01007nam a2200157Ia 4500 230822s9999 xx 000 0 und d eng DF601 .B7 1968 Brand, Charles M. Byzantium confronts the West, 1180-1204 / Charles M. Brand Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1968 x, 394 p. ; 25 cm. The 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. Byzantine Empire -- Foreign relations -- 1081-1453.Diplomatic relations.Byzantine Empire. 0 0 0 0 GETS GETS GEN 2023-08-23 24.50 0 DF601 .B7 1968 00026805 2023-08-23 00:00:00 2023-08-23 BK 44340 44340