The Norman campaigns in the Balkans, 1081-1108 /

"The Norman expansion in eleventh-century Europe was a movement of enormous historical importance, which saw men and women from the duchy of Normandy settling in England, Italy, Sicily and the Middle East. The Norman establishment in the South is particularly interesting, because it represents...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Theotokis, Georgios (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : The Boydell Press, 2014.
Colección:Warfare in history.
Temas:
1081-1118
Normans > Balkan Peninsula.
Normans > History, Military.
Normands (Français) > Balkans.
Normands (Français) > Histoire militaire.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Normans.
Balkan Peninsula > History.
Byzantine Empire > History > Alexius I Comnenus, 1081-1118.
Balkans > Histoire.
Balkan Peninsula.
Byzantine Empire.
History.
Military history.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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