Bohemond Of Taranto

Author : Georgios Theotokis
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781526744296

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Bohemond of Taranto by Georgios Theotokis Pdf

“A brilliant picture of a great medieval warrior and crusader, clear and concise, which brings to life the whole Mediterranean world in an age of crisis” (John France, author of Perilous Glory). Bohemond of Taranto, Lord of Antioch, was the unofficial leader of the First Crusade. A man of boundless ambition and inexhaustible energy, he was one of the most remarkable warriors in medieval Mediterranean history. While he failed in his quest to secure the Byzantine throne, he succeeded in founding the most enduring of all the crusader states. In this authoritative biography, Georgios Theotokis presents a detailed portrait of Bohemond as a soldier and commander. Covering Taranto’s contribution to the crusades, Theotokis focuses on his military achievements in Italy, Sicily, the Balkans, and Anatolia. Since medieval commanders generally receive little credit for their strategic understanding, Theotokis examines Bohemond’s war-plans in his many campaigns, describing how he adapted his battle-tactics when facing different opponents and considering whether his approach to war was typical of the Norman commanders of his time.

Author : Ralph Bailey Yewdale
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : History
ISBN : UIUC:30112052124184

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Bohemond I, Prince of Antioch by Ralph Bailey Yewdale Pdf

Author : Bernard S Bachrach,David S. Bachrach
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351888943

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The Gesta Tancredi of Ralph of Caen by Bernard S Bachrach,David S. Bachrach Pdf

This is the first translation into English of Ralph of Caen's Gesta Tancredi. This text provides an exceptionally important narrative of the First Crusade and its immediate aftermath, covering the period 1096-1105, but is often neglected, due in no small part to the difficulties of its Latin. A native of the Norman city of Caen where he was a student of Arnulf, the future patriarch of Jerusalem, in 1107 Ralph joined Bohemond of Taranto's army as a military chaplain. After arriving in the East, Ralph took service with Bohemond's nephew Tancred, who ruled the principality of Antioch from 1108 to 1112. Although dedicated to Arnulf, the Gesta Tancredi focuses on the careers of Bohemond and, especially, of Tancred. It is one of the most important sources - indeed the most important Latin source - for the Norman campaigns in Cilicia (1097-1108), and for the early Norman rule of Antioch. The work as a whole has a striking Norman point of view and contains details found in no other source, providing a corrective to the strong northern focus of most of the other narrative sources for the First Crusade.

Author : Ralph Bailey Yewdale
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0857062107

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Bohemond I, Prince of Antioch by Ralph Bailey Yewdale Pdf

The Warrior Prince of Antioch Bohemond-nicknamed because of his large size as a child-was a Norman soldier and adventurer who became a pivotal figure among the committee of nobleman leaders of the First Crusade. He learnt his military craft at the side of his father Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia and Calabria. Upon the death of his father, Bohemond went to war with his half-brother, Roger and his mother to reclaim what he considered his lost birthright. The outcome was a partial victory in the award of the principality of Taranto, but it was clearly not enough for a man of his enormous ambition, intellect and military prowess. The First Crusade in 1096 provided the opportunity he required. Irrespective of his religious convictions, which may have been inconsiderable from the outset, Bohemond all but led the crusade with more military success than were achieved in the two subsequent crusades. He defeated and ejected his Muslim enemies from the principal object of his ambitions-Antioch-and then held it in defiance of the claims to it by Alexius of Byzantium. This was a fascinating man was-quite literally-a giant figure of the Norman period in every sense. Available in soft cover and hard back with dust jacket.

Author : Peter Frankopan
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674970786

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The First Crusade by Peter Frankopan Pdf

According to tradition, the First Crusade began at the instigation of Pope Urban II and culminated in July 1099, when thousands of western European knights liberated Jerusalem from the rising menace of Islam. But what if the First Crusade's real catalyst lay far to the east of Rome? In this groundbreaking book, countering nearly a millennium of scholarship, Peter Frankopan reveals the untold history of the First Crusade. Nearly all historians of the First Crusade focus on the papacy and its willing warriors in the West, along with innumerable popular tales of bravery, tragedy, and resilience. In sharp contrast, Frankopan examines events from the East, in particular from Constantinople, seat of the Christian Byzantine Empire. The result is revelatory. The true instigator of the First Crusade, we see, was the Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, who in 1095, with his realm under siege from the Turks and on the point of collapse, begged the pope for military support. Basing his account on long-ignored eastern sources, Frankopan also gives a provocative and highly original explanation of the world-changing events that followed the First Crusade. The Vatican's victory cemented papal power, while Constantinople, the heart of the still-vital Byzantine Empire, never recovered. As a result, both Alexios and Byzantium were consigned to the margins of history. From Frankopan's revolutionary work, we gain a more faithful understanding of the way the taking of Jerusalem set the stage for western Europe's dominance up to the present day and shaped the modern world.

Author : Kathryn Hurlock,Paul Oldfield
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783270255

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Crusading and Pilgrimage in the Norman World by Kathryn Hurlock,Paul Oldfield Pdf

An examination into two of the most important activities undertaken by the Normans.

