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- The Cambridge History of the Byzantine Empire c. 500–1492
- Frontispiece
- The Cambridge History of the Byzantine Empire c. 500–1492
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Maps
- Illustrations
- Tables
- Dedication
- Preface
- Preface to the Paperback Edition
- General Introduction
- Part I The Earlier Empire c. 500–c. 700
- Part II The Middle Empire c. 700–1204
- Chapter 5 State of Emergency (700–850)
- Chapter 6 After Iconoclasm (850–886)
- Chapter 7 Religious Missions
- Chapter 8 Armenian Neighbours (600–1045)
- Chapter 9 Confronting Islam: Emperors Versus Caliphs (641–c.850)
- Chapter 10 Western Approaches (700–900)
- Chapter 11 Byzantine Italy (680–876)
- Chapter 12 The Middle Byzantine Economy (600–1204)
- Chapter 13 Equilibrium to Expansion (886–1025)
- Chapter 14 Western Approaches (900–1025)
- Chapter 15 Byzantium and Southern Italy (876–1000)
- Chapter 16 Belle Époque or crisis? (1025–1118)
- Chapter 17 The Empire of the Komnenoi (1118–1204)
- Chapter 18 Balkan Borderlands (1018–1204)
- Chapter 19 Raiders and Neighbours: The Turks (1040–1304)
- Part III The Byzantine Lands in the Later Middle Ages 1204–1492
- Glossary (Including Some Proper Names)
- Genealogical Tables and Lists of Rulers
- Alternative Place Names
- Bibliography
- Book part
- Picture Acknowledgements
- Index
Chapter 14 - Western Approaches (900–1025)
from Part II - The Middle Empire c. 700–1204
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 November 2019
- The Cambridge History of the Byzantine Empire c. 500–1492
- Frontispiece
- The Cambridge History of the Byzantine Empire c. 500–1492
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Maps
- Illustrations
- Tables
- Dedication
- Preface
- Preface to the Paperback Edition
- General Introduction
- Part I The Earlier Empire c. 500–c. 700
- Part II The Middle Empire c. 700–1204
- Chapter 5 State of Emergency (700–850)
- Chapter 6 After Iconoclasm (850–886)
- Chapter 7 Religious Missions
- Chapter 8 Armenian Neighbours (600–1045)
- Chapter 9 Confronting Islam: Emperors Versus Caliphs (641–c.850)
- Chapter 10 Western Approaches (700–900)
- Chapter 11 Byzantine Italy (680–876)
- Chapter 12 The Middle Byzantine Economy (600–1204)
- Chapter 13 Equilibrium to Expansion (886–1025)
- Chapter 14 Western Approaches (900–1025)
- Chapter 15 Byzantium and Southern Italy (876–1000)
- Chapter 16 Belle Époque or crisis? (1025–1118)
- Chapter 17 The Empire of the Komnenoi (1118–1204)
- Chapter 18 Balkan Borderlands (1018–1204)
- Chapter 19 Raiders and Neighbours: The Turks (1040–1304)
- Part III The Byzantine Lands in the Later Middle Ages 1204–1492
- Glossary (Including Some Proper Names)
- Genealogical Tables and Lists of Rulers
- Alternative Place Names
- Bibliography
- Book part
- Picture Acknowledgements
- Index
Summary
Byzantium’s relations with the Latin west in this period have a ‘Cheshire cat’ character in comparison with ninth-century exchanges. Very little attention is paid to the Christian west by Byzantine writers even when Saxon potentates begin to intervene in Italy and bedeck themselves with imperial trimmings. A memorandum of diplomatic procedures, compiled partly from older materials in the mid-tenth century, lists the standard form of address for letters to various reges, of ‘Gaul’ as well as Bavaria and Saxony: each is to be addressed as ‘spiritual brother’, unlike the numerous other addressees. But the protocols for receptions of ambassadors make no special provision for western ones: formulaic greetings for envoys from the Bulgarians and eastern Muslims are rehearsed, presumably because their visits were more important or frequent.
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- The Cambridge History of the Byzantine Empire c.500–1492 , pp. 537 - 559Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019