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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821899003321

Autore

Madgearu Alexandru

Titolo

Byzantine military organization on the Danube, 10th-12th centuries [[electronic resource] /] / by Alexandru Madgearu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2013

ISBN

90-04-25249-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Collana

East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450, , 1872-8103 ; ; v. 22

Disciplina

355.309495

Soggetti

Danube River Region History, Military

Byzantine Empire History, Military 527-1081

Byzantine Empire History, Military 1081-1453

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- I. The Recovery of the Danubian Frontier -- II. The Military Organization of the Danube Region -- III. The Evolution and Function of the Danube Frontier of Byzantium (1000–1204) -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of People -- Index of Geographical Names -- Index of Sources -- Index of Modern Authors.

Sommario/riassunto

The current state of research on this contact area between Byzantium and East Central Europe during a troubled period invites a new synthesis of the most recent finds and interpretations. No such comprehensive work addressing both literary and archaeological evidence exists for the history of the Byzantine Danubian provinces in the 10th-12th c. The main purpose Alexandru Madgearu's book is to establish a chronology for the provincial organization and for the development of the Danubian frontier. First a shield against the Rus’, the province of Dristra, later called Paradunavon, became further a contact and conflict area with the Pechenegs and Cumans, turned by the end of the 11th century in a half-open space, according to the new strategy of Alexius I Comnenus.