Being Byzantine :
Page, Gill, 1964-
Being Byzantine : Greek identity before the Ottomans / Gill Page. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - xiii, 330 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-322) and index.
"In 1204, the Byzantine Empire was conquered by troops from western Europe ostenibly 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."--
9780521871815 (hbk.) 0521871816 (hbk.)
Greeks--Ethnic identity--History--To 1500
305.88
Being Byzantine : Greek identity before the Ottomans / Gill Page. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - xiii, 330 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-322) and index.
"In 1204, the Byzantine Empire was conquered by troops from western Europe ostenibly 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."--
9780521871815 (hbk.) 0521871816 (hbk.)
Greeks--Ethnic identity--History--To 1500
305.88