Volume ΙΙ - 1948

Author Category Volume Page Year Language Parlamas M. G. BOOK REVIEWS 2 577 - 583 1948 Greek Title Ioannis Β. Papadopoulos (University Professor): He Krete hypo tous Sarakenous (Crete Under the Saracens), Athen. Verlag der Byzantinisch-Neugriechischen 1948 Summary PDF In his study of the period of Arab rule in Crete, Ioannis Papadopoulos examines the spread of the Arabs through the Mediterranean; the situation in Crete specifically and in Byzantium in general, from the eve of the island’s fall to its recapture by Nicephorus Phocas; the conditions in which the Arab emirs settled Crete; and the fate of the local inhabitants. Although the originality of the subject is acknowledged, the author is accused of lack of rigour, indiscriminate attacks on earlier Greek historians, contradictory positions on vital issues, lack of balance between the volume and importance of the material, and omission of important sources and aids, such as the poem by Theodosius the Deacon and the manuscript Notes on the Conquest of Crete by the Hagarenes in the Reign of Michael Travlos.