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Byzantium Between the Ottomans and the Latins: Politics and Society in the Late Empire Nevra Necipoglu Index More Information Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-87738-1 - Byzantium Between the Ottomans and the Latins: Politics and Society in the Late Empire Nevra Necipoglu Index More information Index Abydos, 152 Andronikos Palaiologos, despot of Thessalonike, Acciaiuoli, Nerio, 46, 235, 238, 250, 251 39–40, 44, 47–8, 54, 63, 74, 83, 114 Achaia, 235–7, 248, 255, 266, 287 funeral oration for, 111 Achinos, village in the Strymon region, 88–9, 93, Androusa, 252 94 angariae, 263 adelphata, 57–9, 91, 92 angaria guarde, 241 Adeniates, John, 136 Angelos family, 58, 79, 80n99, 82 Adrianople, 25, 114, 205, 206, 220, 229, 230 Constantine, 157 Aetos, 252 George, 80,App.I Agallianos family, 229, App. III Aninos, 266 tax-farmer, 229 Ankara, battle of, 7, 32–3, 39, 140, 181–3, 258 Theodore, 220–2 aftermath, 33–5, 47, 62, 102, 140, 186, 190, Agalos, 126 201, 202, 207, 262 Ainos, 280 Antonios IV, patriarch of Constantinople, 135–6, akc¸e, 69, 207 178 Akova, fortress (Morea), 240 Arachova, 266 Albanians, 142, 144, 241, 261n10, 273n66 Archangelos, 252 revolt in the Morea, 233, 282 archontes, 140, 145, 214 see also Petro Bua Constantinopolitan, 125, 126, 133, 134, 164, Alexander the Great, 45 180–2, 187, 196, 198, 212, 279 Alfonso V, king of Aragon and Naples, 37, 211 Morean, 244, 248–9, 257, 261–7, 269, 271, Ali Pas¸a, 91 273, 277, 281, 283–4 Amadeo VI, count of Savoy, 28, 123–4 Thessalonian, 43, 44, 59, 70–1, 76–83, 85, 106, Anagnostes, John, 11, 43, 50, 52, 76, 86, 90, 101, 113,App.I 111–12 Argos, 239–41, 256–7, 277 Anatavlas Latin archbishop of, 237 George, 91–2 Argyropoulos family, 62, 82, 163, App. II Theodore, 91 Andreas, 74, 163–4 Anatolia, 7, 9, 19, 24, 25, 30, 32, 33, 45, 151, 189, George, 82, App. II 205, 231, 242 John, 73, 76 deportations from, 99 Argyros family, 192, App. III deportations to, 241 Polos, 163–4 Gregory Palamas’ captivity in, 42 aristocracy, 41, 45, 60, 74, 79, 117, 159, 167, 179, Isidore Glabas’ and Gabriel of Thessalonike’s 211, 225–6, 231, 259, 263–5, 268, 274, 281, trips to, 54 285, 287 Palaiologoi serve in Ottoman campaigns in, and central authority, 237–8, 244, 245, 253–4, 32, 119, 129, 139 256, 259–61, 263, 269–71, 277, 281, 282 Timur’s invasion of, 143 and Italians, 113, 134–5, 161–2, 192–4, 228, 230 Andreas, protostrator, 110 and Latins, 236, 237 Andronikos IV Palaiologos, emperor, 29, 119–31, and Ottomans, 27, 49, 60, 83, 90, 113, 229, 135, 146, 230, 238, 244 242–3, 247–8 339 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-87738-1 - Byzantium Between the Ottomans and the Latins: Politics and Society in the Late Empire Nevra Necipoglu Index More information 340 Index aristocracy (cont.) blockade of Constantinople by, 11, 25, 52, 118, economic problems of, 57, 60, 71, 162–6, 132, 148–83, 185, 213, 220, 222, 227, 231 169 defeated at Ankara, 182, 186, 207, 258, 262 Asanes family, 198, 228, 279, 281, 283, App. III, property grants to Byzantines by, 89 App. IV, App. V(C) sons of, 33, 34, 186 John (I), 126 Venice and, 188–9 John (II), 61 Bayezid Pas¸a, grand vizier, 142, 144–5 Matthew, brother-in-law of Despot Benedict XII, pope, 23 Demetrios