Overview
- Examines Alexios I Komnenos's military strategy in the Balkans, during the crucial first fourteen years of his reign
- Sheds light on the campaigns against the Pechenegs and Cumans, which received conflict with Normans in the 1080s
- Provides a synthesis of all three campaigns, and an assessment of Byzantium's military strength
Part of the book series: New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture (NABHC)
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About this book
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.
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About the author
Marek Meško is an assistant professor at the University of Hradec Kralove, Institute of History, Czech Republic.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Alexios I Komnenos in the Balkans, 1081–1095
Authors: Marek Meško
Series Title: New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26296-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-26295-1Published: 15 June 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-26298-2Due: 29 June 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-26296-8Published: 14 June 2023
Series ISSN: 2730-9363
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9371
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 425
Topics: History of Medieval Europe, History of Military, Russian, Soviet, and East European History