Title: Byzantium and the crusader states, 1096-1204
First published: 1993
Description: This is the first full scholarly study of the relations between Byzantium and the Crusader States of Syria and Palestine. Ralph-Johannes Lilie sets out to explore the policies and principles which shaped contacts between the Eastern Empire, the Crusader States, and the nations of Western Europe whence the Crusaders came.

He traces the actions of Byzantium Emperors in the twelfth century as they sought to keep control of the crusading armies within their territories and to maintain their positions with respect to the west, and shows how mutual suspicion and attempts at co-operation ended in downright emnity.

Originally published to much acclaim in Germany, Byzantium and the Crusader States has been revised for the English edition by Professor Lilie, and a lucid and scholarly translation provided by J. C. Morris and Jean E. Ridings.
Subjects: Foreign relations, Crusades, Byzantine empire, politics and government, Latin orient
Places: Byzantine Empire, Latin Orient
Time periods: 1081-1453
LC classification: DF547.L37 L5413 1993