00960nam a2200133Ia 4500008004100000041000800041050002100049100002300070245006500093260005800158300002700216505048900243650009400732230822s9999    xx            000 0 und d  aeng  aDF601 b.B7 1968  aBrand, Charles M.  0aByzantium confronts the West, 1180-1204b/cCharles M. Brand  aCambridge, Mass. : bHarvard University Press, c1968  ax, 394 p. b; c25 cm.  aThe state and the people - inherited problems; the legacy of Manuel Comnenus; the last Comneni - Alexius II and Andronicus I; the reign of Isaac II; towards disaster - Alexius III; the Norman threat - 1185; Frederick Barbarossa's crusade; the tributary state - Henry VI and Byzantium; toward commercial monopoly - the Venetians; Venice's rivals - Genoa and Pisa; the last hope - alliance with the papacy; the failure of Byzantine foreign policy - the fourth crusade at Constantinople.  aByzantine Empire -- Foreign relations -- 1081-1453.Diplomatic relations.Byzantine Empire.