Peter Frankopan
Biographic Data
| ID | 1130728 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Frankopan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Frankopan |
| SIGNATURE | FRANKOPAN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0385-8654 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The age of crisis
Eingegangene Bücher
Les Routes de la soie. Entre réalités et imaginaires
Le nom seul des Routes de la soie évoque des impressions et des idées d’un monde mystérieux, insaisissable et exotique. Cependant, ces civilisations sont toujours mal connues du grand public et peu enseignées en Occident. L’auteur, spécialiste des Routes de la soie et d’histoire globale, retrace l’histoire de ces routes – entre mythe et réalité –et évoque leur importance, y compris pour les Européens. Il souligne le rôle majeur dans l’histoire de…
The Origins, Context and Nature of the Belt and Road Initiative
The New Silk Roads
The Norman Campaigns in the Balkans, 1081–1118, by George Theotokis
‘The Norman expansion in Europe in the eleventh century was a movement of enormous historical importance’, writes the author, George Theotokis, at the start of this book. The way the Normans established themselves in Southern Italy deserves particular attention, he goes on, because a small number of ‘mercenaries’ managed to make themselves masters of Apulia and Calabria at the expense of local lords and that of the Byzantine and Muslim powers whi…
Remembering the Crusades
The Crusades are a source of enduring fascination to scholars and the general public alike. Those who took part in the very first Crusade—the expedition that captured Jerusalem in July 1099—began to think about how the campaign would be remembered even before they reached their goal. Pray for me—wrote one participant to the Archbishop of Rheims, two years before the knights reached the Holy City—as well as for those who ‘labour...in the service o…
The Race for Paradise
It would perhaps be stretching things to say that the period of the Crusades is enjoying something of a revival—because the allure and appeal never went away in the first place. Other than the wars of the twentieth century and the reign of Henry VIII, more has been written about the Christian attempts to conquer the Holy Land than just about any other topic in history. What is striking, however, is that while the level of focus on the Crusades is…
Writing the Early Crusades
A pioneering approach to contemporary historical writing on the First Crusade, looking at the texts as cultural artefacts rather than simply for the evidence they contain. The First Crusade (1095-1101) was the stimulus for a substantial boom in Western historical writing in the first decades of the twelfth century, beginning with the so-called "eyewitness" accounts of the crusade and extending to numerous second-hand treatments in prose and verse…
Chroniqueurs et propagandistes
The expedition that set off from Europe for the Holy Land in 1095 achieved something extraordinary. After battling across thousands of miles of difficult terrain, coming within an ace of destruction on several occasions at the hands of highly accomplished enemies, and managing to overcome logistical problems of the highest order, the knights of the First Crusade succeeded in reaching and capturing the city of Jerusalem. It was a feat of ambition …
Turning Latin into Greek
This article examines the relationship between one of the most famous Byzantine sources, the Alexiad of Anna Komnene, and the Gesta Roberti Wiscardi, written by William of Apulia at the end of the eleventh century. It shows that Anna not only had access to a substantial archive of material relating to the Normans of southern Italy, but also that the author drew extensively on William of Apulia's account of the attacks of Robert Guiscard on Epirus…
Imperial Ideology and Political Thought in Byzantium, 1204-1330 . Dimiter Angelov
Kinship and the Distribution of Power in Komnenian Byzantium
The usurpation of the throne of Constantinople in 1081 by Alexios Komnenos has long been seen as a defining moment in the history of the Byzantine Empire. Above all, Alexios' reign, and those of his son and grand-son, have been seen as been notable for if not characterised by the concentration of power in the hands of the imperial retinue, and above all of the imperial family. There is much to recommend this view, forcefully and uniformly articul…
Unravelling the Alexiad
An individual claiming to be related to the Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes (1068–71) took part in a major Cuman invasion of Byzantium on the eve of the First Crusade. This article assesses the date of the assault, which is recorded by the Russian Primary Chronicle, by John Zonaras, and by Anna Komnene in the Alexiad. The identity of the man referred to as the False Diogenes by the Byzantine sources is considered, and it is argued that, rather than b…
