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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791323503321

Autore

Wright Christopher, Ph.D.

Titolo

The Gattilusio lordships and the Aegean world, 1355-1462 / / by Christopher Wright

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

90-04-26481-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (487 p.)

Collana

The Medieval Mediterranean : Peoples, Economies and Cultures, 400-1500, , 0928-5520 ; ; Volume 100

Disciplina

949.5/82040922

Soggetti

Pirates - Aegean Sea Region

Archons

Power (Social sciences) - Aegean Sea Region - History - To 1500

Aegean Sea Region History

Aegean Sea Region Politics and government

Lesbos Island (Greece) Biography

Genoa (Italy) Biography

Byzantine Empire Relations Aegean Sea Region

Aegean Sea Region Relations Byzantine Empire

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Political Context and Development -- 2 Byzantium: Sovereignty and Legitimacy -- 3 Genoa: Migration and Solidarity -- 4 The Lordships as a Network: Family and Enterprise -- 5 Inside the Lordships: Communities and Government -- 6 Latin Christendom: Common Causes and Compromises -- 7 The Turks: Security and Submission -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Old Phokaia -- Appendix 2: Territorial Acquisitions in the Northern Aegean -- Appendix 3: The Alum of Maroneia -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In The Gattilusio Lordships and the Aegean World 1355-1462 , Christopher Wright offers a window into the culturally and politically diverse late medieval Aegean. The overlapping influences of the contrasting networks of power at work in the region are explored



through the history of one of many small and distinctive political units that flourished in this fragmented environment, the lordships of the Gattilusio family, centred on Lesbos. Though Genoese in origin, they owed their position to Byzantine authority. Though active in crusading, they cultivated congenial relations with the Ottomans. Though Catholic, they afforded exceptional freedom to the Orthodox Church. Their regime is shown to represent both a unique fusion of influences and a revealing microcosm of its times.