Nikephoros II Phokas and Warfare in the 10th-Century Byzantine World /

Nikephoros II Phokas and Warfare in the 10th-Century Byzantine World /

This volume throws light not just on the military and on warfare during a period of increasing Byzantine military success and expansion, but it also draws on the latest in academic debate and examines afresh the varied aspects of different thematics regarding the reign of the emperor Nikephoros II P...

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Other Authors: Theotokis, Georgios (Editor), Tsurtsumia, Mamuka (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English
French

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Series: History of Warfare ; 152.
Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2025.

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Call Number: D410

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Table of Contents:
  • Preface: Les hommes de Nicéphore Phocas
  •   Jean-Claude Cheynet
  • Annexe: Sceaux inédits mentionnés dans le texte
  • List of Figures, Plates, Maps, and Tables
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Introduction
  • part 1: Strategies, Tactics, and Foreign Policies
  • 1 The Bulgarian War of Nikephoros II Phokas: Lessons Learned from the Past and Strategic Mistakes
  •   Alexandru Madgearu
  • 2 Nikephoros Phokas' Heritage on the Grand Strategy of the Komnenian Emperors in Cilicia and Northern Syria during the 12th Century
  •   Ioannis S. Sarantidis
  • 3 Succeeding Where Others Failed: Nikephoros Phokas' Conquest of Crete Reconsidered
  •   Dimitrios Sidiropoulos
  • 4 Strangling Antioch: a Spatial Approach to Conquest
  •   Lucas McMahon
  • part 2: Reconsidering Military Reforms and Equipment
  • 5 Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas and the Military Lands
  •   Taxiarchis G. Kolias
  • 6 Byzantine (Mediterranean) Swords with Sleeve Cross-Guards: Constructing a Typology
  •   Gennadiy V. Baranov
  • part 3: Kinship and Imperial Portraits
  • 7 Theodosios the Deacon's "The Capture of Crete" as an Encomium of Two Emperors
  •   Konstantinos Karatolios
  • 8 Le campagne militari di Niceforo Foca nella storiografia araba medievale
  •   Marco Miotto
  • 9 Nikephoros II Phokas and David IV the Builder: Military and Political Portraits
  •   Mamuka Tsurtsumia
  • part 4: Portraits of 'Us' and the 'Other'
  • 10 'Us,' as Reflected in the Byzantine Perception of the 'Other'
  •   Filip Schneider
  • 11 Martial Culture, Literary Culture, and Alterity: Nikephoros II Phokas Through the Scope of the Arab-Byzantine Military and Cultural Antagonism
  •   Georgios Chatzelis
  • 12 Nikephoros II, the Phokades, and Sayf al-Dawla: Portrayals of Self and Other
  •   Denis Sullivan
  • part 5: Conceptions of Holy War and Martyrdom
  • 13 Paterazmunkʿ hetʿanosatsʿ: Byzantine Propaganda and Holy War, Recipients and Objectives
  •   Konstantinos Takirtakoglou and Jesse Siragan Arlen
  • 14 Nikephoros II Phokas, Military Martyrs and the Church
  •   Phoebe-Irene Georgiadi
  • Epilogue
  • Index.