@Book{1862655928,
author="Me{\v{s}}ko, Marek",
title="Alexios I Komnenos in the Balkans, 1081-1095",
series="New approaches to Byzantine history and culture",
year="2023",
publisher="Palgrave Macmillan",
address="Cham",
keywords="Byzantine Empire; History, Military; History; Balkan Peninsula",
contents="Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Army and Navy in Eleventh-Century Byzantium -- 2.1 Byzantine Army -- 2.1.1 Development of the Byzantine Army in the Eleventh Century -- 2.1.2 Units and Command Structure -- 2.1.3 Commanders -- 2.2 Byzantine Navy -- 2.2.1 Development of the Byzantine Navy in the Eleventh Century -- 2.2.2 Units and Command Structure -- 2.3 Battle of Manzikert and Its Military Impact -- 2.3.1 Impact of Manzikert on the Byzantine Army -- 2.3.2 Impact of Manzikert on the Byzantine Navy",
abstract="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. Marek Meko is an assistant professor at the University of Hradec Kralove, Institute of History, Czech Republic",
note="Marek Me{\v{s}}ko",
note="Includes bibliographical references and index",
isbn="9783031262968",
url="https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=3629547",
language="English"
}