Alexios I Komnenos in the Balkans, 1081–1095

AvMarek Meško

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

This book provides a new military history of Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos's campaigns in the Balkans, during the first fourteen years of his rule. While the tactics and manoeuvres Alexios used against Robert Guiscard's Normans are relatively well-known, his strategy in dealing with Pecheneg and Cuman adversaries in the region has received less attention in historical scholarship. This book provides a much-need synthesis of these three closely linked campaigns – often treated as discrete events – revealing a surprising coherence in Alexios' response, and explores the position of Byzantium's army and navy on the eve of the First Crusade.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-06-15
Mått:148 x 210 x 29 mm
Vikt:683 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture
Antal sidor:425
Upplaga:2023
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031262951

Utforska kategorier

Militärhistoria inom Historia och arkeologi
Medeltiden inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Marek Meško is an assistant professor at the University of Hradec Kralove, Institute of History, Czech Republic.

Recensioner i media

“This is a thorough and deeply-researched book that ultimately convinces. The step-by-step study of the chronology and events do much to shed light on these crucial decades and Meško makes use of a vast array of secondary literature in a huge range of languages … . This book is anything but niche, and will serve as an exemplar of how to write pre-industrial military history at the operational level.” (Lucas R. McMahon, International Journal of Military History and Historiography, Vol. 45 (1), 2025)

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction .- 2. Army and Navy in Eleventh-Century Byzantium .- 3. Alexios I Komnenos .- 4. War against the Normans (1081–1085) .- 5. War against the Pechenegs (1083–1091) .- 6. Kuman Invasion (1095) .- 7. Synthesis .- 8. Conclusion.