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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974199203321

Autore

Carey Brian Todd

Titolo

Road to Manzikert : Byzantine and Islamic warfare, 527-1071 / / Brian Todd Carey ; [illustrated by] Joshua B. Allfree, John Cairns

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Barnsley, : Pen & Sword, 2012

ISBN

1-78303-149-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xix, 204 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps

Altri autori (Persone)

AllfreeJoshua B

CairnsJohn (Illustrator)

Disciplina

956.1013

Soggetti

Manzikert, Battle of, Turkey, 1071

Byzantine Empire History, Military 527-1081

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-199) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- List of Maps -- List of Illustrations -- Key to Maps -- Chronology of Byzantine and Islamic History from Justinian to the First Crusade -- Introduction: Byzantium, Islam and Catholic Europe - The Battle of Manzikert as Historical Nexus -- Chapter 1 Byzantine Warfare from Justinian to Herakleios -- Chapter 2 Islamic Warfare from Muhammad to the Rashidun Caliphate -- Chapter 3 Byzantine Warfare in an Age of Crisis and Recovery -- Chapter 4 Islamic Warfare from the Umayyads to the Coming of the Seljuk Turks -- Chapter 5 Byzantine and Seljuk Campaigns in Anatolia and the Battle of Manzikert -- Conclusion: In Manzikert's Wake - The Seljuk Invasion of Anatolia and the Origins of the Levantine Crusades -- Notes -- Glossary of Important Personalities -- Glossary of Military Terms -- Select Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

" Take[s] us through 500 years of conflict from Justinian through the rise of Islam to the coming of the Turks...good chapters on Islamic warfare."-- Balkan Military History   In August 1071, the Byzantine Emperor Romanus IV Diogenese led out a powerful army in an attempt to roll back Seljuk Turkish incursions into the Anatolian heartland of.