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Latins in Roman (Byzantine) Histories: Ambivalent Representations in the Long Twelfth Century de Samuel Pablo Müller

Latins in Roman (Byzantine) Histories: Ambivalent Representations in the Long Twelfth Century: The Medieval Mediterranean, cartea 127

Autor Samuel Pablo Müller
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 8 dec 2021
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.
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ISBN-13: 9789004460928
ISBN-10: 9004460926
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria The Medieval Mediterranean

Cuprins

Acknowledgements

Introduction
1 Methodological and Theoretical Approach
1.1Identity and Alterity Intertwined

1.2The Complex Relationship between (Literary) Representations and Attitudes


2 State of Research
2.1Relations between Romania and the West

2.2The Image of Latins


part 1
Identities of Byzantine-Roman Literati and Their Representation of “Others” and Westerners
1Identities of Byzantine-Roman Literati and Their Representation of “Others” and Westerners
1 Identities and Representations of “Others”

2 The West and Westerners in Greek Literature: Historiographers of the Komnenian Period and Other Sources
2.1Anna Komnene

2.2Ioannes Kinnamos

2.3Eustathios of Thessalonike

2.4Niketas Choniates

2.5Ioannes Zonaras and Michael Glykas

2.6Shorter Literary Works Devoted to a Historical Event: Manasses and Mesarites

2.7Histories Devoted to the Period before 1081
2.7.1 Additional Sources


2.8Oratory, Poetry, Letters, Novels

2.9Theological and Religious Writings

2.10Imperial and Patriarchal Documents

2.11Non-textual Sources



part 2
The Portrayal of the Western Presence within the Empire and of Westerners in Imperial Service
2Ambiguous Relations with Italians
1 The Close and Fluctuating Relationship with Βενέτικοι (Venetians)
1.1Proximity and Difference Prior to the Second Crusade

1.2Cooperation, Coexistence, Conflict, and the Coup of 1171

1.3An Uneasy Restoration of Relations Marked by Imperial Failure


2 Πισσαῖοι (Pisans) and Γενουῖται (Genoese) in Venice’s Shadow
2.1A Very Generic Portrayal of Their Ascendancy and Integration

2.2“Anti-Latin”? The Accounts of the So-Called Latin Massacre in 1182

2.3The Equally Contingent Character of Later Attacks in the Capital

2.4Μεγαρείτης (Margaritone) and Καφούρης (Gafforio)


3 Encomiastic Praise and Approval with Hindsight of the Byzantine Network in Italy
3.1Other Alliances with Italian Cities

3.2The Ἀγκωνῖται (people of Ancona) and Their Supporters


3Compatibility, Superiority, and Introspection Reflected in Empresses
1 Alliance with Οὐγγρία (Hungary): Eirene (Piroska) and Maria (Margaret)
1.1The Exploitation of Eirene’s (Piroska’s) Origin in the Service of Imperial Propaganda

1.2The Similar Case of Maria (Margaret)


2 Eirene (Bertha of Sulzbach) as an Exception to the Rule of Easy Integration

3 Maria/Xene (Margaret-Constance) of Antioch and the Myth of the “Hated Latin” in the Scholarship

4 Anna (Agnes) and the Unequal Alliance with France


4The Brothers from Μόντη Φεράντη (Montferrat) as a Male Counterpart
1 The Beauty and Virtue of Ioannes (Renier of Montferrat)

2 Korrados (Conrad of Montferrat): Role Model and Savior


5The Integration of Princes into the Imperial Hierarchy
1 Tentative Heir, Client Ruler, Ally: Alexios/Βελᾶς (Bela)

2 The Successful and Not So Successful Management of Hungarian Royals


6The Special Case of the “Barbarian Ax-Bearers”

7Other Illustrative Cases
1 In the Imperial Army
1.1The Importance of Mercenaries

1.2Ourselios (Roussel De Bailleul)


2 In Various Contexts
2.1The Differing Degrees of “Romanization” of Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexander of Gravina) and Βασαβίλας (Robert of Bassonville)

2.2Cultural Disinterest, Integration, and Acceptance


3 The Foundation of Aristocratic Dynasties


8“Xenophobia”? Remarks about Recruitment in Government and the Army


part 3
The Portrayal of External Relations with the West
9The Importance of “Kelts” and “Sicilians” (Normans) More Genericism, Introspection, Ambivalence, and Proximity
1 Anti-heroes of the Alexiad: Rompertos and Baïmountos
1.1The First Phase: Rompertos (Robert Guiscard)

1.2The Long Struggle against Baïmountos (Bohemond) and Tangre (Tancred)


2 “Tyrants” and Kings
2.1Rogerios (Roger ii): Usurper of Byzantine Rights, Symbol of Imperial Decline

2.2Kaiserkritik and Its Personally Inclined Counterpart in Two Differing Accounts of the Italian War (1155–58)

2.3Differing Motivations behind the Portrayal of the Byzantine-Sicilian War


10The Hero’s Challenge Incursions of “Franks,” “Latins,” and “Kelts”

11Imperial Propaganda versus Kaiserkritik in the Accounts of the Second Incursion

12The Staufers as a Rivalling Threat and a Model to Byzantine Emperors
1 Frederikos (Frederick Barbarossa)

2 Amerrigos (Henry vi) and Choniates’s Kaiserkritik


13Victories over “Huns” (Hungarians) Diminished and Magnified

14Divine Retribution, Disruption, and Continuities The Conquerors of Romania (Fourth Crusade)
1 Shattering Pillars of Identity: the Capture and Sack of the Imperial City

2 Instrument and Victims of Divine Retribution, a Model against Which to Be Measured
2.1The First Year after the Fall of the City until the Turning Point of Adrianople

2.2Between Resignation, Hope, and Exhortation: The Last Pages of Choniates’s History


15(Potential) Alliances
1 Enerichos (Henry iv) versus the Pope (Gregory vii)

2 Anna’s Hindsight and Ἰσαγγέλης (Raymond of Saint-Gilles)

3 The Hohenstaufen and Austrian Alliance

4 Antioch
4.1The Praise of Raimountos

4.2Different Perspectives on Renaldos (Raynald) and Rituals in Antioch


5 The Imperial Protectorate on Display in the Holy Land

6 Amerrigos (Amalric of Jerusalem) as a Foil

7 The Praise of Frederikos (Frederick Barbarossa)


Conclusion
1 Results of the Investigation

2Desiderata for Future Related Research


Note on Transliteration and Translations

Bibliography
Primary Sources

Secondary Sources


Index


Notă biografică

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.