1204年后拜占庭四分五裂局面形成原因探析

On the Reasons Why Byzantium Fell Apart After 1204

在1204年君士坦丁堡陷落后,拉丁人按照西欧分封制原则,在原拜占庭境内建立起许多独立国家和封地,严重瓦解了拜占庭社会;拜占庭人自己也在地方建立起众多独立国家或势力,拜占庭社会进一步分裂;而且,尼西亚帝国中央集权弱化,地方分权加强。这些使得复国后的拜占庭四分五裂,无法重新发展成为统一的中央集权制的强国。

After Constantinople＇s fall in 1204, the Latins established many countries and fiefs in the former Byzantine territories according to the system of enfeoffment in the Western Europe, which destroyed the Byzantine social structure.The Byzantines themselves built many independent countries or forces, and in the Nicaea Empire the central authority weakened and the local separatist forces strengthened.All these made the rebuilt Byzantine Empire fall apart and unable to develop into a united centralized great power again.