1997, ISBN: 9780812216202

Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, XVII; 438 p. Paperback. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Traditi… Mehr…

Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, XVII; 438 p. Paperback. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Very good and clean, - Sehr gut und sauber. - The late Byzantine period was a time characterized by both civil strife and foreign invasion, framed by two cataclysmic events: the fall of Constantinople to the western Europeans in 1204 and again to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. Mark Bartusis here opens an extraordinary window on the Byzantine Empire during its last centuries by providing the first comprehensive examination of the dying empire?s military. While the Byzantine army was highly visible, it was increasingly ineffective in preventing the incursion of western European crusader states into the Aegean, the advance of the Ottoman Turks into Europe, and the slow decline and eventual fall of the thousand-year Byzantine Empire. Using all the available Greek, western European, Slavic, and Turkish sources, Bartusis describes the evolution of the army both as an institution and as an instrument of imperial policy. He considers the army?s size, organization, administration, and varieties of soldiers and examines Byzantine feudalism and the army?s impact on society and the economy. In its extensive use of soldier companies composed of foreign mercenaries, Bartusis contends, the Byzantine army had many parallels with those of western Europe; in the final analysis, the death of Byzantium was attributable more to a shrinking fiscal base than to any lack of creative military thinking on the part of its leaders. Contents: Introduction: The Setting, the Questions, and the Sources -- Part One. The Army as Instrument of Policy -- The Nicaean Period (1204?61) -- The Reign of Michael VIII Palaiologos (1259?82) -- The Reign of Andronikos II Palaiologos (1282?1328) -- The Era of the Civil Wars (1321?57) -- The Last Century' (1357?1448) -- The Fall (1451-53) -- Part Two. The Army as Institution -- Mercenaries and Their Financing -- Smallholding and Pronoia Soldiers and Their Financing -- Professional Soldiers, Military Units, Recruitment -- Peasants, Retainers, Servants -- The Campaign -- Palace Guard, Garrisons, Borders -- Guard Service: Kastron, Countryside -- Weapons and Equipment -- Conclusion: Soldiers, Army, Society. ISBN 9780812216202Geschichte 1997, [PU: University of Pennsylvania Press]<

1997, ISBN: 9780812216202

University of Pennsylvania Press, Taschenbuch, Auflage: Reprint, 438 Seiten, Publiziert: 1997-02-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: Illustrated, 0.77 kg, Verkaufsrang: 280… Mehr…

University of Pennsylvania Press, Taschenbuch, Auflage: Reprint, 438 Seiten, Publiziert: 1997-02-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: Illustrated, 0.77 kg, Verkaufsrang: 2808720, Allgemein, Europa, Geschichte nach Ländern, Politik & Geschichte, Kategorien, Bücher, Römisches Reich, Klassische Antike, Epochen, Mittelalter, Taschenbücher, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Englische Bücher, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_2301, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_0, Arborist Merchandising Root, Format: Illustriert, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997<