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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
CHANGES OF THE POPULATION IN GREECE AFTER THE DECLINE OF THE ROMAN
EMPIRE.-A. D. 540-1460.
§ 1. Observations on the early population,
2. Depopulation under the Roman government. Causes of the introduction
of Sclavonian settlers,
3. Sclavonians in the Peloponnesus,
4. Sclavonian names in the geographical nomenclature of Greece,
5. Colonies of Asiatic race settled by the Byzantine emperors in Thrace and
Macedonia,
6. Bulgarians and Vallachians in Greece,
7. Albanians,
8. Tzacones or Lacones,
9. Summary,
CHAPTER II.
CAUSES OF HOSTILE FEELINGS BETWEEN THE BYZANTINE GREEKS AND THE
WESTERN EUROPEANS.-A. D. 867-1204.
3. Stationary condition of the agricultural population throughout Europe
during the middle ages,
4. Condition of the Normans when they conquered the Byzantine possessions
5. Normans invade the Byzantine empire. Their ravages in Greece,
6. Separation of the Greek and Latin churches,
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§7. Great increase of the papal power during the eleventh and twelfth cen-
turies,
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8. Predominant position of the races speaking the French language in the
west of Europe during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries,
77
CHAPTER III.
OVERTHROW OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE BY THE CRUSADERS.-
A. D. 1096-1204.
§ 1. The Crusades,
2. Quarrels with the Byzantine emperors during the first and second Cru-
sades. Conquest of Cyprus by Richard I. of England during the
third Crusade,
3. Fourth Crusade. Conquest of the Byzantine empire,
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85
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CHAPTER IV.
EMPIRE OF ROMANIA.-A. D. 1204-1261.
§ 1. Election of the first Latin emperor of Constantinople by the Crusaders
and Venetians,
2. Establishment of the feudal system in Greece,
3. Baldwin I.,
4. Henry of Flanders. Ecclesiastical arrangements.
5. Peter of Courtenay. Robert. John de Brienne.
of the empire of Romania,
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108
113
Parliament of Ravenika, 115
Baldwin II. Extinction
129
CHAPTER V.
KINGDOM OF SALONICA.-1204-1222.
135
CHAPTER VI.
DESPOTAT OF EPIRUS. EMPIRE OF THESSALONICA.-A.D. 1204-1469.
§ 1. Establishment of an independent Greek principality in Epirus,
2. Empire of Thessalonica,
141
144
3. Despotat of Epirus. Principality of Vallachian Thessaly.
CONTENTS.
§ 3. Walter of Brienne. Catalan Grand Company,
4. Dukes of Athens and Neopatras of the Sicilian branch of the house of
Aragon,
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169
177
5. Dukes of the family of Acciaiuoli of Florence. Termination of the Frank
domination at Athens,
182
6. Condition of the Greek population under the Dukes of Athens,
CHAPTER VIII.
PRINCIPALITY OF ACHAIA OR THE MOREA.-1205-1387.
§ 1. Conquest of Achaia, by William de Champlitte. Feudal organisation of the
principality,
2. Acquisition of the principality by Geffrey de Villehardoin. Geffrey I.
Geffrey II.,
3. William Villehardoin completes the conquest of the Morea. Cedes
Monemvasia, Misithra, and Maina, to the Emperor Michael VIII.,
4. Alliance and feudal connection of Achaia with the kingdom of Naples,
5. Isabella de Villehardoin. Florenz of Hainault. Philip of Savoy,
6. Maud of Hainault and Louis of Burgundy,
7. Achaia under the Neapolitan princes. Ruin of the principality,
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217
226
239
244
254
258
CHAPTER IX.
BYZANTINE PROVINCE IN THE PELOPONNESUS.—A.D. 1262-1460.
§ 1. Early state of the Byzantine province. Government of the despot Theo- dore I.,
2. The emperor Manuel II. attempts to ameliorate the Byzantine administra-
tion in the Peloponnesus,
3. Division of the Morea among the brothers of the emperor John VI., viz.,
Theodore II., Constantine, and Thomas. War of Constantine and
Thomas with the Othoman Turks in 1446,
4. Disorders in the Morea. Albanian revolution,
5. First expedition of sultan Mohammed II. into the Morea,
6. Final conquest of the Morea by the Turks,
CHAPTER X.
DUKES OF THE ARCHIPELAGO OR OF NAXOS.-A.D. 1207-1566.
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284
297
304
310
§ 1. Observations on the Venetian establishments in the empire of Romania,
2. Dukes of the Archipelago of the families of Sanudo and Dalle Carceri,
3. Dukes of Naxos of the family of Crispo,
320
324
339
4. Causes of the prolonged existence of the Frank power in the Archi-
pelago,
345
3. Anarchy and civil wars. Reigns of Andronikos III., Manuel II., Basilios,
Irene, Anna, Joannes III., Michael,
416
RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EMPEROR'S SUPREMACY.-1349-1446.
§ 1. Reign of Alexios III. Progress of the Turkomans. Revenge of Lercari.
Magnificent ecclesiastical endowments,
431
2. Reign of Manuel III.
Relations with the empire of Timor,
447
3. Reign of Alexios IV.
Kara Yousouf, chief of the horde of the Black
Turkomans. Family crimes in the house of Grand-Komnenos,
456
FALL OF THE EMPIRE.-1446-1461.
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§ 1. Causes of the rapid rise and vital energy of the Othoman empire,
2. Reign of Joannes IV. called Kalojoannes,
464
3. Reign of David. Conquest of Trebizond by Mohammed II.,
471
481
APPENDIX.
CHRONOLOGICAL LISTS.
I. Emperors of Romania,
II. Kings of Saloniki,
III. Despots of Epirus. Emperors of Thessalonica. Princes of Vallachian
Thessaly,
IV. Dukes of Athens,
V. Princes of Achaia,
VI. Byzantine despots in the Morea,
VII. Dukes of the Archipelago and Naxos,
VIII. Emperors of Trebizond,
IX. Genealogical list of the family of Grand-Komnenos,
X. List of chiefs of the Turkoman horde of the White Sheep,
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