Byzantium's Balkan Frontier : A Political Study of the Northern Balkans, 900-1204 (Hardcover)

List of maps and figures; Preface; A note on citation and transliteration; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Bulgaria and beyond: the northern Balkans (c. 900?963); 2. The Byzantine occupation of Bulgaria (963-1025); 3. Northern nomads (1025?1100); 4. Southern Slavs (1025?1100); 5. The rise of the west, I: Normans and crusaders (1081?1118); 6. The rise of the west, II: Hungarians and Venetians (1100?1143); 7. Manuel I Comnenus confronts the West (1143?1156); 8. Advancing the frontier: the annexation of Sirmium and Dalmatia (1156?1180); 9. Casting off the 'Byzantine yoke' (1180?1204); Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.