| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 490 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Brill's companions to the Byzantine world, 2212-7429 ; volume 3 |
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Brill's companions to the Byzantine world ; v. 3.
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| Contents |
Introduction: military power in the Christian Roman Empire, ca. 300-1204 / Yannis Stouraitis -- The imperial theology of victory / Paul Stephenson -- State war ethic and popular views on warfare / Yannis Stouraitis -- Civil war in the Christian Empire / Yannis Stouraitis -- The enemies of the empire: portrayed images / Michael Grunbart -- Warfare as literary narrative / Stamatina McGrath -- Alternative means of conflict resolution / Tilemachos Lounghis -- Army structure: Roman continuity and Byzantine change / Savvas Kyriakidis -- Byzantine fronts and strategies 300-1204 / Denis Sullivan -- Naval warfare: military institutional and economic aspects / Salvatore Cosentino -- Siege warfare: the art of re-capture / Christos G. Makrypoulias -- The army in peace time: the social status and the function of soldiers / Philip Rance -- Military technology: production and use of weapons / Georgios Theotokis |
| Summary |
"This collection of essays on the Byzantine culture of war in the period between the 4th and the 12th centuries offers a new critical approach to the study of warfare as a fundamental aspect of East Roman society and culture in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The book's main goal is to provide a critical overview of current research as well as new insights into the role of military organization as a distinct form of social power in one of history's more long-lived empires. The various chapters consider the political, ideological, practical, institutional and organizational aspects of Byzantine warfare and place it at the centre of the study of social and cultural history"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 08, 2018) |
| Subject |
Military art and science -- Byzantine Empire
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War and civilization -- Byzantine Empire
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War and society -- Byzantine Empire
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War and civilization.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Military art and science
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War and civilization
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War and society
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| SUBJECT |
Byzantine Empire -- History, Military.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018515
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| Subject |
Byzantine Empire
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| Genre/Form |
Military history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Stouraitis, Yannis, editor
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| LC no. |
2018040805 |
| ISBN |
9789004363731 |
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9004363734 |
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