late medieval Balkans
Subtitle: a critical survey from the late twelfth century to the Ottoman Conquest
By: John V.A. Fine.
Edition: 1st paperback ed.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 683
ISBN-13: 9780472100798
Subjects: Balkan Peninsula -- History.
Description: xvi, 683 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Notes: Maps on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 633-643) and index.
Table of contents: class: section
title: Acknowledgements … vii; class: section
title: Note on Transliteration and Names … ix; class: section
title: Contents … xi; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: 1. THE BALKANS IN THE LATE TWELFTH CENTURY … 1; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: Stefan Nemanja Acquires Power in Serbia … 2; class: section
title: Byzantine Difficulties in the Balkans under Andronicus I … 6; class: section
title: Serbian Expansion and Military Activities, 1180-90	… 7; class: section
title: Isaac Angelus Assumes Power in Byzantium and Expels the Normans … 9; class: section
title: Bulgarian Uprising, 1185-88 … 10; class: section
title: Bosnia and Hum to ca. 1198 … 17; class: section
title: Croatia	 … 21; class: section
title: The Third Crusade (1189) … 23; class: section
title: Serbs and Bulgarians, 1190-95 … 25; class: section
title: Ivanko and Dobromir Chrysos … 28; class: section
title: Kalojan Assumes Power in Bulgaria, 1197… 29; class: section
title: The Byzantine Triumph over Ivanko	… 30; class: section
title: The Byzantine Treaty with Kalojan … 31; class: section
title: Chrysos and Kamytzes … 32; class: section
title: Greece at the End of the Twelfth Century … 33; class: section
title: Abdication of Stefan Nemanja … 38; class: section
title: Rivalry between Stefan and Vukan in Serbia … 41; class: section
title: Alliances and Church Policy Involving Zeta and Bosnia … 43; class: section
title: The Bosnian Church Council of 1203 … 47; class: section
title: Vukan Seizes Raška … 47; class: section
title: Raška and Zeta, 1206/07 to ca. 1216 … 49; class: section
title: The Region of Albania in the Late Twelfth and Early Thirteenth Centuries … 51; class: section
title: Hum at the End of the Twelfth and the Beginning of the Thirteenth Centuries … 52; class: section
title: Kalojan on the Eve of the Fourth Crusade … 54; class: section
title: Notes … 56; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: 2. THE FOURTH CRUSADE AND ITS AFTERMATH … 60; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: Background for the Fourth Crusade … 60; class: section
title: The Conquest of Constantinople by the Crusaders … 62; class: section
title: Boniface’s Conquests and his Vassals … 64; class: section
title: The Greek State of Epirus … 65; class: section
title: Villehardouin in the Morea … 69; class: section
title: Latin Religious Policy in the Conquered Greek Lands … 76; class: section
title: Baldwin and Kalojan in Thrace … 80; class: section
title: Kalojan’s Activities after April 1205 … 83; class: section
title: The Kingdom of Thessaloniki after Boniface’s Death … 87; class: section
title: Nicea Proclaims Imperial Status … 90; class: section
title: Boril in Bulgaria and Balkan Affairs, 1207-13 … 91; class: section
title: Boril’s 1213 Alliance with the Latins and the Conclusion of his Reign … 100; class: section
title: The 1214 War, the End of Strez, and the Division of his Lands … 103; class: section
title: John Asen Overthrows Boril … 106; class: section
title: Serbia in the Second Decade of the Thirteenth Century … 106; class: section
title: Notes … 109; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: 3. THE FIRST HALF OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY … 112; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: Theodore of Epirus’ First Decade, 1215-24 … 112; class: section
title: Quarrel between the Churches of Epirus and Nicea … 114; class: section
title: Creation of an Autocephalous Serbian Church, 1219 … 116; class: section
title: Theodore Acquires Thessaloniki and Coronation … 119; class: section
title: Theodore's Ambitions and Actions, 1225-30 … 122; class: section
title: The Battle of Klokotnica (1230) and its Results for Bulgaria … 124; class: section
title: Thessaloniki-Epirus after Klokotnica … 126; class: section
title: Bulgarian-Hungarian Relations … 128; class: section
title: Bulgarian-Nicean Relations … 129; class: section
title: Greek Affairs, 1237-42 … 133; class: section
