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The interaction between Byzantium and the Latin West was intimately
connected to practically all the major events and developments
which shaped the medieval world in the High and Late Middle Ages -
for example, the rise of the 'papal monarchy', the launch of the
Crusades, the expansion of international and long distance
commerce, or the flowering of the Renaissance. This volume explores
not only the actual avenues of interaction between the two sides
(trade, political and diplomatic contacts, ecclesiastical dialogue,
intellectual exchange, armed conflict), but also the image each
side had of the other and the way perceptions evolved over this
long period in the context of their manifold contact. Twenty-one
stimulating papers offer new insights and original research on
numerous aspects of this relationship, pooling the expertise of an
international group of scholars working on both sides of the
Byzantine-Western 'divide', on topics as diverse as identity
formation, ideology, court ritual, literary history, military
technology and the economy, among others. The particular
contribution of the research presented here is the exploration of
how cross-cultural relations were shaped by the interplay of the
thought-world of the various historical agents and the material
circumstances which circumscribed their actions. The volume is
primarily aimed at scholars and students interested in the history
of Byzantium, the Mediterranean world, and, more widely,
intercultural contacts in the Middle Ages.
The interaction between Byzantium and the Latin West was intimately
connected to practically all the major events and developments
which shaped the medieval world in the High and Late Middle Ages -
for example, the rise of the 'papal monarchy', the launch of the
Crusades, the expansion of international and long distance
commerce, or the flowering of the Renaissance. This volume explores
not only the actual avenues of interaction between the two sides
(trade, political and diplomatic contacts, ecclesiastical dialogue,
intellectual exchange, armed conflict), but also the image each
side had of the other and the way perceptions evolved over this
long period in the context of their manifold contact. Twenty-one
stimulating papers offer new insights and original research on
numerous aspects of this relationship, pooling the expertise of an
international group of scholars working on both sides of the
Byzantine-Western 'divide', on topics as diverse as identity
formation, ideology, court ritual, literary history, military
technology and the economy, among others. The particular
contribution of the research presented here is the exploration of
how cross-cultural relations were shaped by the interplay of the
thought-world of the various historical agents and the material
circumstances which circumscribed their actions. The volume is
primarily aimed at scholars and students interested in the history
of Byzantium, the Mediterranean world, and, more widely,
intercultural contacts in the Middle Ages.
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