Byzantine trade privileges to Venice in the eleventh century
The question of the grant by the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Kommenos of an extensive series of concessions to Venice in the late eleventh century has generated considerable attention among modern commentators. Of particular importance is the correct assessment of the date at which the generous privileges were awarded. Recent treatments of this subject have concluded that the traditional dating of 1082, which sets the Byzantine award in the conte…
The imperial governors of Dyrrakhion in the reign of Alexios I Komnenos
This article considers the conclusions that we can draw about the imperial governors of Dyrrakhion in the reign of the Emperor Alexios I Komnenos. It looks at why Dyrrakhion became increasingly important in the course of the 11th Century and, above all, after Alexios’ usurpation of the throne in 1081. Careful attention is paid to establishing the identity of the various individuals whom we know to have held the position of doux of the town in the…
Shorter notice. Studies on the Internal Diaspora of the Byzantine Empire. Helene Ahrweiler, Angeliki Laiou
The numismatic evidence from the Danube region 971–1092
Despite the efforts of the Emperor Maurice (582–602) to relieve Avar and Slav pressure on the Lower Danube region, Byzantium finally lost control over this area at the very end of the 6th Century (or perhaps at the start of the 7th Century). There is no evidence — literary, numismatic or otherwise — which suggests that imperial authority was re-imposed until after the defeat of Sviatoslav and the Rus’ by John I Tzimiskes (969–76) towards the end …
The New Silk Roads
The age of crisis
Turning Latin into Greek
This article examines the relationship between one of the most famous Byzantine sources, the Alexiad of Anna Komnene, and the Gesta Roberti Wiscardi, written by William of Apulia at the end of the eleventh century. It shows that Anna not only had access to a substantial archive of material relating to the Normans of southern Italy, but also that the author drew extensively on William of Apulia's account of the attacks of Robert Guiscard on Epirus…
Kinship and the Distribution of Power in Komnenian Byzantium
The usurpation of the throne of Constantinople in 1081 by Alexios Komnenos has long been seen as a defining moment in the history of the Byzantine Empire. Above all, Alexios' reign, and those of his son and grand-son, have been seen as been notable for if not characterised by the concentration of power in the hands of the imperial retinue, and above all of the imperial family. There is much to recommend this view, forcefully and uniformly articul…
Byzantine trade privileges to Venice in the eleventh century
The question of the grant by the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Kommenos of an extensive series of concessions to Venice in the late eleventh century has generated considerable attention among modern commentators. Of particular importance is the correct assessment of the date at which the generous privileges were awarded. Recent treatments of this subject have concluded that the traditional dating of 1082, which sets the Byzantine award in the conte…
The numismatic evidence from the Danube region 971–1092
Despite the efforts of the Emperor Maurice (582–602) to relieve Avar and Slav pressure on the Lower Danube region, Byzantium finally lost control over this area at the very end of the 6th Century (or perhaps at the start of the 7th Century). There is no evidence — literary, numismatic or otherwise — which suggests that imperial authority was re-imposed until after the defeat of Sviatoslav and the Rus’ by John I Tzimiskes (969–76) towards the end …
Shorter notice. Studies on the Internal Diaspora of the Byzantine Empire. Helene Ahrweiler, Angeliki Laiou
The imperial governors of Dyrrakhion in the reign of Alexios I Komnenos
This article considers the conclusions that we can draw about the imperial governors of Dyrrakhion in the reign of the Emperor Alexios I Komnenos. It looks at why Dyrrakhion became increasingly important in the course of the 11th Century and, above all, after Alexios’ usurpation of the throne in 1081. Careful attention is paid to establishing the identity of the various individuals whom we know to have held the position of doux of the town in the…
Byzantine trade privileges to Venice in the eleventh century
The question of the grant by the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Kommenos of an extensive series of concessions to Venice in the late eleventh century has generated considerable attention among modern commentators. Of particular importance is the correct assessment of the date at which the generous privileges were awarded. Recent treatments of this subject have concluded that the traditional dating of 1082, which sets the Byzantine award in the conte…