Palaiologos, 278–80, 282 Berroia, 25 Paul, kephale of Constantinople (father of Bessarion, cardinal, 14, 273–6 Matthew), 279–80 Bithynia, 24 Asanina, Theodora, wife of Despot Demetrios Black Death, 19; see also plague Palaiologos, 279–80 Black Sea, 19, 189, 195, 215, 246 asapi, 110 Bocchiardi Asia Minor, see Anatolia Antonio, 210 As¸ıkpas¸azade, 16–17, 101, 129n39, 138n83 Tro i l o , 210, 213 askerˆı class, 275 Bochales, Manuel, 282–3 Astras family, 161 Bordonia, 277 Michael (Synadenos), 134, 161 Bosnia, 280 oikeios, son-in-law of Komnenos Branas and Bosphorus, 199, 220 Anna Palaiologina, 134, 161 Boucicaut, Marshal, 151–2 Athens, 235, 250–1 Boulgaris, Nicholas, 147–8 Athos, see Mount Athos Bouzenos, Manuel, 163–5 Aydın emirate, 25 Brachnos, Theodore, exarchos ton myrepson, 81, Aydınoglu˘ dynasty, 9; see also Isa Beg, App. I Aydınoglu;˘ Umur Beg, Aydınoglu˘ Branas, App. V(D) Komnenos, 133–4, 161 Badoer, Giacomo, 16, 103n62, 191–4, 196, 202–5, Nicholas, 169 207, 210–13, 215, 228, 247, App. III Brankovic,´ George, despot of Serbia, 11 bailo, of Constantinople, 65–7, 188, 244 bread, 105–7, 111, 153, 223, 224 vice-, 155 Broquiere,` Bertrandon de la, 15, 191, 196, 199, bakers, 155–6, 159 201, 202 Balkans, 19, 205 Bryennios Bayezid I and, 30–3, 150, 231 Joseph, monk and writer, 13, 52, 186–7, 194, Ottoman expansion in, 19, 25–7, 30, 123 197–8 Ottoman policy toward Christians in, 26, 92, Makarios, 88–9 247 Manuel, 126 bankers, 41, 71, 117, 157, 202, 207, 216, 247 Bryennios-Laskaris family, 89; see also Laskaris, Barbaro, Nicolo,` 15, 223, 225–6 Demetrios Bryennios Barlaam of Calabria, 23 Brysis, village (Morea), 269 barley, 81, 106, 271 Buda, 28 Baropolitissa, Theodora, 164 Bulgaria, 19, 25, 27, 29–30, 37 Bartolomeo di Giano, Fra, 206–7 Buondelmonti, Cristoforo, 15, 196 Barzanes, Theodore, 157, 169 Bursa, 32, 73, 196, 205, 206 Basilikos family, 228, App. II, App. III, App. V(D) Callixtus III, pope, 214 John, 270, App. III C¸ andarlı Halil Pas¸a, grand vizier, 190n22, 202–3 Batatzina, 166 C¸ andarlı Hayreddin Pas¸a, Ottoman Baux, Jacques de, 235, 236 commander, 88, 89, 93, 249 Bayezid I, sultan, 30–3, 38, 99, 100, 129, 137–40, Candia, 65 201, 208, 231, 240, 242, 251, 255–7, 286 captives, 9, 11, 33, 50, 73, 107, 112, 152, 157, 210, and archontes of the Morea, 242–4, 246–8, 213, 214, 241 255 castellanus/-i, of Coron and Modon, 244, 258, and John VII, 132–3, 137 276 and Thessalonike, 86–7, 89–90, 105 Centurione, Barnaba, 224 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-87738-1 - Byzantium Between the Ottomans and the Latins: Politics and Society in the Late Empire Nevra Necipoglu Index More information Index 341 Cernomen,ˇ see Maritsa, battle of Clarentza, 280 Chalazas Clavijo, Ruy Gonzales´ de, 15, 186, 196, 201 moneychanger, 75 clergy, 13, 41, 42, 46, 54, 97, 104, 113, 114, 135–6, Theodore, myrepsos, 81,App.I 171, 172, 180, 188, 209, 217, 218, 232, 250, Chalkeopoulos, Stylianos, tavernkeeper, 156 277, 286 Chalkidike, 57, 61, 64, 80, 89, 90 commercium, see kommerkion Chalkokondyles family, 229 Constantine XI Palaiologos, emperor, 37, 141, Laonikos, historian, 8, 10, 31, 127–8, 129n39, 213, 214, 217, 219, 222–6, 233, 269, 278 150, 190–1, 243, 245, 254, 261–2, 266, 267, as despot in the Morea, 14, 252, 269–73, 276 272, 282 