Alexios I Komnenos In The Balkans, 1081-1095 (New Approaches To Byzantine History And Culture)

?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.

• | Author: Marek Meško
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Jun 15, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 441 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 3031262956
• | ISBN-13: 9783031262951