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The Late Byzantine Army: Arms and Society, 1204-1453

By Mark Charles Bartusis

Book information

Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Year
1992
ISBN
978-0-8122-1620-2
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
31 MB (32892285 bytes)
Series
Middle Ages Series
Pages
xvii, 438\237
Topic
History
DPI
300
Orientation
landscape
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2015-01-18 08:28:59
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Description

Mark C. Bartusis opens an extraordinary window on the Byzantine Empire during its last centuries by providing the first comprehensive treatment of the dying empire's military. 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. "An essential tool for comparative historians, Byzantinists, Balkanologists, historians of the later Crusades, medieval Islamic, especially Ottoman, and western European medieval and Renaissance history. Its publication reinforces the reputation of Bartusis as a foremost authority on many dimensions of late Byzantine institutions and the related social and economic context." — Walter Kaegi, Journal of Military History

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