Latins in Roman (Byzantine) Histories

Ambivalent Representations in the Long Twelfth Century
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-90-04-46092-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 127, 558 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1065 g

Reihe: The Medieval Mediterranean

Samuel P. Müller offers here the first book-length study of the image of Latins in Byzantine historiography of the long twelfth century, a crucial period that witnessed an unprecedented intensification of Byzantine-Western relations. He notably argues against popular assertions that the image of Latins is “negative” and reflective of steadily mounting tension.

Instead, Müller shows that Byzantine historiography can hardly be taken as evidence that the conquest of 1204 was the inevitable outcome of previous interactions. The representation of Latins is complex, ambivalent, and reflective of fickle and multifaceted Byzantine-Western relations. The book also highlights the need to focus on Byzantine identities and crucial, introspective motivations to which the image of Latins is subordinated.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Müller, Samuel Pablo

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie

Über Autor(innen)

Samuel P. Müller is an independent scholar who worked as a research assistant and lecturer at the University of Zurich (2012–15). He has presented his research, which focuses on medieval and Byzantine studies, at numerous international conferences.