Crusading in Frankish Greece: A Study of Byzantine–Western Relations and Attitudes, 1204–1282

Nicholas Morton

doi:10.1080/09503110.2014.956482

Morton, Nicholas

2014-09-02 00:00:00

Book Reviews 323 study can definitely be applied productively to the study of the suburban estates and to the architectural economy of Islamic elites elsewhere in the medieval Mediterranean. JAMIE WOOD University of Lincoln, United Kingdom jwood@lincoln.ac.uk © 2014, Jamie Wood http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09503110.2014.956479 Crusading in Frankish Greece: A Study of Byzantine–Western Relations and Attitudes, 1204–1282 NICKOLAOS G. CHRISSIS, 2012 [Medieval Church Studies, 22] Turnhout: Brepols xlii + 338 pp. €90.00 (hardback) ISBN 9782503534237 In recent years there has been growth in interest in the history of the crusades and yet, despite the wide range of publications that consider various crusading fron- tiers, few authors have turned their attention to the campaigns fought in Frankish Greecefollowing thecapture of Constantinople in 1204. The Fourth Crusade itself has of course been exhaustively researched, and authors such as Longnon, Wolff, and Lock have devoted some attention to the Latin Empire of Constanti- nople and its satellites but – as Chrissis quite rightly points out – a great deal more remains to be said. Crusading in Frankish Greece seeks to redress this imbal- ance by offering a study of papal policy towards the Franks in Romania and its neighbours between 1204 and 1282, with specific

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