Byzantium and the Crusader States 1096-1204 [Hardcover]

Ralph-Johannes Lilie (Author), J. C. Morris (Translator), Jean E. Ridings (Translator)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0198204078 | ISBN-13: 978-0198204077 | Publication Date: June 30, 1994 | Edition: REV

This is the first scholarly history 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 when the Crusaders came. Originally published to much acclaim in German, Byzantium and the Crusader States has been revised by the author for the English edition and presented in a lucid and scholarly translation.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Although there is a vast corpus of scholarly writing about the Crusades and the Crusader states and a much smaller corpus about the Byzantine Empire, this is the first detailed book to focus on the relations between those states and the empire...Any further discussion of relations between Byzantium and the Crusader states must begin with this book."--Catholic Historical Review

"Since Lilie has written the only serious study of relations between Frankish Crusaders and the Comnenian emperors of Byzantium, this translation of Byzanz und die Kreuzfahrerstaaten makes an important book accessible to Anglophone students of the Middle Ages....Excellent bibliography. Highly recommended to scholars and students of the Middle Ages."--Choice

"Specialists will find this an important study that offers a significant thesis. It may cause medieval historians to reconsider some common notions."--The Historian

Language Notes

Text: English
Original Language: German

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 360 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; REV edition (June 30, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198204078
• ISBN-13: 978-0198204077
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,074,714 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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