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xvi, 683 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements … vii
Note on Transliteration and Names … ix
Contents … xi
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1. THE BALKANS IN THE LATE TWELFTH CENTURY … 1
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Stefan Nemanja Acquires Power in Serbia … 2
Byzantine Difficulties in the Balkans under Andronicus I … 6
Serbian Expansion and Military Activities, 1180-90 … 7
Isaac Angelus Assumes Power in Byzantium and Expels the Normans … 9
Bulgarian Uprising, 1185-88 … 10
Bosnia and Hum to ca. 1198 … 17
Croatia … 21
The Third Crusade (1189) … 23
Serbs and Bulgarians, 1190-95 … 25
Ivanko and Dobromir Chrysos … 28
Kalojan Assumes Power in Bulgaria, 1197… 29
The Byzantine Triumph over Ivanko … 30
The Byzantine Treaty with Kalojan … 31
Chrysos and Kamytzes … 32
Greece at the End of the Twelfth Century … 33
Abdication of Stefan Nemanja … 38
Rivalry between Stefan and Vukan in Serbia … 41
Alliances and Church Policy Involving Zeta and Bosnia … 43
The Bosnian Church Council of 1203 … 47
Vukan Seizes Raška … 47
Raška and Zeta, 1206/07 to ca. 1216 … 49
The Region of Albania in the Late Twelfth and Early Thirteenth Centuries … 51
Hum at the End of the Twelfth and the Beginning of the Thirteenth Centuries … 52
Kalojan on the Eve of the Fourth Crusade … 54
Notes … 56
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2. THE FOURTH CRUSADE AND ITS AFTERMATH … 60
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Background for the Fourth Crusade … 60
The Conquest of Constantinople by the Crusaders … 62
Boniface’s Conquests and his Vassals … 64
The Greek State of Epirus … 65
Villehardouin in the Morea … 69
Latin Religious Policy in the Conquered Greek Lands … 76
Baldwin and Kalojan in Thrace … 80
Kalojan’s Activities after April 1205 … 83
The Kingdom of Thessaloniki after Boniface’s Death … 87
Nicea Proclaims Imperial Status … 90
Boril in Bulgaria and Balkan Affairs, 1207-13 … 91
Boril’s 1213 Alliance with the Latins and the Conclusion of his Reign … 100
The 1214 War, the End of Strez, and the Division of his Lands … 103
John Asen Overthrows Boril … 106
Serbia in the Second Decade of the Thirteenth Century … 106
Notes … 109
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3. THE FIRST HALF OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY … 112
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Theodore of Epirus’ First Decade, 1215-24 … 112
Quarrel between the Churches of Epirus and Nicea … 114
Creation of an Autocephalous Serbian Church, 1219 … 116
Theodore Acquires Thessaloniki and Coronation … 119
Theodore's Ambitions and Actions, 1225-30 … 122
The Battle of Klokotnica (1230) and its Results for Bulgaria … 124
Thessaloniki-Epirus after Klokotnica … 126
Bulgarian-Hungarian Relations … 128
Bulgarian-Nicean Relations … 129
Greek Affairs, 1237-42 … 133
Serbia under Radoslav and Vladislav … 135
Zeta in the Second Quarter of the Thirteenth Century … 137
Hum in the Second Quarter of the Thirteenth Century … 142
Bosnia in the Second Quarter of the Thirteenth Century … 143
Croatia in the Second Quarter of the Thirteenth Century … 149
Notes … 153
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4. THE SECOND HALF OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY … 154
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Bulgaria upon John Asen II’s Death … 154
Nicea and Epirus, 1246-61 … 156
The Nicean Recovery of Constantinople … 165
The Struggle between Franks and Byzantines for the Morea … 165
The Struggle for Northern Greece … 168
Charles of Anjou Enters into Greek Affairs … 170
Bulgaria between Byzantium, Hungary, and the Tatars, 1256-77 … 170
Byzantium’s Efforts to Defend itself against Charles of Anjou … 184
Civil War in Bulgaria, 1278-84 … 195
Serbia under King Uroš, 1243-76 … 199
Hungary and Croatia … 204
Notes … 214
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5. THE BALKANS IN THE EARLY FOURTEENTH CENTURY … 217
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Serbia at the End of the Thirteenth Century … 217
Bulgaria at the End of the Thirteenth Century … 224
Byzantium and Greece in the Early Fourteenth Century … 230
The Byzantine Civil War between Andronicus II and Andronicus III … 250
Thessaly and Epirus under Andronicus III … 252
Serbia in the Early Fourteenth Century … 255
Serbia Loses its Part of Hum … 266
Vidin in the First Quarter of the Fourteenth Century … 268
Bulgaria in the 1320s … 269
Serbia, Bulgaria, and Byzantium, 1324-32 … 270
Bosnia from the 1280s to the 1320s … 275
Notes … 285