title: Serbia under Radoslav and Vladislav … 135; class: section
title: Zeta in the Second Quarter of the Thirteenth Century … 137; class: section
title: Hum in the Second Quarter of the Thirteenth Century … 142; class: section
title: Bosnia in the Second Quarter of the Thirteenth Century … 143; class: section
title: Croatia in the Second Quarter of the Thirteenth Century … 149; class: section
title: Notes … 153; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: 4. THE SECOND HALF OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY … 154; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: Bulgaria upon John Asen II’s Death … 154; class: section
title: Nicea and Epirus, 1246-61 … 156; class: section
title: The Nicean Recovery of Constantinople … 165; class: section
title: The Struggle between Franks and Byzantines for the Morea … 165; class: section
title: The Struggle for Northern Greece … 168; class: section
title: Charles of Anjou Enters into Greek Affairs … 170; class: section
title: Bulgaria between Byzantium, Hungary, and the Tatars, 1256-77 … 170; class: section
title: Byzantium’s Efforts to Defend itself against Charles of Anjou … 184; class: section
title: Civil War in Bulgaria, 1278-84 … 195; class: section
title: Serbia under King Uroš, 1243-76 … 199; class: section
title: Hungary and Croatia … 204; class: section
title: Notes … 214; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: 5. THE BALKANS IN THE EARLY FOURTEENTH CENTURY … 217; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: Serbia at the End of the Thirteenth Century … 217; class: section
title: Bulgaria at the End of the Thirteenth Century … 224; class: section
title: Byzantium and Greece in the Early Fourteenth Century … 230; class: section
title: The Byzantine Civil War between Andronicus II and Andronicus III … 250; class: section
title: Thessaly and Epirus under Andronicus III … 252; class: section
title: Serbia in the Early Fourteenth Century … 255; class: section
title: Serbia Loses its Part of Hum … 266; class: section
title: Vidin in the First Quarter of the Fourteenth Century … 268; class: section
title: Bulgaria in the 1320s … 269; class: section
title: Serbia, Bulgaria, and Byzantium, 1324-32 … 270; class: section
title: Bosnia from the 1280s to the 1320s … 275; class: section
title: Notes … 285; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: 6. THE BALKANS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY … 286; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: Dušan and Byzantium to 1334 … 286; class: section
title: Dušan and Hungary … 288; class: section
title: Dušan, the Empire, and Albania … 289; class: section
title: Dušan in 1340 … 290; class: section
title: Turkish Activities in the Balkans … 291; class: section
title: The Byzantine Civil War between Cantacuzenus and the Constantinopolitan Regency … 292; class: section
title: The Serbs Are Drawn into the Byzantine Civil War … 296; class: section
title: Despot John Oliver … 298; class: section
title: Serbian Participation in the Byzantine Civil War … 300; class: section
title: Cantacuzenus’ Triumph … 307; class: section
title: Dušan’s Coronation (April 1346) … 309; class: section
title: Administration of Dušan’s State … 310; class: section
title: Dušan’s Law Code … 314; class: section
title: Serbia’s Peasants … 317; class: section
title: Dušan Conquers Thessaly and Epirus	 … 320; class: section
title: The Condition of the Byzantine Empire in the Middle of the Fourteenth Century … 321; class: section
title: Dušan, Byzantium, and Bosnia in 1350 … 322; class: section
title: Civil War Again in Byzantium … 325; class: section
title: Manuel Cantacuzenus in the Morea … 327; class: section
title: Greek Landholding, Peasants, and Lords … 329; class: section
title: Dušan’s Last Years and Death … 334; class: section
title: Hungary and Venice Struggle for Dalmatia … 337; class: section
title: Notes … 343; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: 7. THE BALKANS FROM DUSAN'S DEATH (1355) TO THE EVE OF KOSOVO (1389) … 345; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: Initial Territorial Losses for the Serbian Empire after Dušan’s Death … 345; class: section
title: Thessaly and Epirus … 346; class: section
title: Dušan’s Albanian Lands … 357; class: section
title: The Lands that Remained Loyal to Uroš … 358; class: section
title: Bulgaria … 366; class: section
