The fourteen essays in Viewing the Morea focus on the late medieval Morea (Peloponnese), beginning with the bold attempt of Western knights to establish a kingdom on foreign soil. Reinserted into this tale of Crusader foundation are the large numbers of Orthodox villagers who shared the region and created their own narrative of an eternal and sacred empire generated by the pains of loss and the hopes of refoundation. Layered upon the historical and physical topography of the region are the traces of the Venetians, whose "right eye," Modon, was located at the peninsula's southwestern tip. How these groups interacted and how they asserted identity is at the center of inquiry in these essays. Also at the core of this study is the understanding of place and memory-the recollection of the ancient history of the Peloponnese, the architectural and cartographic marking of its mountains and valleys, the re-creation of distant capitals on its land, and the refashioning of the Morea for a Renaissance audience. The authors look at the Morea and its people in the broadest possible manner and with careful attention to written and material evidence, historiography, economic networks, and the making-or retelling-of myths.
| ISBN: | 9780884023906 |
| Publication date: | 2nd July 2013 |
| Author: | Morea The Land and Its People in the Aftermath of the Fourth Crusade Symposium, Sharon E J Gerstel, Dumbarton Oaks |
| Publisher: | Dumbarton Oaks an imprint of Harvard University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 510 pages |
| Series: | Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Symposia and Colloquia |
| Genres: |
History and Archaeology Archaeology by period / region Social and cultural anthropology |
The fourteen essays in Viewing the Morea focus on the late medieval Morea (Peloponnese), beginning with the bold attempt of Western knights to establish a kingdom on foreign soil. Reinserted into this tale of Crusader foundation are the large numbers of Orthodox villagers who shared the region and created their own narrative of an eternal and sacred empire generated by the pains of loss and the hopes of refoundation. Layered upon the historical and physical topography of the region are the traces of the Venetians, whose "right eye," Modon, was located at the peninsula's southwestern tip. How these groups interacted and how they asserted identity is at the center of inquiry in these essays. Also at the core of this study is the understanding of place and memory-the recollection of the ancient history of the Peloponnese, the architectural and cartographic marking of its mountains and valleys, the re-creation of distant capitals on its land, and the refashioning of the Morea for a Renaissance audience. The authors look at the Morea and its people in the broadest possible manner and with careful attention to written and material evidence, historiography, economic networks, and the making-or retelling-of myths.
Viewing the Morea features in the following genres: History and Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region, Social and cultural anthropology
Viewing the Morea is available in Hardback
Viewing the Morea was written by Morea The Land and Its People in the Aftermath of the Fourth Crusade Symposium, Sharon E J Gerstel, Dumbarton Oaks and published by Dumbarton Oaks an imprint of Harvard University Press
Viewing the Morea has 510 pages
Yes it is part of Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Symposia and Colloquia series