{"product_id":"byzantiums-balkan-frontier-a-political-study-of-the-northern-balkans-900-1204-paperback-9780521027564","title":"Byzantium's Balkan Frontier; A Political Study of the Northern Balkans, 900–1204 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521027564","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eByzantium's Balkan Frontier\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Political Study of the Northern Balkans, 900–1204\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA history of the relations between Byzantium and the Balkan peoples, 900–1204.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePaul Stephenson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521027564, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 November 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages, 6 maps\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.513 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'It opens up a wide region that has had little attention lavished on it in the past, and will therefore provide a welcome and useful springboard for students of this period and of this region.' History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eByzantium's Balkan Frontier is the first narrative history in English of the northern Balkans in the tenth to twelfth centuries. Where previous histories have been concerned principally with the medieval history of distinct and autonomous Balkan nations, this study regards Byzantine political authority as a unifying factor in the various lands which formed the empire's frontier in the north and west. It takes as its central concern Byzantine relations with all Slavic and non-Slavic peoples - including the Serbs, Croats, Bulgarians and Hungarians - in and beyond the Balkan Peninsula, and explores in detail imperial responses, first to the migrations of nomadic peoples, and subsequently to the expansion of Latin Christendom. It also examines the changing conception of the frontier in Byzantine thought and literature through the middle Byzantine period.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of maps and figures\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e A note on citation and transliteration\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Bulgaria and beyond: the northern Balkans (c. 900–963)\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Byzantine occupation of Bulgaria (963-1025)\u003cbr\u003e 3. Northern nomads (1025–1100)\u003cbr\u003e 4. Southern Slavs (1025–1100)\u003cbr\u003e 5. The rise of the west, I: Normans and crusaders (1081–1118)\u003cbr\u003e 6. The rise of the west, II: Hungarians and Venetians (1100–1143)\u003cbr\u003e 7. Manuel I Comnenus confronts the West (1143–1156)\u003cbr\u003e 8. Advancing the frontier: the annexation of Sirmium and Dalmatia (1156–1180)\u003cbr\u003e 9. Casting off the 'Byzantine yoke' (1180–1204)\u003cbr\u003e Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\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":45909073363224,"sku":"9780521027564","price":41.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521027564i_f5c7aa14-e500-4a17-9c3c-f823421daf8c.jpg?v=1694964751","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/byzantiums-balkan-frontier-a-political-study-of-the-northern-balkans-900-1204-paperback-9780521027564","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}