The Late Byzantine Army: Arms and Society, 124-1453University of Pennsylvania Press, 22. des. 2015 - 464 sider The late Byzantine period was a time characterized by both civil strife and foreign invasion, framed by two cataclysmic events: the fall of Constantinople to the western Europeans in 1204 and again to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. Mark C. Bartusis here opens an extraordinary window on the Byzantine Empire during its last centuries by providing the first comprehensive treatment of the dying empire's military. |
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Part One The Army as Instrument of Policy | 19 |
The Nicaean Period 120461 | 21 |
The Reign of Michael VIII Palaiologos 125982 | 43 |
The Reign of Andronikos II Palaiologos 12821328 | 67 |
The Era of the Civil Wars 132157 | 85 |
The Last Century 13571448 | 103 |
Part Two The Army as Institution 1377 | 139 |
Peasants Retainers Servants | 213 |
The Campaign | 235 |
Palace Guard Garrisons Borders | 271 |
Kastron Countryside | 306 |
Weapons and Equipment | 322 |
Soldiers Army Society | 342 |
A List of Soldiers | 369 |
Lists of Rulers | 384 |
Smallholding and Pronoia Soldiers and Their Financing | 157 |
Professional Soldiers Military Units Recruitment | 191 |
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