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6. THE BALKANS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY … 286
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Dušan and Byzantium to 1334 … 286
Dušan and Hungary … 288
Dušan, the Empire, and Albania … 289
Dušan in 1340 … 290
Turkish Activities in the Balkans … 291
The Byzantine Civil War between Cantacuzenus and the Constantinopolitan Regency … 292
The Serbs Are Drawn into the Byzantine Civil War … 296
Despot John Oliver … 298
Serbian Participation in the Byzantine Civil War … 300
Cantacuzenus’ Triumph … 307
Dušan’s Coronation (April 1346) … 309
Administration of Dušan’s State … 310
Dušan’s Law Code … 314
Serbia’s Peasants … 317
Dušan Conquers Thessaly and Epirus … 320
The Condition of the Byzantine Empire in the Middle of the Fourteenth Century … 321
Dušan, Byzantium, and Bosnia in 1350 … 322
Civil War Again in Byzantium … 325
Manuel Cantacuzenus in the Morea … 327
Greek Landholding, Peasants, and Lords … 329
Dušan’s Last Years and Death … 334
Hungary and Venice Struggle for Dalmatia … 337
Notes … 343
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7. THE BALKANS FROM DUSAN'S DEATH (1355) TO THE EVE OF KOSOVO (1389) … 345
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Initial Territorial Losses for the Serbian Empire after Dušan’s Death … 345
Thessaly and Epirus … 346
Dušan’s Albanian Lands … 357
The Lands that Remained Loyal to Uroš … 358
Bulgaria … 366
Bosnia: The Early Years of Tvrtko's Reign … 368
The Albanian Lands in the 1360s … 370
Civil War among the Serbs … 373
The Turkish Threat and Uglješa’s Response to It … 377
The Battle of Marica and its Aftermath … 379
Activities of the Independent Serbian Nobles … 382
The End of Nicholas Altomanović … 384
Lazar’s Principality … 387
The Balšići in the 1370s and 1380s … 389
Tvrtko of Bosnia from the 1370s to 1391 … 392
Hungarian Civil War … 395
Attica, Boeotia, and the Peloponnesus … 398
Notes … 404
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8. THE BALKANS IN THE LATE FOURTEENTH CENTURY … 406
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The Turks and the Balkans after the Battle of Marica … 406
Kosovo … 408
Albania and Zeta … 414
The Ottoman Conquest of Bulgaria … 422
The Battles of Rovine and Nikopolis and their Results … 424
Serbian Affairs … 425
Affairs in Greece … 427
Religion and Culture … 435
The Jews in the Balkans … 446
Notes … 451
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9. THE BALKANS IN THE EARLY FIFTEENTH CENTURY … 453
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Bosnia after the Death of Tvrtko … 453
Religion and Culture inside Bosnia … 481
Dalmatia … 488
Croatia … 495
The Battle of Ankara … 499
Serbia after Ankara … 500
The Ottoman Civil War … 503
Stefan Lazarević and Hungary … 509
Albania and Zeta after Ankara … 510
Stefan Lazarević’s Last Years in Serbia … 522
George Branković’s Succession … 526
Zeta and Albania, 1427-30 … 528
Serbia in the 1430s … 529
Zeta in the Late 1430s and Early 1440s … 531
Albania in the 1430s … 535
Byzantium and the Turks after Mehemmed I’s Death (1421) … 536
The Morea and Non-Turkish Greece … 538
Notes … 546
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10. THE BALKANS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY … 548
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The Crusade of Varna 1443-44 … 548
Hungary and Croatia after Varna … 551
Serbia after Varna … 554
Skanderbeg’s Revolt in Albania … 556
George Branković and Zeta … 558
Affairs in Greece from 1443 … 561
The Fall of Serbia … 568
Bosnia from 1443 … 577
Croatia after 1463 … 590
Albania and Zeta after 1455 … 595
Explanation for the Ottoman Success … 604
Notes … 611
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APPENDIX: MEDIEVAL RULERS … 613
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Byzantine Emperors from 1143 to 1453 … 613
Latin Emperors of Constantinople … 614
Rulers of Epirus … 614
Rulers of the Morea … 614
Greek Despots of the Morea … 615
Latin Rulers of Athens and Thebes … 615
Bulgarian Tsars … 616
Rulers of Serbia … 617
Rulers of Zeta … 617
Rulers of Bosnia … 618
The Kosača Rulers of Hum/Hercegovina … 618
Kings of Hungary … 618
Ottoman Sultans … 619
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Glossary of Terms … 621
Sources and Authors of Sources Referred to in the Text … 629
Selected Bibliography … 633
Index … 645

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949.6
Library of Congress
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xvi, 683 p.
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683
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