The Balkans and the Byzantine World before and after the Captures of Constantinople, 1204 and 1453
EDITED BY VLADA STANKOVIĆ The Balkans and the Byzantine World before and after the Capture s of Constantinople, 1204 and 1453 This book represents the first attempt to analyze historical and cultural developments in late medieval and early modern southeastern Europe as a set of mutually intertwined regional histories, burdened by the strong dichotomy between the almighty center—Constantinople—and the periphery that is rarely visible...