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041			_aeng
050			_aDF601 _b.B7 1968
100			_aBrand, Charles M.
245		0	_aByzantium confronts the West, 1180-1204 _b/ _cCharles M. Brand
260			_aCambridge, Mass. : _bHarvard University Press, _c1968
300			_ax, 394 p. _b; _c25 cm.
505			_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.
650			_aByzantine Empire -- Foreign relations -- 1081-1453.Diplomatic relations.Byzantine Empire.
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