Alexios I Komnenos in the Balkans, 1081–1095
Author | : Marek Meško |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 437 |
Release | : 2023-06-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783031262968 |
ISBN-13 | : 3031262964 |
Rating | : 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Download or read book Alexios I Komnenos in the Balkans, 1081–1095 written by Marek Meško and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-06-14 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.