Byzantine diplomacy: papers of the Twenty-fourth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies

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Contents Preface Abbreviations SECTION I SECTION II 2. Byzantine diplomacy,A.D. 300-800: means and ends Evangelos Chrysos 3. Byzantine diplomacy,A.D. 800-1204: means and ends Jonathan Shepard 4. Byzantine diplomacy,A.D. 1204-1453: means and endsN. Oikonomides often of Latin origin linguistic abilities are not expressly mentioned without having to use an interpreter SECTION III 5. Constantinople, Rome and the Franksin the seventh and eighth centuries Herrin By the end of the sixth century, when Constantinople had abandoned Latinand only used Greek as the language of diplomacy, it was the mediumof communication that became more awkward. 9. K. Hopwood Low-level diplomacy between Byzantines and Ottoman Turks: the case of Bithynia Section VI Social Aspects 17. Dynastic marriages and political kinship Ruth Macrides INDEX STOP