Unit:
Department of History and ArchaeologyLibrary of the School of Philosophy
Dissertation committee:
-Σ. Μεργιαλή-Σαχά, αναπληρώτρια καθηγήτρια Τμήματος Ιστορίας
και Αρχαιολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
-Τρ. Μανιάτη-Κοκκίνη, τ. επίκουρη καθηγήτρια Τμήματος Ιστορίας
και Αρχαιολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
-Π. Κονόρτας, αναπληρωτής καθηγητής Τμήματος Ιστορίας και
Αρχαιολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
-Αικ. Νικολάου, καθηγήτρια Τμήματος Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας,
ΕΚΠΑ
-Αντ. Κιουσοπούλου, καθηγήτρια Τμήματος Ιστορίας και
Αρχαιολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
-Ηλ. Κολοβός, αναπληρωτής καθηγητής Τμήματος Ιστορίας και
Αρχαιολογίας, Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης
-Αν. Κοντογιαννοπούλου, κύρια ερευνήτρια του Κέντρου Ερεύνης του
Μεσαιωνικού και Νέου Ελληνισμού, Ακαδημία Αθηνών
Original Title:
Οι σχέσεις της άρχουσας τάξης και της Ορθόδοξης Εκκλησίας με τον μουσουλμανικό κόσμο της Μ. Ασίας (1261-1453).
Translated title:
The relations of the ruling class and the Orthodox Church with the Muslim world of Asia Minor (1261-1453)
Summary:
The relations of the Byzantine empire with Islam during the Palaeologan period is a huge topic, which has been the subject of study by older and modern historians. Within this space, the more specific issue of the relations of the byzantine ruling class and the Orthodox Church with the Islamic world of Asia Minor during the late byzantine period has not been properly examined. The purpose of this thesis is to highlight the various forms of approach to the Islamic world of Asia Minor by the secular elite and the representatives of Orthodoxy, which evolved according to the foreign policy of the Byzantine empire and the respective interests. These relations from the middle of the 13th century to 1453 did not appear a priori hostile, thus reflecting the deep division of byzantine society that remained unbridged until the fall of Constantinople.
The conclusions of the thesis regarding the complex Byzantine-Turkish correlations are extracted through the categorization of the views of the upper class. This categorization was based on the political-ideological orientation of its members, which mainly translated into unionists and anti-unionists, without this meaning that their ideological orientations always accompanied their actions. In fact, cases of extreme enemies of the Muslim element (at least in a theological context) such as various members of the Orthodox church hierarchy, who cooperated with the Turks, were also examined. A common parameter of all the texts of the late byzantine period was the projection of the timeless barbarism of the turkish side. The manifestation of this barbarity mainly concerned the deeds of the Turkomans and their successors, the Ottomans, during their continuous presence in the byzantine lands. On the contrary, the partnership with the Seljuks of Iconium had mostly a positive result for the Byzantines in the Palaeologan period. The present study was carried out with the assistance of the extremely informative sources of the time (historical works, public and private documents, letters, speeches, theological treatises, lives of saints etc.), in combination with the constantly enriched bibliography on this subject.
Main subject category:
History
Keywords:
Byzantium and Turks, Byzantine ruling class, Byzantine-Turkish relations, Orthodox Church and Turks, Anti-Islamic texts, Byzantine historians, Byzantine civil wars, 1261-1453, Fall of Constantinople, Seltzuks, Turkmen, Ottomans, Description of Turks, Ottoman civil war, Controversy between Eastern and Western Christianity, Demetrius Cydones (1324 - 1397), Siege of Constantinople (1394-1402), Patriarchs of Constantinople
Number of references:
945
