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OverviewThe Mediterranean has always attracted the imagination of modern historians as the epicentre of great political entities, such as the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Ottomans, Venetians, and Spanish. However, it seems that the sea itself was always on the margins of historical inquiry - at least, until the publication of the famous two-volume work by F. Braudel in 1949. This collection of essays aims to offer a vertical history of war in the Mediterranean Sea, from the early Middle Ages to the early modernity, putting the emphasis on the changing face of several different aspects and contexts of war over time. Contributors are Stephen Bennett, Stathis Birtachas, Cornel Bontea, Wayne H. Bowen, Lilia Campana, Raffaele D'Amato, Elina Gugliuzzo, Nikolaos Kanellopoulos, Savvas Kyriakides, Tilemachos Lounghis, Alan V. Murray, Chrysovalantis Papadamou, Jacopo Pessina, Philip Rance, Georgios Theotokis, Iason Tzouriadis, Ian Wilson, and Aysel Yildiz. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Georgios Theotokis , Aysel YildizPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 118 Weight: 0.900kg ISBN: 9789004315099ISBN 10: 9004315098 Pages: 474 Publication Date: 09 May 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Introduction: War, Warfare, and the Mediterranean Military History Part 1: Naval Activity 1 The Byzantine War Navy and the West, Fifth to Twelfth Centuries â T.C. Lounghis 2 The Defence of the Venetian Dominio Da Mar in the Sixteenth Century: Ship Design, Naval Architecture, and the Naval Career of Vettor Fausto's Quinquereme â Lilia Campana 3 Sea Power and the Ottomans in the Early Modern Mediterranean World â Elina Gugliuzzo 4 Conflict and Collaboration: The Spanish and Ottoman Navies in the Mediterranean, 1453-1923 â Wayne H. Bowen Part 2: Weapons & Armour 5 A Sixth or Early Seventh Century Ad Iconography of Roman Military Equipment in Egypt: The Deir Abou Hennis Frescoes â Raffaele D'Amato 6 Î£Ï ÎºÎ¿Ï : An Unusual Byzantine Weapon â Georgios Theotokis 7 Post-Byzantine Art and Western Influences in Military Iconography: The Case of Staff Weapons in the Work of Michael Damaskenos â Iason-Eleftherios Tzouriadis Part 3: Strategy & Command 8 The Middle Ground: The Passage of Crusade Armies to The Holy Land By Land and Sea (1096-1204) â Alan V. Murray 9 The Theory of the Passagium Particulare: A Commercial Blockade of the Mediterranean in the Early Fourteenth Century? â Cornel Bontea 10 Faith and Authority: Guy of Lusignan at the Battle of Acre (4th October 1189) â Stephen Bennett 11 By the Sword or by an Oath: Siege Warfare in the Latin East 1097-1131 â Ian Wilson Part 4: Military Literature 12 Late Byzantine Elites and Military Literature: Authors, Readers and Manuscripts (c.1050-c.1450) â Philip Rance 13 The Byzantine Influence on the Military Writings of Theodore I Palaiologos, Marquis of Montferrat â Nikolaos Kanellopoulos 14 Warfare in the Histories of John Kantakouzenos â Savvas Kyriakidis Part 5: Military Roles within Society 15 Stradioti, Cappelletti, Compagnie or Milizie Greche: `Greek' Mounted and Foot Mercenary Companies in the Venetian State (Fifteenth to Eighteenth Centuries) â Stathis Birtachas 16 A Secret War: Espionage in Venetian Corfu during the Construction of the San Marco Fortress â Chrysobalantis Papadamou 17 Rather the Wealth to Support Their Status than Their Quality as Soldiers . The Social Position of the Officers in Lucca's Ordinanze Della Montagna, 1550-1600 â Jacopo Pessina 18 Commanders of the Janissary Army: The Janissary Agas, Their Career and Promotion Patterns â Aysel Yildiz IndexReviews...There is much that is strikingly original here, not just the research itself but also the volume's synergy, and for that and many other reasons the editors deserve accolades. Mark Charles Fissel, Augusta University in De Re Militari, posted September 22, 2018 (http://deremilitari.org/2018/09/georgios-theotokis-and-aysel-yildiz-eds-a-military-history-of-the-mediterranean-sea-aspects-of-war-diplomacy-and-military-elites-fissel/) Author InformationGeorgios Theotokis, Ph.D in History (2010, University of Glasgow), is a historian specialising in the military history of the eastern Mediterranean. His first monograph was on the Norman Campaigns in the Balkans 1081-1108 (2014), while his second book on the Byzantine Military Tactics in Syria in the 10th century will be out in the autumn of 2018. Aysel Yildiz, Ph.D. in History (2008, Sabanci University). Specialization in late Ottoman history and palaeography, with a special focus on political and military history and social movements. She is the editor of the book titled Asiler ve Gaziler: Kabakci Mustafa Risalesi (2007) and the author of Crisis and Rebellion in the Ottoman Empire: The Downfall of a Sultan in the Age of Revolution (2017). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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