Use of mercenaries of various ethnic origins in the Byzantine
army during the 11th century : a source of strength or
weakness?

k 2016

Use of mercenaries of various ethnic origins in the Byzantine army during the 11th century : a source of strength or weakness?

MEŠKO, Marek

Základní údaje

Originální název

Use of mercenaries of various ethnic origins in the Byzantine army during the 11th century : a source of strength or weakness?

Autoři

MEŠKO, Marek

Vydání

Diversität im Militär : Multikulturelle Streitkräfte von der Antike bis Gegenwart. Arbeitskreis Militärgeschichte, Universität Postdam, 17.-19. 2016, Postdam, 2016

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

60101 History

Stát vydavatele

Německo

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/16:00092653

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova česky

středověké vojenství; Byzantská říše; žoldnéři; Normani

Klíčová slova anglicky

diversity; medieval warfare; Byzantine Empire; mercenaries; Normans

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam

Změněno: 11. 4. 2017 09:06, doc. Mgr. Katarina Petrovićová, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

In the past few decades there has been an intense debate about the nature of the so-called 11th century crisis in Byzantium. One of the main aspects discussed is the seemingly undermined ability of the Byzantine army to protect Byzantine provinces against new enemies during the second half of the 11th century. Some of the more traditionally-minded scholars argue that this problem was partly or wholly caused by the increasing use of various mercenary units with foreign ethnic background within the ranks of the Byzantine army. Whereas the Byzantines, as the direct heirs of the Romans, had a very long tradition of using foreign mercenaries (e.g. institution of foederati/symmachoi), the foreign mercenaries in the views of such authors fought only for higher pay and, therefore, were notoriously unreliable. However, another group of scholars started to challenge this traditional view and is less convinced about the validity of such arguments. The author of this contribution presents and subsequently discusses several cases in which the Byzantines made use of mercenary foreign units. His aim is to achieve a possibly more balanced view of this intensively debated issue. The main emphasis is be given on units of the so-called Franks (the Byzantines used this designation for the inhabitants of Western Europe, and more specifically, the Normans).

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1058/2015, interní kód MU

Název: Výzkum starověkých jazyků, jejich literatur a příslušných kultur (Akronym: Staré jazyky a kultury)

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Výzkum starověkých jazyků, jejich literatur a příslušných kultur, DO R. 2020_Kategorie A - Specifický výzkum - Studentské výzkumné projekty

Citovat

MEŠKO, Marek. Use of mercenaries of various ethnic origins in the Byzantine army during the 11th century : a source of strength or weakness? In Diversität im Militär : Multikulturelle Streitkräfte von der Antike bis Gegenwart. Arbeitskreis Militärgeschichte, Universität Postdam, 17.-19. 2016, Postdam. 2016.

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MEŠKO, Marek. Use of mercenaries of various ethnic origins in the Byzantine army during the 11th century : a source of strength or weakness? In \textit{Diversität im Militär : Multikulturelle Streitkräfte von der Antike bis Gegenwart. Arbeitskreis Militärgeschichte, Universität Postdam, 17.-19. 2016, Postdam}. 2016.

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