Author : Elizabeth Lapina
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780271073118

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Warfare and the Miraculous in the Chronicles of the First Crusade by Elizabeth Lapina Pdf

In Warfare and the Miraculous in the Chronicles of the First Crusade, Elizabeth Lapina examines a variety of these chronicles, written both by participants in the crusade and by those who stayed behind. Her goal is to understand the enterprise from the perspective of its contemporaries and near contemporaries. Lapina analyzes the diversity of ways in which the chroniclers tried to justify the First Crusade as a “holy war,” where physical violence could be not just sinless, but salvific. The book focuses on accounts of miracles reported to have happened in the course of the crusade, especially the miracle of the intervention of saints in the Battle of Antioch. Lapina shows why and how chroniclers used these miracles to provide historical precedent and to reconcile the messiness of history with the conviction that history was ordered by divine will. In doing so, she provides an important glimpse into the intellectual efforts of the chronicles and their authors, illuminating their perspectives toward the concepts of history, salvation, and the East. Warfare and the Miraculous in the Chronicles of the First Crusade demonstrates how these narratives sought to position the crusade as an event in the time line of sacred history. Lapina offers original insights into the effects of the crusade on the Western imaginary as well as how medieval authors thought about and represented history.

Author : Jack Ludlow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Adventure stories
ISBN : 0750539356

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Soldier of Crusade by Jack Ludlow Pdf

Bohemund is heading east into the Byzantine Empire, part of the greatest military expedition of medieval times, the Papal Crusade to take back the holy places of Christendom from the infidel. But Bohemund has his own agenda, the increase of his own riches, fiefdoms and influence at any cost.

Author : Steven Runciman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0521611482

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The First Crusade by Steven Runciman Pdf

, first published in 2005, is justly acclaimed as the most complete and fascinating account of the historic journey to save the Holy Land from the infidel.

Author : Alfred Duggan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : English fiction
ISBN : UCAL:B4097005

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Count Bohemond by Alfred Duggan Pdf

Count Bohemond was an actual Norman warrior who carved out his own kingdom in the Middle East -- as well as the hero of this compelling novel. History records his meteoric rise from junior member of a Sicilian warlord's house to conquerer. Along the way, Bohemond challenged the Byzantine Empire and outwitted Crusader leaders. Here is an unrivaled depiction of the tactics of medieval warfare.

Author : Jonathan Riley-Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 0521646030

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The First Crusaders, 1095-1131 by Jonathan Riley-Smith Pdf

A detailed account of the circumstances and motives of the first crusaders.

Author : Alfred Leo Duggan
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0712608435

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Count Bohemond by Alfred Leo Duggan Pdf

Author : Everett Jenkins, Jr.
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781476608884

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The Muslim Diaspora (Volume 1, 570-1500) by Everett Jenkins, Jr. Pdf

This first volume covers the development of Islam in the period from the birth of Muhammad in C.E. 570 through 1500, during which Islam grew to dominate the area which has come to be known as the Middle East. Along with their religion, Muslims carried their culture, their goods, and their innovations to the far corners of the globe. Their contributions to Western civilization-such as new kinds of agriculture (irrigation, oranges, sugarcane, cotton), manufactured goods (satin, rugs, paper, perfumes), and technology (astrolabe, compass, lateen sail)--are set out in detail.

Author : Ralph Yewdale Bailey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0857062093

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Bohemond I, Prince of Antioch by Ralph Yewdale Bailey Pdf

The Warrior Prince of Antioch Bohemond-nicknamed because of his large size as a child-was a Norman soldier and adventurer who became a pivotal figure among the committee of nobleman leaders of the First Crusade. He learnt his military craft at the side of his father Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia and Calabria. Upon the death of his father, Bohemond went to war with his half-brother, Roger and his mother to reclaim what he considered his lost birthright. The outcome was a partial victory in the award of the principality of Taranto, but it was clearly not enough for a man of his enormous ambition, intellect and military prowess. The First Crusade in 1096 provided the opportunity he required. Irrespective of his religious convictions, which may have been inconsiderable from the outset, Bohemond all but led the crusade with more military success than were achieved in the two subsequent crusades. He defeated and ejected his Muslim enemies from the principal object of his ambitions-Antioch-and then held it in defiance of the claims to it by Alexius of Byzantium. This was a fascinating man was-quite literally-a giant figure of the Norman period in every sense. Available in soft cover and hard back with dust jacket.

Author : Thomas F. Madden
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442231160

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The Concise History of the Crusades by Thomas F. Madden Pdf

What is the relationship between the medieval crusades and the problems of the modern Middle East? Were the crusades the Christian equivalent of Muslim jihad? In this sweeping yet crisp history, Thomas F. Madden offers a brilliant and compelling narrative of the crusades and their contemporary relevance. Placing all of the major crusades within their social, economic, religious, and intellectual environments, Madden explores the uniquely medieval world that led untold thousands to leave their homes, families, and friends to march in Christ’s name to distant lands. From Palestine and Europe's farthest reaches, each crusade is recounted in a clear, concise narrative. The author gives special attention as well to the crusades’ effects on the Islamic world and the Christian Byzantine East.