Georgios Theotokis

The Norman Campaigns in the Balkans, 1081-1108

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First full-length analysis of Norman military organisation in the Balkans: events, strategy, and tactics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9781843839217
• ISBN-10: 1843839210
• Artikelnr.: 40048314

Autorenporträt

Dr GEORGIOS THEOTOKIS is Lecturer at Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Primary sources and the problems of military history Norman
military institutions in southern Italy in the eleventh century The
Byzantine army of the tenth and eleventh centuries The Byzantine naval
forces in the tenth and eleventh centuries: organization and tactics The
establishment of the Normans in southern Italy and Sicily Robert Guiscard's
invasion of Illyria: From the landing in Corfu to the victory at Dyrrachium
The Norman advances in the Balkans and the end of the dream Bohemond of
Taranto and the First Crusade The Count's campaign of 1107 and the Treaty
of Devol Conclusions Bibliography