0003-48ec-a0b2-7eb8cc406974.jpg?v=1694484909","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/byzantium-between-the-ottomans-and-the-latins-politics-and-society-in-the-late-empire-paperback-9781107403888","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}