LEADER 03188nam 22006495 450 001 9910731483703321 005 20251008135046.0 010 $a9783031262968 010 $a3031262964 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-26296-8 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30594707 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30594707 035 $a(OCoLC)1382696231 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-26296-8 035 $a(CKB)27023213500041 035 $a(EXLCZ)9927023213500041 100 $a20230614d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAlexios I Komnenos in the Balkans, 1081?1095 /$fby Marek Me?ko 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (437 pages) 225 1 $aNew Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture,$x2730-9371 311 08$aPrint version: Mesko, Marek Alexios I Komnenos in the Balkans, 1081-1095 Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031262951 327 $a1. 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. . 330 $aThis book provides a new military history of Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos's campaigns in the Balkans, during the first fourteen years of his rule. While the tactics and manoeuvres Alexios used against Robert Guiscard's Normans are relatively well-known, his strategy in dealing with Pecheneg and Cuman adversaries in the region has received less attention in historical scholarship. This book provides a much-need synthesis of these three closely linked campaigns ? often treated as discrete events ? revealing a surprising coherence in Alexios' response, and explores the position of Byzantium's army and navy on the eve of the First Crusade. Marek Me?ko is an assistant professor at the University of Hradec Kralove, Institute of History, Czech Republic. . 410 0$aNew Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture,$x2730-9371 606 $aEurope$xHistory$x476-1492 606 $aMilitary history 606 $aRussia$xHistory 606 $aEurope, Eastern$xHistory 606 $aSoviet Union$xHistory 606 $aHistory of Medieval Europe 606 $aMilitary History 606 $aRussian, Soviet, and East European History 615 0$aEurope$xHistory$x476-1492. 615 0$aMilitary history. 615 0$aRussia$xHistory. 615 0$aEurope, Eastern$xHistory. 615 0$aSoviet Union$xHistory. 615 14$aHistory of Medieval Europe. 615 24$aMilitary History. 615 24$aRussian, Soviet, and East European History. 676 $a355.02094950902 676 $a355.02094950902 700 $aMes?ko$b Marek$01368612 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910731483703321 996 $aAlexios I Komnenos in the Balkans, 1081?1095$94450491 997 $aUNINA