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E-BooksSowing the Dragon's Teeth Byzantine Warfare in the Tenth Century



Sowing the Dragon's Teeth Byzantine Warfare in the Tenth Century
Free Download Sowing the Dragon's Teeth: Byzantine Warfare in the Tenth Century By Eric McGeer
2008 | 405 Pages | ISBN: 0884022242 | PDF | 38 MB
The military achievements of the emperors Nikephoros Phokas, John Tzimiskes, and Basil II brought the Byzantine Empire to the height of its power by the early eleventh century. This volume presents new editions and translations of two military treatises―the Praecepta militaria of Nikephoros Phokas and the revised version included in the Taktika of Nikephoros Ouranos―outlining the tactical system used by Byzantine armies in campaigns against Muslim forces in Cilicia and Syria. Products of experienced soldiers, the texts offer a realistic view of Byzantine warfare and reveal the sophistication of Byzantine military science. Eric McGeer places the treatises in military historical context; explores the factors that led the Byzantine army to fight as it did; and investigates morale, discipline, and leadership―all of which determined the difference between failure and success.



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E-BooksByzantine Naval Forces 1261–1461 The Roman Empire's Last Marines



Byzantine Naval Forces 1261–1461 The Roman Empire's Last Marines
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English | 2016 | pages: 48 | ISBN: 1472807286 | EPUB | 38,4 mb
After the recapture of Constantinople, Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos was determined to bring glory back to the Byzantine Empire. To achieve this, he established an Imperial Fleet and raised new regiments of elite marine troops. This work provides a comprehensive, illustrated guide to the unit history and appearance of these men, who were at the cutting edge of the last great height of Byzantine naval power. They won victory after victory in campaigns throughout the 1260s-70s, and though successive periods of decline and partial resurrection followed, these marine units survived until the very last flickers of Byzantine resistance were extinguished. Drawing upon early literary sources, the rich evidence of period illuminated manuscripts, frescoes, and other iconography, Raffaele D'Amato details the lasting legacy of the swansong of Byzantine naval power.



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E-BooksByzantine Ideas of Persia, 650–1461



Byzantine Ideas of Persia, 650–1461
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English | ISBN: 1032070676 | 2023 | 270 pages | EPUB | 4 MB
This book offers a comprehensive study into the perceptions of ancient and medieval Iran in the Byzantine empire, exploring the effects of Persian culture upon Byzantine intellectualism, society and culture.



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E-BooksRomanesque Renaissance Carolingian, Byzantine and Romanesque Buildings



Romanesque Renaissance Carolingian, Byzantine and Romanesque Buildings
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English | ISBN: 9004446613 | 2021 | 432 pages | PDF | 38 MB
In the renaissance also architecture from c. 800-1200 was regarded as a useful source of inspiration for contemporary building, sometimes by misinterpreting these medieval architecture as roman structures, sometimes because that era was also regarded as a glorious 'ancient' past.



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E-BooksMetaphrasisA Byzantine Concept of Rewriting and Its Hagiographical Products



MetaphrasisA Byzantine Concept of Rewriting and Its Hagiographical Products
Free Download Stavroula Constantinou, "Metaphrasis:A Byzantine Concept of Rewriting and Its Hagiographical Products "
English | ISBN: 9004392173 | 2020 | 408 pages | PDF | 2 MB
This volume represents the first discussion of rewriting in Byzantium. It brings together a rich variety of articles treating hagiographical rewriting from various angles. The contributors discuss and comment on different kinds of texts from late antiquity to late Byzantium.



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E-BooksThe Armenian Military in the Byzantine Empire. Conflict and Alliance Under Justinian and Maurice



The Armenian Military in the Byzantine Empire. Conflict and Alliance Under Justinian and Maurice
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2014 | 149 Pages | ISBN: 2917329599 | PDF | 9 MB
Second, revised and expanded edition. This book brings to light one of the least known, yet most turbulent periods in the history of the Armenian military and its complex relationship with the Byzantine Empire. In its first part, Armen Ayvazyan embarks on a military-historical analysis of the Armenian uprising against Emperor Justinian's government in 538-539. While revealing and evaluating various tactical elements and stratagems employed by the Armenian forces, he carefully considers earlier and later evidence regarding their military operations, including both conventional warfare and high risk missions such as targeting killings of enemy commanders-in-chief and assassination Descriptions against the heads of colonial administrations. And in the second part, Ayvazyan examines the Byzantine attitudes towards the Armenians and their armed forces, revealing, inter alia, that the underlying source for continuity of the anti-Armenian images with the analogous Roman tradition of prejudice was essentially geopolitical.



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E-BooksDated Byzantine wall paintings of Crete



Dated Byzantine wall paintings of Crete
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English | 2001 | ISBN: 9080647616 | PDF | pages: 177 | 28.3 mb
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E-BooksByzantium and British Heritage Byzantine influences on the Arts and Crafts Movement



Byzantium and British Heritage Byzantine influences on the Arts and Crafts Movement
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by Amalia G. Kakissis
English | 2024 | ISBN: 0815359748 | 322 Pages | True ePUB | 53 MB



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E-BooksThe Routledge Handbook of the Byzantine City From Justinian to Mehmet II (ca. 500 – ca.1500)



The Routledge Handbook of the Byzantine City From Justinian to Mehmet II (ca. 500 – ca.1500)
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English | 2024 | ISBN: 0367196794 | 508 Pages | PDF (True) | 42 MB
The Byzantine world contained many important cities throughout its empire. Although it was not 'urban' in the sense of the word today, its cities played a far more fundamental role than those of its European neighbors. This book, through a collection of twenty-four chapters, discusses aspects of, and different approaches to, Byzantine urbanism from the early to late Byzantine periods. It provides both a chronological and thematic perspective to the study of Byzantine cities, bringing together literary, documentary, and archival sources with archaeological results, material culture, art, and architecture, resulting in a rich synthesis of the variety of regional and sub-regional transformations of Byzantine urban landscapes.



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E-BooksThe Fall of Constantinople The Brutal End of the Byzantine Empire (History)



The Fall of Constantinople The Brutal End of the Byzantine Empire (History)
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English | April 26, 2016 | ISBN: 2806273072 | 42 pages | EPUB | 0.72 Mb
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Fall of Constantinople in next to no time with this concise guide.



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