Byzantium and the crusader states, 1096-1204

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Byzantium and the crusader states, 1096-1204

Statement of responsibility

by Ralph-Johannes Lilie ; translated by J.C. Morris and Jean E. Ridings

Creator

• Lilie, Ralph-Johannes

Subject

• Byzantine Empire -- Foreign relations -- 1081-1453
• Byzantine Empire -- Foreign relations -- Latin Orient
• Crusades
• Latin Orient -- Foreign relations -- Byzantine Empire

Language

• eng
• ger
• eng

Summary

• This is the first full scholarly study of the relations between Byzantium and the Crusader States of Syria and Palestine. Ralph-Johannes Lilie sets out to explore the policies and principles which shaped contacts between the Eastern Empire, the Crusader States, and the nations of Western Europe whence the Crusaders came
• He traces the actions of Byzantium Emperors in the twelfth century as they sought to keep control of the crusading armies within their territories and to maintain their positions with respect to the west, and shows how mutual suspicion and attempts at co-operation ended in downright emnity
• Originally published to much acclaim in Germany, Byzantium and the Crusader States has been revised for the English edition by Professor Lilie, and a lucid and scholarly translation provided by J.C. Morris and Jean E. Ridings

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• Byzanz und die Kreuzfahrerstaaten

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DLC

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Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

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bibliography