Nikephoros II Phokas and Warfare in the 10th-Century Byzantine World - (History of Warfare) (Hardcover)

About the Book

The volume offers new perspectives on different aspects of conflict, war ideology, foreign policy, ecclesiastical affairs and domestic policy during the reign of one of the greatest generals in Byzantine history, Nikephoros II Phokas, a genius in the battlefield and an innovator in military theory and tactics.

Book Synopsis

This volume throws light not just on the military and on warfare during a period of increasing Byzantine military success and expansion, but it also draws on the latest in academic debate and examines afresh the varied aspects of different thematics regarding the reign of the emperor Nikephoros II Phokas. That includes military theory, tactics and equipment in the 10th century, 'war ideology' and the ideological justification of war, Byzantine society's attitudes to warfare, Nikephoros' approaches to domestic affairs and the Church, and the emperor's foreign policy.
Contributors are Jesse S. Arlen, Gennadiy Baranov, Georgios Chatzelis, Jean-Claude Cheynet, Phoebe-Irene Georgiadi, Konstantinos Karatolios, Taxiarchis Kolias, Alexandru Madgearu, Lucas McMahon, Marco Miotto, Ioannis S. Sarantidis, Filip Schneider, Dimitrios Sidiropoulos, Denis Sullivan, Konstantinos Takirtakoglou, Georgios Theotokis, and Mamuka Tsurtsumia.

About the Author

Georgios Theotokis, Ph.D. (2010), University of Glasgow, is Assistant Professor at Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul, and specializing in the military history of the eastern Mediterranean in late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Among his published articles and monographs are The Campaign and Battle of Manzikert, 1071 (2024) and The Art of War in Byzantium (2024).
Mamuka Tsurtsumia, Ph.D. (2014), Tbilisi State University, is the author of the monographs Medieval Georgian Army (900-1700): Organization, Tactics, Armament (2016) and The Ideology of War in Georgia and the Near East: Christian Holy War and Islamic Jihad (2019).