5. Some Observations on the Role of the Byzantine Navy in the Success of the First Crusade

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Editor’s Introduction vii
4. 1. The Vegetian “Science of Warfare” in the Middle Ages 1
5. 2. Battle Seeking: The Contexts and Limits of Vegetian Strategy 21
6. 3. Italia – Bavaria – Avaria: The Grand Strategy behind Charlemagne’s Renovatio Imperii in the West 43
7. 4. The Composition and Raising of the Armies of Charlemagne 61
8. 5. Some Observations on the Role of the Byzantine Navy in the Success of the First Crusade 83
9. 6. Besieging Bedford: Military Logistics in 1224 101
10. 7. ‘To aid the Custodian and Council’: Edmund of Langley and the Defense of the Realm, June – July 1399 125
11. 8. Flemish Urban Militias against the French Cavalry Armies in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries 145