The Byzantine Turks, 1204-1461 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004305120)

In The Byzantine Turks, 1204-1461 Rustam Shukurov offers an account of the Turkic minority in Late Byzantium including the Nicaean, Palaiologan, and Grand Komnenian empires. The demography of the Byzantine Turks and the legal and cultural aspects of their entrance into Greek society are discussed in detail. Greek and Turkish bilingualism of Byzantine Turks and Tourkophonia among Greeks were distinctive features of Byzantine society of the time. Basing his arguments upon linguistic, social, and cultural evidence found in a wide range of Greek, Latin, and Oriental sources, Rustam Shukurov convincingly demonstrates how Oriental influences on Byzantine life led to crucial transformations in Byzantine mentality, culture, and political life. The study is supplemented with an etymological lexicon of Oriental names and words in Byzantine Greek.

Author: Rustam Shukurov
ISBN-10: 9004305122
ISBN-13: 9789004305120
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 05/19/2016
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.30d