The Decline of Medieval Hellenism in Asia Minor and the Process of Islamization from the Eleventh through the Fifteenth Century

by: Speros Vryonis, Jr.

Topics: History, Historical, Byzantium, Byzantine Empire, Constantinople, Istanbul, Asia Minor, Anatolia, Turkey, Medieval, Hellenism, Saljuqs, Crusades, Mongols, Ottomans, Turkmens, Timurids, Turco-Mongolica, Turkica, Greek, Greece, Caucasus, Armenia, Armenian, Asori, Assyrians, Syriacs, Nestorians, Georgia, Georgian, Iran, Persia, Iranian, Persian, Central Asia, Il-Khans, Christianity, Islam, Heterodoxy, Mesopotamia, Levant, Syria, Cilicia, Cilician, Egypt, Mamlukes

Collection: opensource

Language: English

The Decline of Medieval Hellenism in Asia Minor and the Process of Islamization from the Eleventh through the Fifteenth Century, by Speros Vryonis, Jr. (Los Angeles, 1971), in 551 bookmarked and searchable pdf pages. A Wikipedia entry (Speros Vryonis) describes the author's life and invaluable achievements. DMH is a foundational work on the transformation of the population of the Byzantine Empire in Asia Minor/Anatolia from Christians and others who spoke Greek, Armenian, Syriac, and other languages, to Turkish-speaking Muslims. Contents: I. Byzantine Asia Minor on the Eve of the Turkish Conquest; II. Political and Military Collapse of Byzantium in Asia Minor; III. The Beginnings of Transformation; IV. Decline of the Church in the Fourteenth Century; V. Conversion to Islam; VI. The Loss of Byzantine Asia Minor and the Byzantine World; VII. The Byzantine Residue in Turkish Anatolia; Recapitulation. Attached to the document are maps and links to additional resources. Compiled by Robert Bedrosian.