Byzantium's Balkan Frontier: A Political Study of the Northern Balkans, 900-1204

Table of contents

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• Title Page *
• Contents v
• Maps and Figures vi
• Preface vii
• A Note on Citation and Transliteration ix
• Abbreviations xi
• Introduction 1
• Chapter One - Bulgaria and Beyond: the Northern Balkans (c. 900–963) 18
• Chapter Two - The Byzantine Occupation of Bulgaria (963–1025) 47
• Chapter Three - Northern Nomads (1025–1100) 80
• Chapter Four - Southern Slavs (1025–1100) 117
• Chapter Five - The Rise of the West, I: Normans and Crusaders (1081–1118) 156
• Chapter Six - The Rise of the West, Ii: Hungarians and Venetians (1100–1143) 187
• Chapter Seven - Manuel I Comnenus Confronts the West (1143–1156) 211
• Chapter Eight - Advancing the Frontier: the Annexation of Sirmium and Dalmatia (1156–1180) 239
• Chapter Nine - Casting off the 'Byzantine Yoke' (1180–1204) 275

• Title Page *
• Contents v
• Maps and Figures vi
• Preface vii
• A Note on Citation and Transliteration ix
• Abbreviations xi
• Introduction 1
• Chapter One - Bulgaria and Beyond: the Northern Balkans (c. 900–963) 18
• Chapter Two - The Byzantine Occupation of Bulgaria (963–1025) 47
• Chapter Three - Northern Nomads (1025–1100) 80
• Chapter Four - Southern Slavs (1025–1100) 117
• Chapter Five - The Rise of the West, I: Normans and Crusaders (1081–1118) 156
• Chapter Six - The Rise of the West, Ii: Hungarians and Venetians (1100–1143) 187
• Chapter Seven - Manuel I Comnenus Confronts the West (1143–1156) 211
• Chapter Eight - Advancing the Frontier: the Annexation of Sirmium and Dalmatia (1156–1180) 239
• Chapter Nine - Casting off the 'Byzantine Yoke' (1180–1204) 275
• Conclusion 316
• Bibliography 324
• Index 345