5.27 FC – Byzantium, the Balkans and the Ottomans in the 14th and 15th Centuries

Shifting Frontiers and Changing Communities: Space-Making in the Lower Evros River Valley During the Byzantine–Ottoman Transition

The Lower Evros / Meriç River—the section between Edirne (Adrianopolis) and Enez (Ainos)—served as a significant transportation axis within the historical and geographical region of Thrace until the late 19th century, in contrast to its present role as a border between Turkey and Greece which now obscures the historical unity of both sides of the…

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Balkan Diplomacy on the End of 14th Century: New Aspects of the Internal and External Conflicts of Byzantium and Balkan States

The end of the 14th century was filled with extremely intensive contacts between the Balkan states, the Byzantine Empire and the Ottoman state, which entered the middle of the century. In addition, the political picture, dotted with internal and external conflicts, in which the conflict between Venice and Genoa actively intervened from the middle of…

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