Military diasporas : building of empire in the Middle East and Europe (550 BCE-1500 CE) /: building of empire in the Middle East and Europe (550 BCE-1500 CE). (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Georg Christ, Patrick Sänger, Mike Carr.
• Editors: Christ, Georg; Sänger, Patrick; Carr, Mike, 1984-
• Contents: Preface Introduction Georg Christ and Patrick Sänger 1 Military Diasporas in an Achaemenid Perspective Hilmar Klinkott, Kiel 2 Immigrant Soldiers and Ptolemaic Policy in Hellenistic Egypt (Late Fourth Century–30 BCE): Reflections on a Military Diaspora and Its Components Patrick Sänger 3 Syrian Recruits and Units in the Roman Army: A Military Diaspora? Nathanael Andrade 4 Participants in the Emperor’s Glory: The Statues for Generals in Late Antique Rome Mariana Bodnaruk 5 The Persian and Arab Occupations of Egypt in the Seventh Century Lajos Berkes 6 Alexios, Emperor of the Diasporas? Komnenian Revolt of 1081 and the Foreign Military Groups in Byzantium; Roman Shliakhtin 7 The Catalan Company as a Military Diasporic Group in Medieval Greece Mike Carr & Alasdair Grant 8 Christian Expatriates in Muslim Lands: The Many Roles of Aragonese Mercenaries in Medieval Northern Africa Nikolas Jaspert 9 Professional Turks or Military Diaspora? The Mamluks and Dynamics of Ethnicity in Late Medieval Egypt and Syria Julien Loiseau 10 Stradioti: A Balkan Military Diaspora in Early Modern Europe Nicholas C. J. Pappas 11 Military Auxiliaries in Twelfth- and Thirteenth-Century Hungary: Nomads vs. Crusader Knights László Veszprémy 12 Medieval Queens and the Diaspora of Escort, Conquest, the Crusades and Military Orders Christopher Mielke 13 Encountering the Heathen on the Baltic Frontier: The Order of the Sword Brethren and the Teutonic Order in Thirteenth-Century Livonia Verena Schenk zu Schweinsberg 14 A Military Diaspora in Medieval Christendom: The Teutonic Order Mark Whelan 15 The Cold Winter Campaign of 1511: Swiss Military Autonomy and Heteronomy during the Transalpine Campaigns Anna Katharina Weltert and Georg Christ
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 355.020940902; Military history, Ancient; Foreign enlistment -- Europe -- History -- To 1500; Foreign enlistment -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500; Military art and science -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000774078; 9781000774030; 9781003245568
• Related ISBNs: 9781032157566; 9781032157573
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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