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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810249203321

Autore

Shukurov Rustam (Rustam)

Titolo

The byzantine turks, 1204-1461 / / by Rustam Shukurov

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, [Netherlands] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

90-04-30775-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (527 p.)

Collana

Medieval Mediterranean : Peoples, Economies and Cultures, 400-1500, , 0928-5520 ; ; Volume 105

Disciplina

949.5004943509023

Soggetti

Turkic peoples - Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire History 1081-1453

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 and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 The Byzantine Classification of the Turks -- 2 Byzantine Onomastics: Problems of Method -- 3 The “Persians” and the “Scythians” -- 4 The Byzantine Turks in the Balkans -- 5 The Noble Lineages -- 6 Assimilation Tools -- 7 Asians in the Byzantine Pontos -- 8 “Turkophonia” in Byzantium -- 9 Etymological Glossary -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index of Greek and Slavonic Names and Terms -- General Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In The Byzantine Turks, 1204–1461 Rustam Shukurov offers an account of the Turkic minority in Late Byzantium including the Nicaean, Palaiologan, and Grand Komnenian empires. The demography of the Byzantine Turks and the legal and cultural aspects of their entrance into Greek society are discussed in detail. Greek and Turkish bilingualism of Byzantine Turks and Tourkophonia among Greeks were distinctive features of Byzantine society of the time. Basing his arguments upon linguistic, social, and cultural evidence found in a wide range of Greek, Latin, and Oriental sources, Rustam Shukurov convincingly demonstrates how Oriental influences on Byzantine life led to crucial transformations in Byzantine mentality, culture, and political life. The study is supplemented with an etymological lexicon of Oriental names and words in Byzantine Greek.