IMC 2023: Sessions
Session 1513: Byzantine Warfare, I: Military Networks and Entanglements between Byzantium and Its Neighbours
Thursday 6 July 2023, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | De Re Militari: Society for Medieval Military History |
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Organiser: | Georgios Theotokis, Department of Italian Language & Literature, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens |
Moderator/Chair: | Georgios Theotokis, Department of Italian Language & Literature, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens |
Paper 1513-a | Pahlavuni: A House of Generals, Politicians, Hierarchs, Philosophers, and Saints (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Military History |
Paper 1513-b | Byzantium's Network of Alliances in the East: The Relations of the Comneni Emperors with the Armenians and the Latins, c. 1080-1180 (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Military History |
Paper 1513-c | Marriage and Alliance in the Byzantine Civil Wars of the 14th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Military History |
Abstract | Drawing on the IMC's theme of 'networks and entanglements', this session seeks to investigate the complex relationships created between the Byzantine Empire and neighboring powers - such as the Armenians, Latins, and both Catholic Christians and Muslims elsewhere - as well as the reasons and motivations behind those relationships. The three papers examine the delicate alliances that both helped and hindered Byzantine diplomatic success, forged marriages, and contributed to late Byzantine civil wars. |