LEADER 03404nam 22006252 450 001 9910454672403321 005 20151005020624.0 010 $a1-107-11892-1 010 $a1-280-15461-6 010 $a0-511-11823-6 010 $a0-511-15056-3 010 $a0-511-32469-3 010 $a0-511-49661-3 010 $a0-511-04926-9 035 $a(CKB)111056485651472 035 $a(EBL)144761 035 $a(OCoLC)437250313 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000083913 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11112454 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000083913 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10185298 035 $a(PQKB)10688746 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511496615 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC144761 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL144761 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr2000893 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL15461 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485651472 100 $a20090306d2000|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aByzantium's Balkan frontier $ea political study of the Northern Balkans, 900-1204 /$fPaul Stephenson$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2000. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 352 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-02756-X 311 $a0-521-77017-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 324-344) and index. 327 $g1.$tBulgaria and beyond: the Northern Balkans (c. 900-963) --$g2.$tThe Byzantine occupation of Bulgaria (963-1025) --$g3.$tNorthern nomads (1025-1100) --$g4.$tSouthern Slavs (1025-1100) --$g5.$tThe rise of the west, I: Normans and Crusaders (1081-1118) --$g6.$tThe rise of the west, II: Hungarians and Venetians (1100-1143) --$g7.$tManuel I Comnenus confronts the West (1143-1156) --$g8.$tAdvancing the frontier: the annexation of Sirmium and Dalmatia (1156-1180) --$g9.$tCasting off the 'Byzantine Yoke' (1180-1204)." 330 $aByzantium's Balkan Frontier is the first narrative history in English of the northern Balkans in the tenth to twelfth centuries. Where previous histories have been concerned principally with the medieval history of distinct and autonomous Balkan nations, this study regards Byzantine political authority as a unifying factor in the various lands which formed the empire's frontier in the north and west. It takes as its central concern Byzantine relations with all Slavic and non-Slavic peoples - including the Serbs, Croats, Bulgarians and Hungarians - in and beyond the Balkan Peninsula, and explores in detail imperial responses, first to the migrations of nomadic peoples, and subsequently to the expansion of Latin Christendom. It also examines the changing conception of the frontier in Byzantine thought and literature through the middle Byzantine period. 607 $aBalkan Peninsula$xPolitics and government 607 $aByzantine Empire$xPolitics and government$y527-1081 607 $aByzantine Empire$xPolitics and government$y1081-1453 607 $aByzantine Empire$xEthnic relations 676 $a949.6/0144 700 $aStephenson$b Paul$0834842 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454672403321 996 $aByzantium's Balkan frontier$91865993 997 $aUNINA