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The Gattilusio lordships and the Aegean world, 1355-1462
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In The Gattilusio Lordships and the Aegean World 1355-1462 , Christopher Wright offers a window into the culturally and politically diverse late medieval Aegean. The overlapping influences of the c...
In The Gattilusio Lordships and the Aegean World 1355-1462 , Christopher Wright offers a window into the culturally and politically diverse late medieval Aegean. The overlapping influences of the contrasting networks of power at work in the region are explored through the history of one of many small and distinctive political units that flourished in this fragmented environment, the lordships of the Gattilusio family, centred on Lesbos. Though Genoese in origin, they owed their position to Byzantine authority. Though active in crusading, they cultivated congenial relations with the Ottomans. Though Catholic, they afforded exceptional freedom to the Orthodox Church. Their regime is shown to represent both a unique fusion of influences and a revealing microcosm of its times.
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- Creator
- by Christopher Wright
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2014
- ©2014
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (487 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9789004264816, 9004264817, 1306405289, 9004264698
- OCLC
- ocn869641752
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- English
- Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Political Context and Development -- 2 Byzantium: Sovereignty and Legitimacy -- 3 Genoa: Migration and Solidarity -- 4 The Lordships as a Network: Family and Enterprise -- 5 Inside the Lordships: Communities and Government -- 6 Latin Christendom: Common Causes and Compromises -- 7 The Turks: Security and Submission -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Old Phokaia -- Appendix 2: Territorial Acquisitions in the Northern Aegean -- Appendix 3: The Alum of Maroneia -- Bibliography -- Index
Subjects
- Pirates -- Aegean Sea Region -- Biography.
- Archons -- Biography.
- Power (Social sciences) -- Aegean Sea Region -- History -- To 1500.
- Aegean Sea Region -- History.
- Aegean Sea Region -- Politics and government.
- Lesbos Island (Greece) -- Biography.
- Genoa (Italy) -- Biography.
- Byzantine Empire -- Relations -- Aegean Sea Region.
- Aegean Sea Region -- Relations -- Byzantine Empire.
- Gattilusio, Francesco, 1332-1384 -- Family.