Latins in Roman (Byzantine) histories : : ambivalent representations in the long twelfth century / / Samuel Pablo Müller.

• Superior document: The Medieval Mediterranean ; 127
• VerfasserIn: Müller, Samuel Pablo,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: The Medieval Mediterranean ; 127.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (566 pages)

Samuel P. Müller offers here the first book-length study of the image of Latins in Byzantine historiography of the long twelfth century, a crucial period that witnessed an unprecedented intensification of Byzantine-Western relations. He notably argues against popular assertions that the image of Lat...

Table of Contents

• Half Title
• Series Information
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Note on Transliteration and Translations
• Introduction
• 1 Methodological and Theoretical Approach
• 1.1 Identity and Alterity Intertwined
• 1.2 The Complex Relationship between (Literary) Representations and Attitudes
• 2 State of Research
• 2.1 Relations between Romania and the West
• 2.2 The Image of Latins
• Part 1 Background
• Chapter 1 Identities of Byzantine-Roman Literati and Their Representation of "Others" and Westerners
• 1 Identities and Representations of "Others"
• 2 The West and Westerners in Greek Literature: Historiographers of the Komnenian Period and Other Sources
• 2.1 Historiography
• 2.1.1 Anna Komnene
• 2.1.2 Ioannes Kinnamos
• 2.1.3 Eustathios of Thessalonike
• 2.1.4 Niketas Choniates
• 2.1.5 Ioannes Zonaras and Michael Glykas
• 2.1.6 Shorter Literary Works Devoted to a Historical Event: Manasses and Mesarites
• 2.1.7 Histories Devoted to the Period before 1081
• 2.2 Additional Sources
• 2.2.1 Oratory, Poetry, Letters, Novels
• 2.2.2 Theological and Religious Writings
• 2.2.3 Imperial and Patriarchal Documents
• 2.2.4 Non-textual Sources
• Part 2 The Portrayal of the Western Presence within the Empire and of Westerners in Imperial Service
• Chapter 2 Ambiguous Relations with Italians
• 1 The Close and Fluctuating Relationship with Βενέτικοι (Venetians)
• 1.1 Proximity and Difference Prior to the Second Crusade
• 1.2 Cooperation, Coexistence, Conflict, and the Coup of 1171
• 1.3 An Uneasy Restoration of Relations Marked by Imperial Failure
• 2 Πισσαῖοι (Pisans) and Γενουῖται (Genoese) in Venice's Shadow
• 2.1 A Very Generic Portrayal of Their Ascendancy and Integration
• 2.2 "Anti-Latin"? The Accounts of the So-Called Latin Massacre in 1182.
• 2.3 The Equally Contingent Character of Later Attacks in the Capital
• 2.4 Μεγαρείτης (Margaritone) and Καφούρης (Gafforio)
• 3 Encomiastic Praise and Approval with Hindsight of the Byzantine Network in Italy
• 3.1 Other Alliances with Italian Cities
• 3.2 The Ἀγκωνῖται (People of Ancona) and Their Supporters
• Chapter 3 Compatibility, Superiority, and Introspection Reflected in Empresses
• 1 Alliance with Οὐγγρία (Hungary): Eirene (Piroska) and Maria (Margaret)
• 1.1 The Exploitation of Eirene's (Piroska's) Origin in the Service of Imperial Propaganda
• 1.2 The Similar Case of Maria (Margaret)
• 2 Eirene (Bertha of Sulzbach) as an Exception to the Rule of Easy Integration
• 3 Maria/Xene (Margaret-Constance) of Antioch and the Myth of the "Hated Latin" in the Scholarship
• 4 Anna (Agnes) and the Unequal Alliance with France
• Chapter 4 The Brothers from Μόντη Φεράντη (Montferrat) as a Male Counterpart
• 1 The Beauty and Virtue of Ioannes (Renier of Montferrat)
• 2 Korrados (Conrad of Montferrat): Role Model and Savior
• Chapter 5 The Integration of Princes into the Imperial Hierarchy
• 1 Tentative Heir, Client Ruler, Ally: Alexios/Βελᾶς (Bela)
• 2 The Successful and Not So Successful Management of Hungarian Royals
• Chapter 6 The Special Case of the "Barbarian Ax-Bearers"
• Chapter 7 Other Illustrative Cases
• 1 In the Imperial Army
• 1.1 The Importance of Mercenaries
• 1.2 Ourselios (Roussel De Bailleul)
• 2 In Various Contexts
• 2.1 The Differing Degrees of "Romanization" of Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexander of Gravina) and Βασαβίλας (Robert of Bassonville)
• 2.2 Cultural Disinterest, Integration, and Acceptance
• 3 The Foundation of Aristocratic Dynasties
• Chapter 8 "Xenophobia"? Remarks about Recruitment in Government and the Army
• Part 3 The Portrayal of External Relations with the West.
• Chapter 9 The Importance of "Kelts" and "Sicilians" (Normans): More Genericism, Introspection, Ambivalence, and Proximity
• 1 Anti-heroes of the Alexiad: Rompertos and Baïmountos
• 1.1 The First Phase: Rompertos (Robert Guiscard)
• 1.2 The Long Struggle against Baïmountos (Bohemond) and Tangre (Tancred)
• 2 "Tyrants" and Kings
• 2.1 Rogerios (Roger ii): Usurper of Byzantine Rights, Symbol of Imperial Decline
• 2.2 Kaiserkritik and Its Personally Inclined Counterpart in Two Differing Accounts of the Italian War (1155-58)
• 2.3 Differing Motivations behind the Portrayal of the Byzantine-Sicilian War
• Chapter 10 The Hero's Challenge: Incursions of "Franks," "Latins," and "Kelts"
• Chapter 11 Imperial Propaganda versus Kaiserkritik in the Accounts of the Second Incursion
• Chapter 12 The Staufers as a Rivaling Threat and a Model to Byzantine Emperors
• 1 Frederikos (Frederick Barbarossa)
• 2 Amerrigos (Henry vi) and Choniates's Kaiserkritik
• Chapter 13 Victories over "Huns" (Hungarians) Diminished and Magnified
• Chapter 14 Divine Retribution, Disruption, and Continuities: The Conquerors of Romania (Fourth Crusade)
• 1 Shattering Pillars of Identity: The Capture and Sack of the Imperial City
• 2 Instrument and Victims of Divine Retribution, a Model against Which to Be Measured
• 2.1 The First Year after the Fall of the City until the Turning Point of Adrianople
• 2.2 Between Resignation, Hope, and Exhortation: The Last Pages of Choniates's History
• Chapter 15 (Potential) Alliances
• 1 Enerichos (Henry iv) versus the Pope (Gregory vii)
• 2 Anna's Hindsight and Ἰσαγγέλης (Raymond of Saint-Gilles)
• 3 The Hohenstaufen and Austrian Alliance
• 4 Antioch
• 4.1 The Praise of Raimountos
• 4.2 Different Perspectives on Renaldos (Raynald) and Rituals in Antioch
• 5 The Imperial Protectorate on Display in the Holy Land.
• 6 Amerrigos (Amalric of Jerusalem) as a Foil
• 7 The Praise of Frederikos (Frederick Barbarossa)
• Conclusion
• 1 Results of the Investigation
• 2 Desiderata for Future Related Research
• Bibliography
• Primary Sources
• Greek Sources
• Non-Greek Sources
• Secondary Sources
• Index.