The Late Medieval Balkans
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Author | : John V. A. Fine (jr.) |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 708 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780472082605 |
Covers the formation and histories of new states in Bulgaria, Serbia, and Bosnia, through their final subjugation by the Ottomans
Author | : John Van Antwerp Fine |
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Total Pages | : 683 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Balkan Peninsula |
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Author | : John Van Antwerp Fine |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780472081493 |
Discusses the development of ethnic nationalism among Bulgars, Croatians, Serbians, and Macedonians
Author | : John V. A. Fine |
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Total Pages | : 683 |
Release | : 2006 |
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Author | : Panos Sophoulis |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2020-10-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 303055905X |
This book explores the history of banditry in the medieval Balkans between the ninth and fifteenth centuries. While several scholars have recognized the problems which various outlaw groups caused in the region during the Middle Ages, few have given much attention to the bandits themselves, their origins, their reasons for taking up brigandage, and the steps taken by the central authorities to control their activity. Among other things, this book identifies three main sources of banditry: shepherds, soldiers and peasants. Far from being ʻlone wolvesʼ, these men operated within well-defined social networks. Poverty played a decisive role in driving them to a life of crime, but there is strong evidence to suggest that the growing economic prosperity in parts of the Balkans from the ninth century onwards may have also contributed to the rise of the phenomenon.
Author | : John V. A Fine |
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Release | : 1991 |
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Author | : Vlada Stankovic |
Publisher | : Lexington Books |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 2016-06-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1498513263 |
This book represents the first attempt to analyze historical and cultural developments in late medieval and early modern southeastern Europe as a set of mutually intertwined regional histories, burdened by the strong dichotomy between the almighty center—Constantinople—and the periphery that is rarely visible in both contemporary sources and modern scholarship. This mosaic of original studies is devoted to various regions of the Byzantine Balkans and their historical, artistic, and ideological idiosyncrasies, mirroring the complex character and composite and fragmented structure of this vast region. The focal points of the book are the two captures of Constantinople in 1204 and 1453, and the contributors analyze the significance of these catastrophic events on the political destiny of medieval Balkan societies, the mechanisms of adapting to the new political order, and the ever-present interconnectedness of a lower, regional elite across southeastern Europe that had remained strong even after the Ottoman conquest.
Author | : John Van Antwerp Fine (jr) |
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Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 1983 |
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Author | : Alexandru Madgearu |
Publisher | : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780810858466 |
The Balkan Peninsula is often referred to as the "powder keg of Europe," but it is more accurately described as the "melting pot of Europe." In The Wars of the Balkan Peninsula: Their Medieval Origins, Alexandru Madgearu discusses the ethnic heterogeneity in modern-day Bosnia, Kosovo, and Macedonia and traces its history. Madgearu examines the historical evolution that led to the genesis of several conflicts in the Balkans. The affected areas and associated events have transformed the Balkan Peninsula into an intricate ethnic mosaic, where no single group of people has the majority. The various ethnic and religious differences these groups possess have survived the many occupations of this land over the years, whether by the Roman, Byzantine, or Ottoman Empires, and then became manifest when the modern Balkan states were created. With the dissolution of the strong outside forces once dominating the area, the Balkan states-prompted by political propaganda and nationalist ideologies-then used history to support territorial claims, defend ethnic-cleansing actions, and justify conflicts with other countries. The Wars of the Balkan Peninsula argues that the current ethnic structure is the basis for the solution of the disputes between the Balkan states and that history should be used to explain, not legitimize, the conflicts. Book jacket.
Author | : John van Antwerp Fine |
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Release | : 1983 |
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