03071nam 22006135 450 991073148370332120240815105021.09783031262968303126296410.1007/978-3-031-26296-8(MiAaPQ)EBC30594707(Au-PeEL)EBL30594707(OCoLC)1382696231(DE-He213)978-3-031-26296-8(CKB)27023213500041(EXLCZ)992702321350004120230614d2023 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAlexios I Komnenos in the Balkans, 1081–1095 /by Marek Meško1st ed. 2023.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2023.1 online resource (437 pages)New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture,2730-9371Print version: Mesko, Marek Alexios I Komnenos in the Balkans, 1081-1095 Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031262951 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. .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 the University of Hradec Kralove, Institute of History, Czech Republic. .New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture,2730-9371Military historyEurope, EasternHistoryHistory of Medieval EuropeMilitary HistoryRussian, Soviet, and East European HistoryEuropeHistory476-1492RussiaHistorySoviet UnionHistoryMilitary history.Europe, EasternHistory.History of Medieval Europe.Military History.Russian, Soviet, and East European History.355.02094950902355.02094950902Mesko Marek1368612MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910731483703321Alexios I Komnenos in the Balkans, 1081–10953563415UNINA