The early medieval Balkans
Subtitle: A critical survey from the sixth to the late twelfth century
By: John V.A. Fine, Jr.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780472100255
Subjects: Balkan Peninsula -- History.
Description: xix, 336 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Notes: Includes indexes.

Bibliography.
Table of contents: title: Preface … vii; title: Acknowledgments … xiii; title: Note on Transliteration and Place Names … xv; title: Contents … xvii; title: Maps 1-5 … xx; title: ◦; title: INTRODUCTION:  BALKAN GEOGRAPHY AND SOCIETY … 1; title: ◦; title: Geography … 1; title: Society	 … 4; title: ◦; title: 1. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND … 9; title: ◦; title: The Indigenous Population … 9; title: The Romans Acquire the Balkans … 12; title: The Roman Empire and Its Balkan Provinces in the Third and Fourth Centuries … 13; title: Creation and Importance of Constantinople … 14; title: Division of the Empire, 395 … 15; title: Characteristics of the Byzantine Empire … 16; title: The Empire Becomes Christian … 16; title: Imperial Administration of the Balkans … 18; title: Land, Magnates, and Peasants … 20; title: Withdrawal of the Goths … 21; title: The Effects of Justinian's Wars of Reconquest … 22; title: Notes … 24; title: ◦; title: 2. THE SLAVIC INVASIONS … 25; title: ◦; title: The Slavs Settle in the Balkans, ca. 550 – ca. 630 … 25; title: The Avars: From Peak Strength to Decline, 614 – ca. 635 … 41; title: The Establishment of the Croatians and Serbs … 49; title: The Slavs in Greece … 59; title: Byzantium and the Balkans in the Seventh Century to 658 … 64; title: Migration and Establishment of the Bulgars in Bulgaria, 670s … 66; title: The Theme System and the Beginning of Byzantine Recovery in the Balkans … 69; title: Notes … 72; title: ◦; title: 3. THE BALKANS IN THE EIGHTH CENTURY … 74; title: ◦; title: Bulgaria and Byzantium in the Eighth Century … 74; title: The Byzantine Recovery of Greece … 79; title: The Farmer’s Law … 84; title: Notes … 93; title: ◦; title: 4. BULGARIA IN THE NINTH CENTURY … 94; title: ◦; title: Krum … 94; title: Bulgaria, 814 to 852 … 106; title: Christianization of Bulgaria … 113; title: Notes … 131; title: ◦; title: 5. BULGARIA UNDER SYMEON, 893-927 … 132; title: ◦; title: Symeon’s Background and Character	 … 132; title: The Slavonic Rite and Hrabr’s Defense of Slavonic … 134; title: The 894-97 War with Byzantium … 137; title: The 904 Bulgarian-Byzantine Treaty … 140; title: Serbia in the Second Half of the Ninth Century … 141; title: War Breaks Out between Bulgaria and Byzantium. 913 … 142; title: Symeon’s Coronation … 144; title: War with Byzantium, 913-27 … 148; title: Notes … 157; title: ◦; title: 6. BULGARIA AFTER SYMEON, 927-1018 … 159; title: ◦; title: Bulgaria and the Serb Lands, 927-65 … 159; title: Peter of Bulgaria’s Reign to 965 … 160; title: Bulgarian Society and Administration … 164; title: The Bogomil Heresy … 171; title: Nicephorus Phocas, 963-69 … 179; title: The Russian and Byzantine War over Bulgaria, 965-71 … 181; title: Samuel’s Revived Bulgaria and Its Wars with Byzantium … 188; title: Basil II’s Counteroffensive, 1001-18 … 197; title: Byzantium’s Position in the Balkans after 1018 … 200; title: Notes … 201; title: ◦; title: 7. DUKLJA AND THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN BALKANS FROM THE DEATH OF BASIL II, 1025, TO THE 1180s … 202; title: ◦; title: Duklja after John Vladimir … 202; title: Peter Deljan’s Rebellion … 203; title: Stefan Vojislav and Duklja in the Early 1040s … 206; title: Raiders from the North, 1046 to the 1070s … 208; title: The Balkans, 1043-1100 … 211; title: Civil War in Duklja … 228; title: Hungary, Byzantium, and Serbia (Raška), 1100-1180 … 234; title: Stefan Nemanja Establishes a New Dynasty in the Serbian Lands … 243; title: Byzantium’s Position in the Balkans in the 1170s … 244; title: Postscript to This section … 245; title: Notes … 247; title: ◦; title: 8. CROATIA AND DALMATIA … 248; title: ◦; title: Sources on Medieval Croatia … 248; title: Croatia from the Seventh Century to 969 … 251; title: The Church in Dalmatia in the Tenth Century … 266; title: Croatia, 969-1075 … 274; title: The Slavonic Liturgy Becomes an Issue in the 1060s … 280; title: Norman Balkan Activities in the Late Eleventh Century … 281; title: Croatia, 1075-1102 … 283; title: The Hungarian Annexation of Croatia, 1102, and Its	 Aftermath … 284; title: Summary … 290; title: Notes … 291; title: ◦; title: Appendix: Medieval Rulers … 293; title: – Byzantine Emperors to 1204 … 293; title: – Bulgarian Rulers … 295; title: – Rulers of Croatia … 296; title: – Serbian Rulers	 … 297; title: – Hungarian Rulers Discussed in Text … 298; title: ◦; title: Glossaries … 299; title: – Terms … 299; title: – Peoples … 304; title: ◦; title: Sources and Authors of Sources Referred to in the Text … 309; title: Selected Bibliography	 … 315; title: Index … 319; title: Map 6 … 338