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Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki (AUTH)

ΣΥΜΒΟΛΗ ΣΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΩΝ ΝΗΣΙΩΝ ΤΟΥ ΝΟΤΙΟΥ ΙΟΝΙΟΥ ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΠΡΟΣΑΡΤΗΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΚΟΜΗΤΕΙΑΣ ΤΗΣ ΚΕΦΑΛΛΗΝΙΑΣ ΣΤΟ ΠΡΙΓΚΗΠΑΤΟ ΤΗΣ ΑΧΑΙΑΣ ΜΕΧΡΙ ΤΟΘΑΝΑΤΟ ΤΟΥ ΚΑΡΟΛΟΥ Α' ΤΟΚΚΟΥ (1325-1429)

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PART I DEALS WITH A SURVEY OF THE MAIN HISTORICAL SOURCES AND THE DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA UNDER CONSIDERATION. PART II DEALS WITH THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE AREA (1325-1429). THE REDUCTION OF THE ORSINI DOMAIN UNTIL ITS FINAL ABOLITION BY THE BYZANTINES (1338) IS STUDIED IN THIS PART. SPECIAL REFERENCE IS MADE TO THE PENETRATION OF THE ALBANIAN ELEMENT IN AETOLOAKARNANIA IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 14TH CENTURY. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TOCCO SOVEREIGNTY IN THE COUNTRYOF KEPHALLENIA IS PRESENTED IN RELATION TO THE AMBITION OF NIKEPHOROS II ORSINI TO RE- ESTABLISH THE PATERNAL DOMAIN. THE STRUGGLE OF THE PETTY RULERS OF THE STATES ADJACENT TO AETOLAKARNANIA (TOCCO, ALBANIANS, CATALANS) IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE DOMAIN OF NIKEPHOROS II, AFTER HIS DEATH (1359), IS ALSO DESCRIBED.NEXT ARE EXAMINED THE RELATIONS OF THE TOCCO WITH THE WEST, ESPECIALLY WITH VENICE, AS WELL AS THE LATTER'S EFFORTS TO CONTROL THE PETTY RULERS OF THE AREA. REFERENCE IS ALSO MADE TO THE ABOLITION OF THE ALBANIAN SOVEREIGNTY ON THE MAINLAND BY THE ANNEXATION OF AETOLOAKARNANIA TO THE TOCCO DOMAIN AND THE ACQUISITION OF NAUPAKTOS BY VENICE. THE EFFORTS OF THE TOCCO FAMILY TO SUBSTITUTE THE PRINCES OF ACHAIA AND THE SUBSEQUENT REACTIONS OF VENICE ARE STUDIED HERE AS WELL. PART III DEALS WITH TOPICS CONCERNING POPULATION, COMMERCE, PIRACY AND ADMINISTRATION IN THE AREA UNDER CONSIDERATION. AN APPENDIX DEALS WITH VARIOUS PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE PUBLISHING OF SOURCES, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CHRONOLOGY OF DOCUMENTS, THE HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY AS WELL AS ALBANIAN EMMIGRATION FROM AETOLOAKARNANIA.

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Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
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1987

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  • Ασωνίτης, Σπυρίδων

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gre

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10.12681/eadd/0271
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oai:10442/0271

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Ασωνίτης, Σπυρίδων. ΣΥΜΒΟΛΗ ΣΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΩΝ ΝΗΣΙΩΝ ΤΟΥ ΝΟΤΙΟΥ ΙΟΝΙΟΥ ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΠΡΟΣΑΡΤΗΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΚΟΜΗΤΕΙΑΣ ΤΗΣ ΚΕΦΑΛΛΗΝΙΑΣ ΣΤΟ ΠΡΙΓΚΗΠΑΤΟ ΤΗΣ ΑΧΑΙΑΣ ΜΕΧΡΙ ΤΟΘΑΝΑΤΟ ΤΟΥ ΚΑΡΟΛΟΥ Α' ΤΟΚΚΟΥ (1325-1429). Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki (AUTH), 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/0271