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UNINA9910731483703321 |
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Autore |
Mesko Marek |
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Titolo |
Alexios I Komnenos in the Balkans, 1081–1095 / / by Marek Meško |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2023.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (437 pages) |
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Collana |
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New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture, , 2730-9371 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Europe - History - 476-1492 |
Military history |
Russia - History |
Europe, Eastern - History |
Soviet Union - History |
History of Medieval Europe |
Military History |
Russian, Soviet, and East European History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. . |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. Marek Meško is an assistant professor at |
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the University of Hradec Kralove, Institute of History, Czech Republic. . |
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