Includes bibliographical references (pages 426-447) and index.
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Venice : the Byzantine province -- Venice : the Byzantine protectorate -- Venice : the ally of Byzantium -- Venice : the partner of Byzantium -- Byzantium, Venice and the First Crusade -- The parting of the ways -- The calm before the storm -- The Fourth Crusade -- Venice in Byzantium : the Empire of Romania -- Venice : champion of a lost cause -- Byzantium, Venice and the Angevin threat -- Byzantium, Venice and Genoa -- Conflicting interests and competing claims -- Byzantium, Venice and the Turks -- Byzantium : the victim of commercial rivalry -- The profit and honour of Venice -- Jewels for an island -- Byzantium in thrall to the Turks and in debt to Venice -- Byzantine optimism and Venetian vacillation -- Byzantium the suppliant of Venice -- The worst news for all of Christendom : Venice and the fall of Constantinople -- Legacies and debts.