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Genre/Form: | Military history |
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Material Type: | Thesis/dissertation, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Savvas Kyriakidis |
ISBN: | 9789004206663 9004206663 |
OCLC Number: | 734062309 |
Description: | XV, 254 Seiten : Karten. |
Contents: | Acknowledgments ... ixNote on Transliteration ... xiAbbreviations ... xiiiMaps ... xviiIntroduction ... 1 1. Warfare and Imperial Propaganda ... 13 The inevitability of warfare ... 13 The militaristic ideology of Nicaea ... 16 Changes in the military profile of the emperor after the recovery of Constantinople ... 20 Andronikos II and the ideological importance of defensive wars against the Turks ... 25 The military profile of the emperor under Andronikos III and John VI Kantakouzenos ... 30 Fighting against impious barbarians and natural enemies ... 362. Commanders ... 45 The military character of the late Byzantine aristocracy ... 45 The role of Western European military ideals and practices ... 51 The effectiveness of Byzantine generals on the battlefield ... 60 The ideal leadership ... 693. Soldiers ... 75 Pronoia holders ... 75 The Allagia ... 82 The Nicaean frontier troops, the Proselantai and the Thelematarioi ... 93 The case of the despotate of the Morea ... 964. Mercenaries ... 101 The use of mercenaries ... 101 Categories of mercenaries ... 104 Byzantine attitudes towards mercenaries ... 1185. Campaigns ... 1376. Fortifications and Sieges ... 157 The role of fortifications ... 157 Siege warfare: The evidence of the written sources ... 170 The impact of gunpowder on Byzantine warfare ... 1877. Tactics ... 197 Late Byzantine cavalry and field tactics against Western Europeans ... 197 Battlefield Tactics against the Turks ... 203 Infantry ... 216Conclusion ... 221Glossary ... 229Bibliography: Primary Sources ... 231 Secondary Sources ... 234Index ... 245 |
Series Title: | History of warfare, 67. |
Responsibility: | by Savvas Kyriakidis. |
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