The Gattilusio lordships and the Aegean world, 1355-1462 / / by Christopher Wright.

• Superior document: The Medieval Mediterranean : Peoples, Economies and Cultures, 400-1500, Volume 100
• Author: Wright, Christopher, Ph.D.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Medieval Mediterranean ; v. 100.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (487 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

In The Gattilusio Lordships and the Aegean World 1355-1462 , Christopher Wright offers a window into the culturally and politically diverse late medieval Aegean. The overlapping influences of the contrasting networks of power at work in the region are explored through the history of one of many small and distinctive political units that flourished in this fragmented environment, the lordships of the Gattilusio family, centred on Lesbos. Though Genoese in origin, they owed their position to Byzantine authority. Though active in crusading, they cultivated congenial relations with the Ottomans. Though Catholic, they afforded exceptional freedom to the Orthodox Church. Their regime is shown to represent both a unique fusion of influences and a revealing microcosm of its times.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Political Context and Development -- 2 Byzantium: Sovereignty and Legitimacy -- 3 Genoa: Migration and Solidarity -- 4 The Lordships as a Network: Family and Enterprise -- 5 Inside the Lordships: Communities and Government -- 6 Latin Christendom: Common Causes and Compromises -- 7 The Turks: Security and Submission -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Old Phokaia -- Appendix 2: Territorial Acquisitions in the Northern Aegean -- Appendix 3: The Alum of Maroneia -- Bibliography -- Index.