The Balkans and the Byzantine World before and after the Captures of Constantinople, 1204 and 1453
Nonfiction, History, Medieval, European General
| Author: | Ivan Biliarsky, Jelena Erdeljan, Katerina Kontopanagou, Nicholas Melvani, Ema Miljković, Jelena Mrgić, Radu G. Păun, Dušan Popović, Radivoj Radić, Alicia Simpson, Vlada Stanković, Christos Stavrakos, Nada Zečević | ISBN: | 9781498513265 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books | Publication: | June 15, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ivan Biliarsky, Jelena Erdeljan, Katerina Kontopanagou, Nicholas Melvani, Ema Miljković, Jelena Mrgić, Radu G. Păun, Dušan Popović, Radivoj Radić, Alicia Simpson, Vlada Stanković, Christos Stavrakos, Nada Zečević |
| ISBN: | 9781498513265 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books |
| Publication: | June 15, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books |
| Language: | English |
This book represents the first attempt to analyze historical and cultural developments in late medieval and early modern southeastern Europe as a set of mutually intertwined regional histories, burdened by the strong dichotomy between the almighty center—Constantinople—and the periphery that is rarely visible in both contemporary sources and modern scholarship. This mosaic of original studies is devoted to various regions of the Byzantine Balkans and their historical, artistic, and ideological idiosyncrasies, mirroring the complex character and composite and fragmented structure of this vast region. The focal points of the book are the two captures of Constantinople in 1204 and 1453, and the contributors analyze the significance of these catastrophic events on the political destiny of medieval Balkan societies, the mechanisms of adapting to the new political order, and the ever-present interconnectedness of a lower, regional elite across southeastern Europe that had remained strong even after the Ottoman conquest.
This book represents the first attempt to analyze historical and cultural developments in late medieval and early modern southeastern Europe as a set of mutually intertwined regional histories, burdened by the strong dichotomy between the almighty center—Constantinople—and the periphery that is rarely visible in both contemporary sources and modern scholarship. This mosaic of original studies is devoted to various regions of the Byzantine Balkans and their historical, artistic, and ideological idiosyncrasies, mirroring the complex character and composite and fragmented structure of this vast region. The focal points of the book are the two captures of Constantinople in 1204 and 1453, and the contributors analyze the significance of these catastrophic events on the political destiny of medieval Balkan societies, the mechanisms of adapting to the new political order, and the ever-present interconnectedness of a lower, regional elite across southeastern Europe that had remained strong even after the Ottoman conquest.
