Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 1 An Overview of the Historiography -- 2 Content and Objectives of the Study -- 3 Sources -- 4 Theoretical Framework -- 5 Methodology -- 2 Historical Overview -- 1 Expansion of the Italian Element -- 2 The Repercussions of the Latin Conquest -- 3 The Komnenodoukes of Epirus and Their Increasingly Important Role -- 4 Ioannes I Doukas (the Bastard) -- 5 The Catalan Presence -- 6 Thessaly in the First Half of the 14th Century -- 7 The “Empire” of Trikala -- 8 The Ottoman Conquest of Thessaly -- Part 1 The Cities of Thessaly: Economic, Political and Religious Administrative Centres -- 3 Overview -- 1 Definition of a City -- 2 Sociological Criteria -- 3 Byzantine Perceptions of Cities -- 4 Balkan Cities in the Early Ottoman Period -- 5 The Cities of Medieval Thessaly (12th–15th Centuries) -- 4 Centres of Administration -- 1 General Introduction -- 2 Larissa -- 3 Neai Patrai -- 4 Trikala -- 5 General Observations on the Centres of Administration -- 5 Western Thessaly: Cities and Fortified Towns -- 1 General Introduction -- 2 Stagoi -- 3 Phanari -- 4 Smaller Fortified Towns in Western Thessaly: Gardikion, Velas, Smokovo, Patzouna -- 5 General Observations on the Cities and Fortified Towns of Western Thessaly -- 6 Eastern Thessaly Cities and “Polismata” -- 1 General Introduction -- 2 “Polismata” in Ossa: Vessena, Charmaina, Agia -- 3 The Cases of Kastri, Vounena and Pharsala -- 4 Pharsala -- 5 “Polismata” in the Vale of Tempe: Lykostomio, Platamon -- 6 General Observations on the Cities and “Polismata” of Eastern Thessaly -- 7 Cities and Fortified Towns in Northern/Northeastern Thessaly: Elassona, Domeniko, Radovisdi, Damasi -- 1 General Introduction -- 2 Elassona -- 3 Domeniko -- 4 Radovisdi -- 5 Damasi -- 6 General Observations on the Cities and Fortified Towns in Northern/Northeastern Thessaly -- 8 Cities in the Pagasetic Gulf -- 1 General Introduction -- 2 Demetrias -- 3 Almyros -- 4 Pteleos -- 5 Velestino -- 6 General Observations on the Cities in the Pagasetic Gulf -- 9 The Cases of Agrapha and Domokos -- 1 General Introduction -- 2 Agrapha -- 3 Domokos -- 4 General Observations on the Cases of Agrapha and Domokos -- 1 General Observations on the Cities of Thessaly -- Part 2 The Villages of Medieval Thessaly (12th–15th Centuries) -- 11 Introduction -- 12 Villages of Western Thessaly -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Dispersion of Settlements: Population (Size and Measurement) -- 3 The Economic Typology of Settlements -- 4 Forms and Entities of Economic Exchange -- 5 Conclusions -- 13 Villages of Eastern Thessaly -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Dispersion of Settlements: Population (Size and Measurement) -- 3 The Economic Typology of Settlements -- 4 Forms and Entities of Economic Exchange -- 5 Conclusions -- 14 Villages of Magnesia -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Dispersion of Settlements: Population (Size and Measurement) -- 3 The Economic Typology of Settlements -- 4 Forms and Entities of Economic Exchange -- 5 Conclusions -- 15 General Observations on the Villages of Thessaly -- 16 Conclusions -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book investigates the socio-economic and demographic history of Thessaly between the 12th and the 15th centuries. It focuses particularly on the spatial structure – the population distribution – of the area, examining the multifaceted economic factors and social conditions that shaped this distribution. Terezakis convincingly demonstrates that Thessaly’s local urban network and the inhabited area in general were strengthened and revitalized due to the political re-unification of the region under Ottoman rule.

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