Byzantium, Latin Romania and the Mediterranean

List of contents

Contents: Preface; What do we learn about Byzantine Asia Minor from the documents of the Cairo Genizah?; Byzantine Crete in the navigation and trade networks of Venice and Genoa; Les juifs de Byzance: une communauté marginalisée; The Jews of Constantinople and their demographic hinterland; The Jewish community of Constantinople from the Komnenan to the Palaiologan period; The Venetian presence in the Latin empire of Constantinople (1204-1261): the challenge of feudalism and the Byzantine inheritance; Venetian settlers in Latin Constantinople (1204-1261): rich or poor?; From Byzantium to Latin Romania: continuity and change; Italian migration and settlement in Latin Greece: the impact on the economy; Silk crosses the Mediterranean; The Jews and the silk industry of Constantinople; Index.

Summary

This collection of essays deals primarily with the Byzantine area of Romania from the 10th to the 15th century. Several of the essays are concerned with the Empire in general or, more specifically, with its capital, Asia Minor or Crete.

Product details

• Authors: David Jacoby, Professor David Jacoby, Jacoby David
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9780860788447
• ISBN: 978-0-86078-844-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Weight: 635 g
• Series: Variorum Collected Studies; Variorum Collected Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Europe, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Byzantine Empire, CE period up to c 1500, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Byzantine Empire