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040			_aXX-XxUND _cΒιβλιοθήκη Τμήματος Αρχαιοτήτων
100	1		_aHarris, Jonathan _4aut _9178946
245	1	0	_aByzantium and the Crusades / _cJonathan Harris.
260			_aLondon: _aNew York _bHambledon Continuum, _bDistributed in the U.S. and Canada by Palgrave Macmillan _c2003.
300			_axvii, 259 p., 8 p. of plates : _bill., maps ; _c25 cm.
490	0		_aCrusader worlds
500			_aOriginally published: London : Hambledon and London, 2003.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [227]-243) and index.
505	0		_aThe Empire of Christ -- The rulers of the empire -- The search for security -- The passage of the First Crusade -- Jerusalem and Antioch -- Innovation and continuity -- Andronicus -- Iron not gold -- The fall of Constantinople -- Recovery -- Survival.
520			_aThe first great city the crusaders came to in 1089 was not Jerusalem but Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine empire. Almost as much as Jerusalem itself, Constantinople was the key to the foundation, survival and ultimate eclipse of the crusading kingdom. The Byzantines had developed an ideology over seven hundred years which placed Constantinople rather than Rome or Jerusalem at the center of the world. The attitudes of its rulers reflected this priority, and led to tensions with the crusaders over military and diplomatic strategy. At the same time, the riches and sophistication of the great city made a lasting impression on the crusaders, even though they found Byzantine society alien and remote. In the end, the lure of the city's wealth was irresistibly fatal to the claims of Christian unity. In 1204 the Fourth Crusade, under Enrico Dandolo, captured and sacked Constantinople, signaling the effective end of almost a thousand years of Byzantine dominance in the east.
650		4	_aCrusades _9177338
650		4	_aΣταυροφορίες _9186680
651		4	_aByzantine Empire _xHistory _y1081-1453 _9176730
651		4	_aΒυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία _xΙστορία _9183808
651		4	_aByzantine Empire _xForeign relations _y1081-1453 _9176725
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