The development of the Komnenian army
Subtitle: 1081-1180
By: John W. Birkenmeier.
Series: History of warfare; v. 5
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: Byzantine Empire -- History, Military -- 1081-1453.; Byzantine Empire -- History -- Comneni dynasty, 1081-1185.
Other titles: Development of the Comnenian army
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-252) and index.
Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--The Catholic University of America, 1998.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Chapter One Textual Sources for 12th- and 13th-Century; title: History1; title: Chapter Two Historical Overview of Eleventh- and; title: Twelfth-Century Byzantium27; title: Chapter Three The Campaigns of Alexios I Komnenos; title: (1081-1118)56; title: Chapter Four The Campaigns of John II Komnenos; title: (1118-43)85; title: Chapter Five The Campaigns of Manuel I Komnenos; title: (1143-80)100; title: Chapter Six Supporting the Komnenian Army139; title: Chapter Seven Komnenian Siege Warfare182; title: Chapter Eight The Komnenian Army in Battle206; title: Conclusion231; title: Appendix 1 The Sieges of John II and Manuel I237; title: Appendix 2 Glossary239; title: 32 The Defender of the Faith; title: 33 The female majority; title: 34 Press freedom; title: 35 Democracy and human rights; title: 36 The economy; title: 37 King Mohammed VI; title: Bibliographical Guide; title: Index.