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Byzantium's Balkan frontier: a political study of the Northern Balkans, 900-1204
Paul Stephenson-
Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright and Permissions
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Maps and figures
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Preface
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A note on citation and transliteration
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Abbreviations
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Introduction
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MAPS AND FRONTIERS
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CONTENTS AND CONTEXTS
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE
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CHAPTER ONE Bulgaria and beyond the Northern Balkans (c. 900–963)
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SYMEON'S BULGARIA, 894–927
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PETER'S BULGARIA, 927–967
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THE DE ADMINISTRANDO IMPERIO
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BEYOND BULGARIA: THE SERBS
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THE CROATS AND ROMANI
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THE PECHENEGS
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THE RUS
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THE DE CERIMONIIS: TAXIS AND HIERARCHY
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THE MAGYARS
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BEYOND BULGARIA
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CHAPTER TWO The Byzantine occupation of Bulgaria (963–1025)
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NICEPHORUS II PHOCAS' NORTHERN POLICY
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JOHN I TZIMISCES AND THE RESTORATION OF THE DANUBE FRONTIER
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THE REORGANIZATION OF NORTHERN BULGARIA, 971–976
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THE REVOLT OF THE COMETOPULI
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BASIL II AND BULGARIA
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BASIL 'THE PEACEMAKER'?
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BASIL THE 'BULGAR-SLAYER'?
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THE RHETORIC AND REALITY OF BASIL'S BULGARIAN WARS
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A NEW 'BULGARIA'
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CHAPTER THREE Northern nomads (1025–1100)
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FRONTIER POLICY IN PARISTRION AFTER BASIL II
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EMPORIA ON THE LOWER DANUBE: INCENTIVES TO TRADE
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THE PECHENEG WARS, 1046–1053
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PECHENEGS IN PARISTRION 1053–1072
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THE LOSS OF PARADOUNAVON
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THE RECOVERY OF PARADOUNAVON
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ALEXIUS' REORGANIZATION OF PARADOUNAVON
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PARADOUNAVON IN THE TWELFTH CENTURY
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FRONTIERS, SCYTHIANS AND SEMI-BARBARIANS
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THE FRONTIER AND THE IMPERIAL IMAGE, 1025–1100
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CONCLUSIONS
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CHAPTER FOUR Southern Slavs (1025–1100)
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BYZANTINE AUTHORITY IN THE SLAVIC PERIPHERY AFTER 1025
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FOUR REBELLIONS, 1040–1042
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BULGARIA, 1043–1071
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DUKLJA, 1043–1071
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TURMOIL IN THE WESTERN BALKANS AFTER 1071
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THE BYZANTINE RECOVERY
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THEOPHYLACT OF OHRID IN BULGARIA
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THEOPHYLACT OF OHRID ON BULGARIA: THE BARBAROS OIKOUMENE
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CONCLUSIONS
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CHAPTER FIVE The rise of the west, I Normans and Crusaders (1081–1118)
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THE NORMANS IN SOUTHERN ITALY, 1059–1081
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DYRRACHIUM IN THE LATER ELEVENTH CENTURY
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THE NORMAN INVASION OF DYRRACHIUM IN 1081
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THE VENETIAN ALLIANCE
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NORMANS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS, 1082–1084
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THE FIRST CRUSADE
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BOHEMOND RETURNS, 1104–1108
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DYRRACHIUM IN THE TWELFTH CENTURY
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CONCLUSIONS
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CHAPTER SIX The rise of the west, II Hungarians and Venetians (1100–1143)
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HUNGARY'S BORDER WITH BYZANTIUM IN THE LATER ELEVENTH CENTURY
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TRADE AND THE MARITIME CITIES IN DALMATIA
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THE HUNGARIAN INVASION OF DALMATIA
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THE VENETIAN RESPONSE
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JOHN II COMNENUS AND DALMATIA
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JOHN II COMNENUS AND THE HUNGARIANS
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CHAPTER SEVEN Manuel I Comnenus confronts the West (1143–1156)
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MANUEL'S MARRIAGE TO BERTHA OF SULZBACH
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THE PASSAGE OF THE SECOND CRUSADE THROUGH THE NORTHERN BALKANS
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THE NORMAN ASSAULT AND THE TREATY OF THESSALONICA, 1147–1148
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THE EARLY YEARS OF THE REIGN OF MANUEL I COMNENUS: RAŠKA
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THE EARLY YEARS OF THE REIGN OF MANUEL I COMNENUS: DALMATIA
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THE EARLY YEARS OF THE REIGN OF MANUEL I COMNENUS: SIRMIUM
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THE RHETORIC OF THE HUNGARIAN CONFLICTS, 1150–1155
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1143–1156: A CHANGE IN PRIORITIES
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CHAPTER EIGHT Advancing the frontier the annexation of Sirmium and Dalmatia (1156–1180)
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REFORTIFYING THE FRONTIER: BELGRADE AND BRANIČEVO
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MANUEL I COMNENUS AND THE SERBS OF RAŠKA
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FRANGOCHORION AND THE HUNGARIAN ROYAL SUCCESSION
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THE ANNEXATION OF SIRMIUM AND DALMATIA
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'PERSONAL UNION' AND 'FEUDAL SUBJECTION'
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THE END OF THE CONFLICTS WITH HUNGARY, 1166–1167
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BYZANTINE AUTHORITY IN DALMATIA, 1166–1180
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WHAT WAS MANUEL'S INTEREST IN DALMATIA?
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MANUEL'S LAST YEARS: RAŠKA AND HUNGARY
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SERBS, HUNGARIANS AND THE 'HIERARCHY OF STATES' AFTER 1160
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MISGUIDED IMPERIALISM?
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CHAPTER NINE Casting off the 'Byzantine Yoke' (1180–1204)
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POLITICAL CULTURE AND FACTION IN CONSTANTINOPLE, 1180–1204
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REGIONAL SEPARATISM
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THE HUNGARIAN ANNEXATION OF DALMATIA AND SIRMIUM, 1180–1185
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THE NORMAN INVASION, 1185–1186
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THE VLACH-BULGAR REBELLION, 1185–1187
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THE PASSAGE OF THE THIRD CRUSADE THROUGH THE NORTHERN BALKANS
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SERBS, VLACHS AND BULGARS, 1190–1196
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BYZANTIUM'S DECLINING PRESTIGE AND RETREATING FRONTIERS, 1196–1200
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RECOGNITION FOR THE 'SECOND BULGARIAN EMPIRE'
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A NOTE ON THE FOURTH CRUSADE
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THE 'BYZANTINE YOKE'
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Conclusions
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Notes
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Introduction
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CHAPTER ONE Bulgaria and beyond the Northern Balkans (c. 900–963)
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CHAPTER TWO The Byzantine occupation of Bulgaria (963–1025)
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CHAPTER THREE Northern nomads (1025–1100)
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CHAPTER FOUR Southern Slavs (1025–1100)
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CHAPTER FIVE The rise of the west, I Normans and Crusaders (1081–1118)
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CHAPTER SIX The rise of the west, II Hungarians and Venetians (1100–1143)
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CHAPTER SEVEN Manuel I Comnenus confronts the West (1143–1156)
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CHAPTER EIGHT Advancing the frontier the annexation of Sirmium and Dalmatia (1156–1180)
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CHAPTER NINE Casting off the 'Byzantine Yoke' (1180–1204)
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Bibliography
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PRIMARY SOURCES
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SECONDARY LITERATURE
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Index
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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ENHR | 116.465 (Feb. 2001): 168-169 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0013-8266%28200102%29116%3A465%3C168%3ABBFAPS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-C |
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Published: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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