Brand, Charles M. creator text xx Cambridge, Mass Harvard University Press 1968 9999 monographic und eng

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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. Charles M. Brand Byzantine Empire -- Foreign relations -- 1081-1453.Diplomatic relations.Byzantine Empire DF601 .B7 1968 230823