Contents

pp.：  7 – 8

Acknowledgments

pp.：  9 – 10

Note on Transliteration

pp.：  11 – 12

Abbreviations

pp.：  13 – 16

Maps

pp.：  17 – 20

Introduction

pp.：  21 – 32

Chapter One Warfare and Imperial Propaganda

pp.：  33 – 64

The inevitability of warfare

pp.：  33 – 35

The militaristic ideology of Nicaea

pp.：  36 – 39

Changes in the military profile of the emperor after the recovery of Constantinople

pp.：  40 – 44

Andronikos II and the ideological importance of defensive wars against the Turks

pp.：  45 – 49

The military profile of the emperor under Andronikos III and John VI Kantakouzenos

pp.：  50 – 55

Fighting the impious barbarians and natural enemies

pp.：  56 – 64

Chapter Two Commanders

pp.：  65 – 94

The military character of the late Byzantine aristocracy

pp.：  65 – 70

The role of Western European military ideals and practices

pp.：  71 – 79

The effectiveness of Byzantine generals on the battlefield

pp.：  80 – 88

The ideal leadership

pp.：  89 – 94

Chapter Three Soldiers

pp.：  95 – 120

Pronoia holders

pp.：  95 – 101

The Allagia

pp.：  102 – 112

The Nicaean frontier troops, the Proselantai and the Thelematarioi

pp.：  113 – 115

The case of the despotate of the Morea

pp.：  116 – 120

Chapter Four Mercenaries

pp.：  121 – 156

The use of mercenaries

pp.：  121 – 123

Categories of mercenaries

pp.：  124 – 137

Byzantine attitudes towards mercenaries

pp.：  138 – 156

Chapter Five Campaigns

pp.：  157 – 176

Chapter Six Fortifications and Sieges

pp.：  177 – 240

The role of fortifications

pp.：  177 – 189

Siege warfare: The evidence of the written sources

pp.：  190 – 206

The impact of gunpowder on Byzantine warfare

pp.：  207 – 216

Chapter Seven Tactics

pp.：  217 – 216

Late Byzantine cavalry and field tactics against Western Europeans

pp.：  217 – 222

Battlefield Tactics against the Turks

pp.：  223 – 235

Infantry

pp.：  236 – 240

Conclusion

pp.：  241 – 248

Glossary

pp.：  249 – 250

Bibliography

pp.：  251 – 264

Primary Sources

pp.：  251 – 253

Secondary Sources

pp.：  254 – 264

Index

pp.：  265 – 0

Untitled

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