Research Catalog

Title

Byzantium and the emergence of Muslim-Turkish Anatolia, ca. 1040-1130 / Alexander Daniel Beihammer.

Author

Beihammer, Alexander Daniel

Publication

London ; New York, : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

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Details

Description

x, 437 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates : maps; 24 cm

Summary

The arrival of the Seljuk Turks in Anatolia forms an indispensable part of modern Turkish discourse on national identity but Western scholars, by contrast, have rarely included the Anatolian Turks in their discussions about the formation of European nations or the transformation of the Near East. The Turkish penetration of Byzantine Asia Minor is primarily conceived of as a conflict between empires, sedentary and nomadic groups, or religious and ethnic entities. This book proposes a new narrative, which begins with the waning influence of Constantinople and Cairo over large parts of Anatolia and the Byzantine-Muslim borderlands, as well as the failure of the nascent Seljuk sultanate to supplant them as a leading supra-regional force. In both Byzantine Anatolia and regions of the Muslim heartlands, local elites and regional powers came to the fore as holders of political authority and rivals in incessant power struggles. Turkish warrior groups quickly assumed a leading role in this process, not because of their raids and conquests, but because of their intrusion into pre-existing social networks. They exploited administrative tools and local resources and thus gained the acceptance of local rulers and their subjects. Nuclei of lordships came into being, which could evolve into larger territorial units. There was no Byzantine decline nor Turkish triumph but, rather, the driving force of change was the successful interaction between these two spheres.

Series Statement

Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman studies

Uniform Title

Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman studies.

Subject

• Seldschuken
• 1025-1185
• Seljuks
• Comneni Dynasty (Byzantine Empire)
• Byzantine Empire > History > 1025-1081
• Byzantine Empire > History > Comneni dynasty, 1081-1185
• Byzantine Empire
• Anatolien
• Byzantinisches Reich

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-412) and index.

Contents

First encounters in Byzantium's eastern marches, ca. 1040-1071 -- The eastern provinces, Turkish migrations, and the Seljuk imperial project -- Byzantine-Seljuk diplomacy and the first Turkish footholds -- Emperor Romanos IV and Sultan Alp Arslan, 1068-1071 -- Decay of imperial authority and regionalization of power, 1071-1096 -- Sulayman b. Qutlumush and the first Turkish lordships in Syria -- Revolts and Byzantine-Turkish coalitions in Asia Minor, 1071-1081 -- Seljuk rule between centralization and disintegration, 1086-1098 -- Turkish and Byzantine-Armenian lordships in Asia Minor -- The Crusades and the crystallization of Muslim Anatolia, 1096-ca.1130 -- Seljuk reactions to the First Crusade -- New contact and conflict zones.

Call Number

JFE 17-9392

ISBN

• 9781138229594
• 1138229598

LCCN

2016042567

OCLC

959373045

Author

Beihammer, Alexander Daniel, author.

Title

Byzantium and the emergence of Muslim-Turkish Anatolia, ca. 1040-1130 / Alexander Daniel Beihammer.

Publisher

London ; New York, : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman studies

Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman studies.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-412) and index.

Chronological Term

1025-1185

Research Call Number

JFE 17-9392