Η παρακμή του Μεσαιωνικού Ελληνισμού στη Μικρά Ασία και η διαδικασία εξισλαμισμού

by Speros Vryonis Jr., Σπύρος Βρυώνης, Κάτια Γαλαταριώτου (Translator)

Book by Vryonis, Speros

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Greece, Medieval, Religion

664 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1971

About the author

Speros Vryonis Jr. (Greek: Σπυρίδων "Σπύρος" Βρυώνης, born July 18, 1928 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American historian of Greek descent and a specialist in Greek and Byzantine history. He is one of the most eminent Byzantinists of his generation. After a distinguished career at UCLA, he became the founding director of the Alexander S. Onassis Center for Hellenic Studies at New York University, from which he retired as emeritus Alexander S. Onassis professor of Hellenic civilization.

Reviews

[Thanos Tram · Rating 5 out of 5]

Όποιος καταφέρει να διαβάσει αυτό το βιβλίο θα καταλάβει αρκετά πράγματα και θα βρει πληροφορίες για γεγονότα που θα φωτίσουν αρκετά από την παρακμή του Ελληνισμού της Μικράς Ασίας.

[Doğukan Barbaros · Rating 5 out of 5]

Classic, brick-heavy book on the matter. Vryonis sums up and analyses almost all the relevant records from the late Byzantine period to calculate the toll of the Turkish conquest in Anatolian Hellenism and Christianity. While his usage of Byzantine sources is excellent, he expectably provides a less abundant collection of Islamic sources, yet this is not a huge flaw given the Islamic sources on the subject are already well-studied and known. One thing that casts doubt on his scholarship is his awkward paper on Ottoman cannibalism, but I believe he was simply misguided in that one. He seems to be objective in general. So yeah, definitely read this book if you want to learn how the cradle of Christianity and the main block of Byzantine Greek hinterland turned into a %90 Muslim country in a matter of centuries. Recommend.