Название: The Late Byzantine Army: Arms and Society, 1204-1453
Автор: Mark Charles Bartusis
Издательство: University of Pennsylvania Press
Год: 1992
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 438
Размер: 31.4 Мб
Язык: английский

Mark C. Bartusis opens an extraordinary window on the Byzantine Empire during its last centuries by providing the first comprehensive treatment of the dying empire's military. Using all the available Greek, western European, Slavic, and Turkish sources, Bartusis describes the evolution of the army both as an institution and as an instrument of imperial policy. He considers the army's size, organization, administration, and varieties of soldiers and examines Byzantine feudalism and the army's impact on society and the economy.