Byzantium confronts the West, 1180-1204;394 pages;23cm;1968 PDF Download
Are you looking for read ebook online? Search for your book and save it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Download Byzantium confronts the West, 1180-1204;394 pages;23cm;1968 PDF full book. Access full book title Byzantium confronts the West, 1180-1204;394 pages;23cm;1968 by Charles Macy Brand. Download full books in PDF and EPUB format.
Author: Charles M. Brand Publisher: Ashgate Publishing ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 424
Book Description
At the death of emperor Manuel I Comnenus in 1180, the Byzantine Empire appeared to be a solidly constructed state; in 1204, barely a quarter century later, Constantinople fell to the forces of the Fourth Crusade. Brand analyzes the internal and external pressures which beset Byzantium: the tyranny of Andronicus I comnenus, the incapable Angeli emperors, the pressure of Turks and Bulgarians, and especially the onslaught of the vigorous West. Attacks and threats from Normans, Frederick Barbarossa, and his son Henry VI, and eventually the Fourth Crusaders were reinforced by commercial pressure from Venice, Genoa and Pisa.