Alexios I Komnenos in the Balkans, 1081–1095
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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 book provides a much-need synthesis of these three closely linked campaigns – often treated as discrete events – revealing a surprising coherence in Alexios' response, and explores the position of Byzantium's army and navy on the eve of the First Crusade.
Marek Meško is an assistant professor at the University of Hradec Kralove, Institute of History, Czech Republic.
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 book provides a much-need synthesis of these three closely linked campaigns – often treated as discrete events – revealing a surprising coherence in Alexios' response, and explores the position of Byzantium's army and navy on the eve of the First Crusade.
Examines Alexios I Komnenos's military strategy in the Balkans, during the crucial first fourteen years of his reign Sheds light on the campaigns against the Pechenegs and Cumans, which received conflict with Normans in the 1080s Provides a synthesis of all three campaigns, and an assessment of Byzantium's military strength
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Marek Meško
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“This is a well-structured and well-researched monograph which provides new insights into the military challenges the empire faced in the рeriod 1081-1095 and focuses on the personality, motivations, political and martial qualities of Alexios I Komnenos.” (Savvas Kyriakidis, The Byzantine Review, Vol. 6, 2024)
“This is a thorough and deeply-researched book that ultimately convinces. The step-by-step study of the chronology and events do much to shed light on these crucial decades and Meško makes use of a vast array of secondary literature in a huge range of languages … . This book is anything but niche, and will serve as an exemplar of how to write pre-industrial military history at the operational level.” (Lucas R. McMahon, International Journal of Military History and Historiography, Vol. 45 (1), 2025)
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