War in Eleventh-Century Byzantium

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Georgios Theotokis, Marek Meško
Routledge, 27. okt. 2020 - 366 sider

War in Eleventh-Century Byzantium presents new insights and critical approaches to warfare between the Byzantine Empire and its neighbours during the eleventh century.

Modern historians have identified the eleventh century as a landmark era in Byzantine history. This was a period of invasions, political tumult, financial crisis and social disruption, but it was also a time of cultural and intellectual innovation and achievement. Despite this, the subject of warfare during this period remains underexplored. Addressing an important gap in the historiography of Byzantium, the volume argues that the eleventh century was a period of important geo-political change, when the Byzantine Empire was attacked on all sides, and its frontiers were breached.

This book is valuable reading for scholars and students interested in Byzantium history and military history.

 

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Introduction
the Battle
Nomad influences in the Byzantine army under Alexios I Komnenos 108195
Byzantine concepts of mercenaries in the eleventh century 9881081
changes in imperial education as illustrated in
Byzantium and the Rus in the late tenth and eleventh centuries
Alexios I Komnenoss military strategy against the Normans according to
The art of war in Georgia in the eleventh century and the war with Byzantium
Byzantine infantry in the eleventh century
The use of warflails in the Bulgarian lands during the Byzantine conquest period
The army of Basil II in the wars against Samuil the Comitopoulos
Technical aspects of siege warfare in the eleventh century
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Georgios Theotokis is Lecturer at Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul.

Marek Meško is Assistant Professor in the Department of Classical Studies at Masaryk University, Czech Republic.

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