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Frontiers in Question
Eurasian Borderlands, 700–1700
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Frontiers in Question
Eurasian Borderlands, 700–1700
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We are used to the idea that each state has clearly defined borders, which cleanly separate different nationalities from one another. What, though, were frontiers like before the evolution of the modern nation state? The nine essays in this book seek to answer this question across a thousand years of Eurasian history.
Table of Contents
List of Maps and Figures
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction; D.J.Power and N.Standen
The Creation of a Medieval Frontier: Islam and Christianity in the Iberian Peninsula; E.Manzano Moreno
(Re)constructing the Frontiers of Tenth-Century North China; N.Standen
The Byzantine Frontier at the Lower Danube in the Late Tenth and Eleventh Centuries; P.Stephenson
French and Norman Frontiers in the Central Middle Ages; D.J.Power
Northern Syria Between the Mongols and Mamluks: Political Boundary, Military Frontier and Ethnic Affinities; R.Amitai-Preiss
The English State and its Frontiers in the British Isles, 1300-1600; S.G.Ellis
The Lithuano-Prussian Forest Frontier, c.1422-1600; S.C.Rowell
Crusaders as Frontiersmen: The Case of The Order of St. John in the Mediterranean; A.Williams
The Frontier in Ottoman History: Old Ideas and New Myths; C.Heywood
Notes
Bibliography
Glossary
Notes on Contributors
Index.
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction; D.J.Power and N.Standen
The Creation of a Medieval Frontier: Islam and Christianity in the Iberian Peninsula; E.Manzano Moreno
(Re)constructing the Frontiers of Tenth-Century North China; N.Standen
The Byzantine Frontier at the Lower Danube in the Late Tenth and Eleventh Centuries; P.Stephenson
French and Norman Frontiers in the Central Middle Ages; D.J.Power
Northern Syria Between the Mongols and Mamluks: Political Boundary, Military Frontier and Ethnic Affinities; R.Amitai-Preiss
The English State and its Frontiers in the British Isles, 1300-1600; S.G.Ellis
The Lithuano-Prussian Forest Frontier, c.1422-1600; S.C.Rowell
Crusaders as Frontiersmen: The Case of The Order of St. John in the Mediterranean; A.Williams
The Frontier in Ottoman History: Old Ideas and New Myths; C.Heywood
Notes
Bibliography
Glossary
Notes on Contributors
Index.
Product details
| Published | 19 Apr 1999 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 320 |
| ISBN | 9781349274390 |
| Imprint | Red Globe Press |
| Series | Themes in Focus |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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