Unravelling the Alexiad
An individual claiming to be related to the Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes (1068–71) took part in a major Cuman invasion of Byzantium on the eve of the First Crusade. This article assesses the date of the assault, which is recorded by the Russian Primary Chronicle, by John Zonaras, and by Anna Komnene in the Alexiad. The identity of the man referred to as the False Diogenes by the Byzantine sources is considered, and it is argued that, rather than b…
Kinship and the Distribution of Power in Komnenian Byzantium
The usurpation of the throne of Constantinople in 1081 by Alexios Komnenos has long been seen as a defining moment in the history of the Byzantine Empire. Above all, Alexios' reign, and those of his son and grand-son, have been seen as been notable for if not characterised by the concentration of power in the hands of the imperial retinue, and above all of the imperial family. There is much to recommend this view, forcefully and uniformly articul…
Imperial Ideology and Political Thought in Byzantium, 1204-1330 . Dimiter Angelov
Turning Latin into Greek
This article examines the relationship between one of the most famous Byzantine sources, the Alexiad of Anna Komnene, and the Gesta Roberti Wiscardi, written by William of Apulia at the end of the eleventh century. It shows that Anna not only had access to a substantial archive of material relating to the Normans of southern Italy, but also that the author drew extensively on William of Apulia's account of the attacks of Robert Guiscard on Epirus…
Writing the Early Crusades
A pioneering approach to contemporary historical writing on the First Crusade, looking at the texts as cultural artefacts rather than simply for the evidence they contain. The First Crusade (1095-1101) was the stimulus for a substantial boom in Western historical writing in the first decades of the twelfth century, beginning with the so-called "eyewitness" accounts of the crusade and extending to numerous second-hand treatments in prose and verse…
Chroniqueurs et propagandistes
The expedition that set off from Europe for the Holy Land in 1095 achieved something extraordinary. After battling across thousands of miles of difficult terrain, coming within an ace of destruction on several occasions at the hands of highly accomplished enemies, and managing to overcome logistical problems of the highest order, the knights of the First Crusade succeeded in reaching and capturing the city of Jerusalem. It was a feat of ambition …
The Race for Paradise
It would perhaps be stretching things to say that the period of the Crusades is enjoying something of a revival—because the allure and appeal never went away in the first place. Other than the wars of the twentieth century and the reign of Henry VIII, more has been written about the Christian attempts to conquer the Holy Land than just about any other topic in history. What is striking, however, is that while the level of focus on the Crusades is…
The Norman Campaigns in the Balkans, 1081–1118, by George Theotokis
‘The Norman expansion in Europe in the eleventh century was a movement of enormous historical importance’, writes the author, George Theotokis, at the start of this book. The way the Normans established themselves in Southern Italy deserves particular attention, he goes on, because a small number of ‘mercenaries’ managed to make themselves masters of Apulia and Calabria at the expense of local lords and that of the Byzantine and Muslim powers whi…
Remembering the Crusades
The Crusades are a source of enduring fascination to scholars and the general public alike. Those who took part in the very first Crusade—the expedition that captured Jerusalem in July 1099—began to think about how the campaign would be remembered even before they reached their goal. Pray for me—wrote one participant to the Archbishop of Rheims, two years before the knights reached the Holy City—as well as for those who ‘labour...in the service o…
The New Silk Roads
The Origins, Context and Nature of the Belt and Road Initiative
Les Routes de la soie. Entre réalités et imaginaires
Le nom seul des Routes de la soie évoque des impressions et des idées d’un monde mystérieux, insaisissable et exotique. Cependant, ces civilisations sont toujours mal connues du grand public et peu enseignées en Occident. L’auteur, spécialiste des Routes de la soie et d’histoire globale, retrace l’histoire de ces routes – entre mythe et réalité –et évoque leur importance, y compris pour les Européens. Il souligne le rôle majeur dans l’histoire de…
Eingegangene Bücher
The age of crisis
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