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"Il saggio traccia una sintesi della civiltà bizantina, dalla fondazione di Costantinopoli alla Quarta Crociata. A tutti gli effetti continuazione dell'impero romano, Bisanzio riuscì ad assimilare positivamente le Völkerwanderungen che... more
In 1198, Lothar of Sengi was elected Pope and took the name of Innocent III. His main objective was to organize a new crusade. The army of Crusaders was mobilized in 1199 by count Thibaut of Champagne. After his death, in 1201, he was... more
Empire of Magic offers a genesis and genealogy for medieval romance and the King Arthur legend through the history of Europe's encounters with the East in crusades, travel, missionizing, and empire formation. The book argues that... more
The consensus on Pope Honorius III (1216–27) is that he was a conciliatory politician who lacked the harder edge possessed by his immediate predecessor and successor. Yet, using overlooked evidence regarding the role of Honorius in... more
Σχεδόν όλες οι πόλεις της Ελλάδας κρύβουν ένα βυζαντινό παρελθόν, το οποίο έπαιξε καθοριστικό ρόλο στη διαμόρφωση της οργάνωσης και της εικόνας τους, μέχρι και τις μέρες μας. Εντούτοις, στις περισσότερες το παρελθόν αυτό έχει αφήσει πολύ... more
Cura (con emendamenti e aggiornamenti bibliografici) della versione italiana di J.-C. CHEYNET (sous la direction de), Le monde byzantin, II. L’Empire byzantin (641-1204), Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 2006. Co-editorial... more
В статье предлагается рассмотрение некоторых вопросов, касающихся советской историографии крестовых походов в 1930-х– конце 1940-х гг. Прослеживается влияние марксистского подхода в трудах советских исследователей, посвященных изучению... more
Work presented in Bari (Turin Shroud Congress 2014 ) http://dee.poliba.it/ATSI2014/index.htm
Questa nuova storia del movimento crociato intende fornire ai suoi lettori tutti gli elementi di una storia 'plurale' delle vicende che portarono all’insediamento in Medioriente tra i secoli XII-XIII di una serie di entità politiche in... more
After the fall of Constantinople to the Latin Crusaders in 1204 hundreds of relics were carried into the West as diplomatic gifts, memorabilia and tokens of victory. Yet many relics were also sent privately between male crusaders and... more
Empire of Magic offers a genesis and genealogy for medieval romance and the King Arthur legend through the history of Europe's encounters with the East in crusades, travel, missionizing, and empire formation. The book argues that... more
This article examines attempts over the past two hundred years to account for the diversion of the Fourth Crusade to Constantinople and its sack of the city in 1204. While nineteenth-century scholars dreamed up far-fetched conspiracy... more
ÖZET 1187'de Kudüs'ün Müslümanlar tarafından ele geçirilmesi üzerine Kudüs'ü yeniden Haçlı hâkimiyetine almak amacıyla düzenlenen Üçüncü Haçlı Seferi ve 1197-98 Alman Haçlı Seferi başarısızlıkla sonuçlanmıştır. Kralların değil soyluların... more
A slightly updated version of the 2016 paper, "The Medieval Russian Account of the Fourth Crusade -- A New Annotated Translation." Other earlier translations were dependent on the text found in the Novgorod 1st Chronicle; the present... more
A Brief Account of how Old Rpme fell away from the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church in the period 1003-2004.
In April 1204, the army of the Fourth Crusade captured Constantinople. For the leading princes, it was self-evident that they would install an imperator of their own in the Queen of Cities. Their choice fell on Baldwin IX/VI, count of... more
Οι μεσαιωνικοί πύργοι αποτελούν κυρίαρχο διαχρονικό στοιχείο του τοπίου της Εύβοιας. Η πυκνότητα κατανομής τους είναι αξιοσημείωτη σε περιοχές με γόνιμη καλλιεργήσιμη γη. Η σημασία τους δεν έγκειται μόνο στον αριθμό τους αλλά και στο... more
This paper deals with the origins of the despotate of Epirus and the Empire of Trebizond comparing them with the fate of other Byzantine splinter-states of the XIIth and XIIIth century and tries to draw some outlines of a future... more
For the 6th LCSC International Seminar in London, Clerkenwell.
The Fourth Crusade is one of the key hubs of the Venetian adventure. Its outcome represents the masterpiece, in particular, of its symbolic character: the warrior-doge Enrico Dandolo. The deviation of the expedition to Constantinople... more
The Case Study examines two recently published documents from Pope Honorius III’s chancellery which were previously unknown to the Bulgarian scholars. These letters are a valuable source for the history of the conflict over the Byzantine... more
La carrière de Simon de Montfort, chef de la croisade albigeoise de 1209 à 1218, offre un éclairage rare sur la réponse laïque aux ordonnances et aux critiques cléricales concernant la seigneurie temporelle. Grâce à l'étude de traités... more
This article evaluates how far chivalric notions of honour and shame had become associated with crusading by the early thirteenth century. It stems from a wider investigation into how crusading helped to forge standards for knightly... more
An Account of the Emigration of Anglo-Saxons from England to Constantinople and Crimea after the Norman Conquest of 1066.
This article is a contribution to the 'diversion debate' concerning the Fourth Crusade (1202-1204). In this paper I argue that ultimately the endangered Venetian commercial interests were at the core of the final decision by the crusade... more