Road to Manzikert : Byzantine and Islamic warfare, 527-1071 / Brian Todd Carey ; [illustrated by] Joshua B. Allfree, John Cairns.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carey, Brian Todd.

Contributor:

Allfree, Joshua B.

Cairns, John (Illustrator)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manzikert, Battle of, Turkey, 1071.

Byzantine Empire--History, Military--527-1081.

Byzantine Empire.

Physical Description:

xix, 204 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Barnsley : Pen & Sword, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

" Take[s] us through 500 years of conflict from Justinian through the rise of Islam to the coming of the Turks...good chapters on Islamic warfare."-- Balkan Military History In August 1071, the Byzantine Emperor Romanus IV Diogenese led out a powerful army in an attempt to roll back Seljuk Turkish incursions into the Anatolian heartland of.

Contents:

Intro

Preface and Acknowledgments

List of Maps

List of Illustrations

Key to Maps

Chronology of Byzantine and Islamic History from Justinian to the First Crusade

Introduction: Byzantium, Islam and Catholic Europe - The Battle of Manzikert as Historical Nexus

Chapter 1 Byzantine Warfare from Justinian to Herakleios

Chapter 2 Islamic Warfare from Muhammad to the Rashidun Caliphate

Chapter 3 Byzantine Warfare in an Age of Crisis and Recovery

Chapter 4 Islamic Warfare from the Umayyads to the Coming of the Seljuk Turks

Chapter 5 Byzantine and Seljuk Campaigns in Anatolia and the Battle of Manzikert

Conclusion: In Manzikert's Wake - The Seljuk Invasion of Anatolia and the Origins of the Levantine Crusades

Notes

Glossary of Important Personalities

Glossary of Military Terms

Select Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-199) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-78303-149-2

OCLC:

826855664