"Although there is a vast corpus of scholarly writing about the Crusades and the Crusader states and a much smaller corpus about the Byzantine Empire, this is the first detailed book to focus on the relations between those states and the empire...Any further discussion of relations between Byzantium and the Crusader states must begin with this book."--Catholic Historical Review
"Since Lilie has written the only serious study of relations between Frankish Crusaders and the Comnenian emperors of Byzantium, this translation of Byzanz und die Kreuzfahrerstaaten makes an important book accessible to Anglophone students of the Middle Ages....Excellent bibliography. Highly recommended to scholars and students of the Middle Ages."--CHOICE
"Specialists will find this an important study that offers a significant thesis. It may cause medieval historians to reconsider some common notions."--The Historian
"Although there is a vast corpus of scholarly writing about the Crusades and the Crusader states and a much smaller corpus about the Byzantine Empire, this is the first detailed book to focus on the relations between those states and the empire...Any further discussion of relations between Byzantium and the Crusader states must begin with this book."--Catholic Historical Review
"Since Lilie has written the only serious study of relations between Frankish Crusaders and the Comnenian emperors of Byzantium, this translation of Byzanz und die Kreuzfahrerstaaten makes an important book accessible to Anglophone students of the Middle Ages....Excellent bibliography. Highly recommended to scholars and students of the Middle Ages."--CHOICE
"Specialists will find this an important study that offers a significant thesis. It may cause medieval historians to reconsider some common notions."--The Historian
From the Back Cover
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.
About the Author
Ralph-Johannes Lilie is a Professor of Medieval History at Free University of Berlin.
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