Byzantine Armies AD 1118-1461 (Men-at-Arms)

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EDITORIAL REVIEW

The Byzantine Empire's disastrous defeat by the Seljuk Turks at Manzikert in 1071 effectively marked the end of what is often described as the 'middle' period of Byzantine history. Thereafter, surrounded on all sides by younger, more vigorous nations, the once all-powerful Empire slipped into a steady decline which, ultimately, was to prove terminal. However, the Empire's demise was anything but peaceful, and, one way or another, for much of the last four centuries of its existence it was to find itself in a state of virtually constant war. This book examines the fascinating history of the Byzantine Empire and its armies from 1118-1461 AD.

PRODUCT DETAILS

Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Pub. Date: 13th November 1995
Catalog: Book
Media: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 48
Ean: 9781855323476
Isbn: 1855323478

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USER REVIEWS

Later Byzantine Armies
~ Written on Apr 17, 2007. 3 out of 5 users found this review helpful.

Usual great text and plates, and the usual immensely useful at-a-glance timeline towards the front of the book. The plates alone capture how far the Byzantine Empire had fallen, ultimately from its Roman past, but even from its pre-Manzikert ancestors. The army consisted almost entirely of Nomad and European mercenaries. This book goes through the fall of Constantinople in 1453 to the Ottoman Turks to the last eight years of a surviving Byzantine state, the 'Empire' of Trebizond, which finally fell to the Ottomans in August of 1461.

At last!Something worthing about Byzantine armies.
~ Written on Aug 31, 2006. 4 out of 4 users found this review helpful.

The book for me is a treasure box.I didn't know that it has with so much detail the description of the Byzantine Armies.It is so easy reading and with the pictures of course and the fantastic illustrations.

Osprey is the cliff notes to history
~ Written on Jun 9, 1999. 21 out of 21 users found this review helpful.

Osprey has done it again. These guys are the masters of finding good pictures to print in their books. I find the time lines they put in their books a invaluable resource. About the only dissapointment i find in these books is the lack of color when they show the actual plates. The source materials are good also. They find information in a varied assortment of histories and have a complete bibliography at the end. Good book, as expected.

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