Byzantine-Genoese War (1348-1349)

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Byzantine-Genoese War
The Byzantine Empire in 1355 shortly after the war with Genoa
The Byzantine Empire in 1355 shortly after the war with Genoa
date 1348-1349
place Aegean Sea , Marmara Sea , Black Sea , Bosporus , Galata and Constantinople , Bulgarian-Byzantine border area
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Parties to the conflict

Byzantine Empire

Republic of Genoa

Commander

John VI Kantakuzenos

Giovanni di Murta


The Byzantine-Genoese War of 1348-1349 was a conflict between the Byzantine Empire and the Republic of Genoa over the control of customs duties levied by the Byzantines on ships passing through the Bosporus . In addition, the Byzantines tried to break their dependence on the Galata Genoese for food supplies and sea trade in general , and to strengthen their own position as a sea power. During the war, Genoese burned Byzantine ships in the port of Sosopolis, which is important for grain deliveries .

However, the newly established navy of the Byzantine Navy was captured by the Genoese and a peace agreement was concluded.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lambros Kamperidis: The Greek monasteries of Sozopolis. XIV - XVII centuries , Institute for Balkan Studies, Thessaloniki 1993, pp. 21-29, 43

literature

  • George Ostrogorsky: History of the Byzantine State , Rutgers University Press, (1969)
  • John Norwich : A Short History of Byzantium , Alfred A. Knopf Press, New York, (1997)