granted Selymbria by John VIII, 141 tax-farmer, 229 Constantinople, 20, 22, 24, 25, 36, 37, 44, 47, 48, charatzin, see harac 52, 53, 60, 88, 115, 238, 246, 247, 249, 252, Chateaumorand, Jean de, 152 264, 267, 278, 279, 283–5, 287 Chioggia, war of, 122 fortifications, 178, 187, 194, 198, 213, 224 Chios, 68, 157–9, 206, 210 gates, 139, 149: Charisios, 132; Golden Gate, Choniates family, 79 137; Plateia, 210, 214n118 Symeon, 79,App.I Golden Horn, 191, 192n31, 210 Chorta¨ıtes, battle of, 58 Hippodrome, 173 Chortasmenos, John, 13, 19, 196–8 Mese, 191 Christoupolis (Kavalla), 25, 153 population, 187–8n11, 222 Chronicle of the Morea, 266 quarters: Eugenios, 178; Florentine quarter, Chronicle of the Tocco, 265 191; Kynegoi, 156, 172; Psatharia, 168;St. Chrysaphes, John, 171 Romanos, 163;Turkishquarter,138, 201, Chrysoberges 207 Manuel, baker, 155–6 sieges: of Bayezid I, 31–3, 132–3, 149–83, 188, Maximos, 136, 151n13 213;ofMusaC¸elebi,72, 186, 189;ofMurad Chrysoloras II, 35, 143, 187–9, 206; siege and capture by Demetrios, writer and government official, Mehmed II, 38, 220–30 149, 183, 185–6, 261–3, App. IV see also bailo; churches; kadi; monasteries Thomas, archon, 82, App. I, App. II convents, see monasteries Church, Byzantine, 45, 97, 103, 113, conversion 158; see also clergy; Orthodoxy; union, to Catholicism, 12, 14, 28, 136, 151n13 ecclesiastical to Islam, 26, 84n1, 143–5, 147, 151n13, 188, churches 199–200, 203, 229, 255 Amolyntos (Constantinople), 178–9 Corcondille, see Krokondylos family Forty Martyrs, kellydrion (Thessalonike), 59 Corfu, 8, 9, 82n110, 283 Gabraina (Constantinople), 175 Corinth, 46, 235, 270 St. Euphemia (Constantinople), 170 Isthmus of, 243, 257, 266; see also Hexamilion St. John the Theologian (Constantinople), sold to the Hospitallers, 257–8 173 surrendered to Mehmed II, 280–2 St. Michael (Constantinople), 178 Cornaro, Marie d’Enghien, 239, 256 St. Sophia (Constantinople), 14, 154, 176, 196, Coron, 235, 241–2, 244, 247, 258, 263, 268, 271, 219 276–7 St. Sophia (Thessalonike), 104, 108 cotton, export of, 62, 64 Chutela, Manoli, 210, App. III; see also Council of Basel, 211 Goudeles family, Manuel Council of Constance, 264 civil wars Council of Ferrara–Florence, see Union of Byzantine, 19, 20, 25, 74, 115, 135–6, 141, 147, Florence 230:JohnVIvs.JohnV,9, 11, 21, 43, 119, Cretans, 143, 229 121, 148n119; Andronikos IV vs. John V, 29, Crete, 49, 50, 105, 110, 112, 144, 229, 39, 127, 130, 146, 238; John VII vs. Manuel 264 II, 134 Constantinopolitan refugees in, 150, 213, 230 Ottoman: among Bayezid I’s sons, 32, 34, 186; see also wine, Cretan see also interregnum; Mustafa vs. Murad II, Crimea, 158, 204 189 Cyprus, 8 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-87738-1 - Byzantium Between the Ottomans and the Latins: Politics and Society in the Late Empire Nevra Necipoglu Index More information 342 Index Dadas, 62–3 Evrenos Beg, Ottoman commander, 239–40, Dandolo, Giacomo, captain of Thessalonike, 112 243, 249 Daneion, 129 Exotrochos, Nicholas, 164–5 Dardanelles, 25, 125, 152 darulislam¨ , 26 famine, 57, 63, 106, 149–52, 163, 164, 166, 241–2; Deblitzene, Maria, 58–9, 92 see also food shortage Deblitzenos family, 79, 92 Filelfo, Francesco, 214, 228, App.
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