1st Edition

War in Eleventh-Century Byzantium

366 Pages 35 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

366 Pages 35 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

366 Pages 35 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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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... Read more

Introduction

Part I. Tradition and Change in the perception of war in Byzantium

1. Between the old and the new, byzantine battle tactics in the times of the battle of Manzikert

Łukasz Różyck

2. "Such carnage in one place had not occurred before in Byzantium": The battle of Hades (August 20, 1057 AD) and its repercussions

Georgios Leveniotes

3. Nomad influences in the Byzantine army under Alexios I Komnenos (1081-1095)

Marek Meško

4. Byzantine concepts of mercenaries in the eleventh century (988-1081)

Savvas Kyriakides

5. From a peacemaker to a warrior: Changes in the imperial education as illustrated in the eleventh century Mirrors of Princes.

Konstantinos Karatolios

Part II. Enemies and allies - Byzantium’s ‘military peripheries’

6. The enemy within: the crisis management of the centrifugal movements in the European provinces of the Byzantine empire

Alexandru Madgearu

7. Byzantium and the Rusʼ in the late tenth and eleventh centuries

Werner Seibt

8. Byzantine military campaigns against Serbian lands and Hungary in the second half of the eleventh century

Boris Stojkovski

9. Alexios I Komnenos’ military strategy against the Normans, according to the Venetian Chronicles

Șerban V. Marin

10. The Armenians in the Byzantine and Fatimid Militaries in the eleventh century: Similarities and Differences in their operational role

Konstantinos Takirtakoglou

11. The Art of War in Georgia in the eleventh century and the War with Byzantium

Mamuka Tsurtsumia

Part III. Technical aspects of the organization of the Byzantine army

12. Boots on the Ground: Byzantine Infantry in the Eleventh Century

Christos G. Makrypoulias

13. The use of war-flails in the Bulgarian lands during the Byzantine conquest period – archaeological evidence from the northern borders of the Empire

Deyan Rabovyanov

14. The army of Basil II in the wars against Samuil the Comitopoulos

Raffaele D’Amato

15. Technical aspects of siege warfare in the eleventh century

Denis Sullivan