The Franks in the Aegean, 1204-1500

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First published 1995 by Longman Group Limited. Despite the enormous literature on the crusades, the Frankish states in the Aegean (set up in the wake of the Fourth Crusade in 1204) have been seriously neglected by modern historians. Yet their history is both compelling in itself - these were the last crusader states to be set up in the eastern Mediterranean and among the last to fall to the Turks - and also valuable for the case study they offer in medieval colonialism. Peter Lock surveys the social, economic, religious and cultural aspects of the region within a broad political framework, and explores the clash of cultures between the Frankish interlopers and their Byzantine subjects. This is a major addition to crusading studies. List of Genealogical Tables and Maps ix Acknowledgements x Abbreviations xi Currencies and Measurements xiii 1. The Frankish Aegean: Background, Context and Problems 1 2. Sources and Historiography 16 3. The Crusader States of the North Aegean 35 4. The Latin States in Greece, 1204-1311 68 5. Mainland Greece in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries 108 6. Venice, Genoa and the Aegean 135 7. Lordship and Government 161 8. The Latin Secular Church 193 9. The Religious Orders 222 10. Economic Aspects of the Frankish Aegean 240 11. Symbiosis and Segregation 266 Appendix 1: Chronological Summary 310 Appendix 2: Lists of Rulers 330 Select Bibliography 338 Genealogical Tables 357 Maps 377 Index 384