Alexios I Komnenos in the Balkans, 1081-1095
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 b...
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 b...
