Byzantium and Venice - Softcover

Nicol

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521428947 ISBN 13: 9780521428941

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

This book traces the diplomatic, cultural, and commercial links between Constantinople and Venice from the foundation of the Venetian Republic to the Fall of the Byzantine Empire. It aims to show how, with the encouragement of the Fourth Crusade in 1204, the Venetians came to dominate first the Genoese and thereafter the whole Byzantine economy. At the same time, the author points to those important cultural and, above all, political reasons why the relationship between the two states was always inherently unstable.

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Book Description:

The relations between Constantinople and Venice are traced from the foundation of the Venetian Republic to the Fall of the Byzantine Empire to reveal how the Venetians came to dominate the entire Byzantine economy.

Review:

"The chapter on the crusade highlights the qualities of this book. Nicol not only tells a good story well. He also elucidates the contradictions and key lacunae of the sources with great skill, and he draws upon the vast secondary literature with assurance and judgement." Journal of Ecclesiastical History

"Nicol has done a considerable service in presenting the results of so much labor in a manner that will engage the general reader as well as finding an appreciative scholarly audience." The Slavonic and East European Review

"Professor Nicol's careful, learned and balanced account of the political and diplomatic relations between Byzantium and Venice covers much new ground. The intricate story...is told with impressive mastery of primary and secondary sources." History Today

"Nicol is one of the profession's foremost Byzantine scholars. In many respects this book is a compilation of his life's work and will serve as a foundation for students of the field. For Byzantinists, Nicol's work is the most concise diplomatic history available to date." Irene B. Katele, The International History Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521428947
• ISBN 13: 9780521428941
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480