The Empire of Manuel I Komnenos, 1143 1180
The reign of Manuel I (1143 1180) marked the high point of the revival of the Byzantine empire under the Comnenian dynasty. It was, however, followed by a rapid decline, leading to the sack of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1204. This book, the first devoted to Manuel's reign for over eighty years, re-evaluates the emperor and his milieu in the light of recent scholarship. It shows that his foreign policy was a natural response to the western crusading movement and the expansionism of the German emperor Frederick Barbarossa. It also shows that what he ruled was more than the impoverished rump of a once great empire, or a society whos…
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- ISBN: 978-0-521-30571-6
- EAN: 9780521305716
- Produktnummer: 9719758
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
- Seitenangabe: 584 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D3.8 cm 1'023 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 1023
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