Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Maps -- Introduction 1 -- I. Travelling to Byzantium 21 -- II. The Attractions of Constantinople 45 -- III. Auctoritates and Translationes 78 -- IV. The Northern Countries 102 -- V. Britain 129 -- VI. France 161 -- VII. The Holy Roman Empire 201 -- VIII. The Italian Peninsula 245 -- IX. The Iberian Peninsula 295 -- X. Byzantium: Fountain of Life and Learning 322 -- List of Byzantine Emperors 355 -- List of Illustrations 357 -- List of Abbreviations/Bibliography 359 -- Index 367.

This volume deals with relations between the West and Byzantium, from the accession of Otto I the Great in Germany in 962, until the Fourth Crusade when Constantinople was conquered by the Western crusading armies in 1204. The impact which these contacts and confrontations had on both sides is discussed in sections dealing with specific areas (such as the North, Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain) as well as in sections dealing with specific aspects of the process: the journey, the attractions of the East, and the idea of "autoritates" and "translationes" of various political and intellectual ideas. An extensive index will help readers to find specific topics. The book is illustrated with maps, and with a number of objects betraying Byzantine influence in the West, or Western presence in Byzantium.

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