title: Bosnia: The Early Years of Tvrtko's Reign … 368; class: section
title: The Albanian Lands in the 1360s … 370; class: section
title: Civil War among the Serbs … 373; class: section
title: The Turkish Threat and Uglješa’s Response to It … 377; class: section
title: The Battle of Marica and its Aftermath … 379; class: section
title: Activities of the Independent Serbian Nobles … 382; class: section
title: The End of Nicholas Altomanović … 384; class: section
title: Lazar’s Principality … 387; class: section
title: The Balšići in the 1370s and 1380s … 389; class: section
title: Tvrtko of Bosnia from the 1370s to 1391 … 392; class: section
title: Hungarian Civil War … 395; class: section
title: Attica, Boeotia, and the Peloponnesus … 398; class: section
title: Notes … 404; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: 8. THE BALKANS IN THE LATE FOURTEENTH CENTURY … 406; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: The Turks and the Balkans after the Battle of Marica … 406; class: section
title: Kosovo … 408; class: section
title: Albania and Zeta … 414; class: section
title: The Ottoman Conquest of Bulgaria … 422; class: section
title: The Battles of Rovine and Nikopolis and their Results … 424; class: section
title: Serbian Affairs … 425; class: section
title: Affairs in Greece … 427; class: section
title: Religion and Culture … 435; class: section
title: The Jews in the Balkans … 446; class: section
title: Notes … 451; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: 9. THE BALKANS IN THE EARLY FIFTEENTH CENTURY … 453; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: Bosnia after the Death of Tvrtko … 453; class: section
title: Religion and Culture inside Bosnia … 481; class: section
title: Dalmatia … 488; class: section
title: Croatia … 495; class: section
title: The Battle of Ankara … 499; class: section
title: Serbia after Ankara … 500; class: section
title: The Ottoman Civil War … 503; class: section
title: Stefan Lazarević and Hungary … 509; class: section
title: Albania and Zeta after Ankara … 510; class: section
title: Stefan Lazarević’s Last Years in Serbia … 522; class: section
title: George Branković’s Succession … 526; class: section
title: Zeta and Albania, 1427-30 … 528; class: section
title: Serbia in the 1430s … 529; class: section
title: Zeta in the Late 1430s and Early 1440s … 531; class: section
title: Albania in the 1430s … 535; class: section
title: Byzantium and the Turks after Mehemmed I’s Death (1421) … 536; class: section
title: The Morea and Non-Turkish Greece … 538; class: section
title: Notes … 546; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: 10. THE BALKANS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY … 548; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: The Crusade of Varna 1443-44 … 548; class: section
title: Hungary and Croatia after Varna … 551; class: section
title: Serbia after Varna … 554; class: section
title: Skanderbeg’s Revolt in Albania … 556; class: section
title: George Branković and Zeta … 558; class: section
title: Affairs in Greece from 1443 … 561; class: section
title: The Fall of Serbia … 568; class: section
title: Bosnia from 1443 … 577; class: section
title: Croatia after 1463 … 590; class: section
title: Albania and Zeta after 1455 … 595; class: section
title: Explanation for the Ottoman Success … 604; class: section
title: Notes … 611; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: APPENDIX: MEDIEVAL RULERS … 613; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: Byzantine Emperors from 1143 to 1453 … 613; class: section
title: Latin Emperors of Constantinople … 614; class: section
title: Rulers of Epirus … 614; class: section
title: Rulers of the Morea … 614; class: section
title: Greek Despots of the Morea … 615; class: section
title: Latin Rulers of Athens and Thebes … 615; class: section
title: Bulgarian Tsars … 616; class: section
title: Rulers of Serbia … 617; class: section
title: Rulers of Zeta … 617; class: section
title: Rulers of Bosnia … 618; class: section
title: The Kosača Rulers of Hum/Hercegovina … 618; class: section
title: Kings of Hungary … 618; class: section
title: Ottoman Sultans … 619; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: Glossary of Terms … 621; class: section
title: Sources and Authors of Sources Referred to in the Text … 629; class: section
title: Selected Bibliography … 633; class: section
title: Index … 645