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A Military History of the Mediterranean Sea
Aspects of War, Diplomacy, and Military Elites
Series: - History of Warfare, Volume: 118
The Mediterranean has always attracted the imagination of modern historians as the epicentre of great political entities, such as the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Ottomans, Venetians, and Spanish. However, it seems that the sea itself was always on the margins of historical inquiry â at least, until the publication of the famous two-volume work by F. Braudel in 1949. This collection of essays aims to offer a vertical history of war in the Mediterranean Sea, from the early Middle Ages to the early modernity, putting the emphasis on the changing face of several different aspects and contexts of war over time.
Contributors are Stephen Bennett, Stathis Birtachas, Cornel Bontea, Wayne H. Bowen, Lilia Campana, Raffaele DâAmato, Elina Gugliuzzo, Nikolaos Kanellopoulos, Savvas Kyriakides, Tilemachos Lounghis, Alan V. Murray, Chrysovalantis Papadamou, Jacopo Pessina, Philip Rance,
Georgios Theotokis, Iason Tzouriadis, Ian Wilson, and Aysel Yildiz.
Contributors are Stephen Bennett, Stathis Birtachas, Cornel Bontea, Wayne H. Bowen, Lilia Campana, Raffaele DâAmato, Elina Gugliuzzo, Nikolaos Kanellopoulos, Savvas Kyriakides, Tilemachos Lounghis, Alan V. Murray, Chrysovalantis Papadamou, Jacopo Pessina, Philip Rance,
Georgios Theotokis, Iason Tzouriadis, Ian Wilson, and Aysel Yildiz.
Georgios Theotokis, Ph.D in History (2010, University of Glasgow), is a historian specialising in the military history of the eastern Mediterranean. His first monograph was on the Norman Campaigns in the Balkans 1081â1108 (2014), while his second book on the Byzantine Military Tactics in Syria in the 10th century will be out in the autumn of 2018.
Aysel Yıldız, Ph.D. in History (2008, Sabancı University). Specialization in late Ottoman history and palaeography, with a special focus on political and military history and social movements. She is the editor of the book titled Asiler ve Gaziler: Kabakçı Mustafa Risalesi (2007) and the author of Crisis and Rebellion in the Ottoman Empire: The Downfall of a Sultan in the Age of Revolution (2017).
Aysel Yıldız, Ph.D. in History (2008, Sabancı University). Specialization in late Ottoman history and palaeography, with a special focus on political and military history and social movements. She is the editor of the book titled Asiler ve Gaziler: Kabakçı Mustafa Risalesi (2007) and the author of Crisis and Rebellion in the Ottoman Empire: The Downfall of a Sultan in the Age of Revolution (2017).
"...There is much that is strikingly original here, not just the research itself but also the volumeâs synergy, and for that and many other reasons the editors deserve accolades."
Mark Charles Fissel, Augusta University in De Re Militari, posted September 22, 2018 (http://deremilitari.org/2018/09/georgios-theotokis-and-aysel-yildiz-eds-a-military-history-of-the-mediterranean-sea-aspects-of-war-diplomacy-and-military-elites-fissel/)
Mark Charles Fissel, Augusta University in De Re Militari, posted September 22, 2018 (http://deremilitari.org/2018/09/georgios-theotokis-and-aysel-yildiz-eds-a-military-history-of-the-mediterranean-sea-aspects-of-war-diplomacy-and-military-elites-fissel/)
Contents
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: War, Warfare, and the Mediterranean Military History
1 The Byzantine War Navy and the West, Fifth to Twelfth Centuries
âT.C. Lounghis
2 The Defence of the Venetian Dominio Da Mar in the Sixteenth Century: Ship Design, Naval Architecture, and the Naval Career of Vettor Faustoâs Quinquereme
âLilia Campana
3 Sea Power and the Ottomans in the Early Modern Mediterranean World
âElina Gugliuzzo
4 Conflict and Collaboration: The Spanish and Ottoman Navies in the Mediterranean, 1453-1923
âWayne H. Bowen
5 A Sixth or Early Seventh Century Ad Iconography of Roman Military Equipment in Egypt: The Deir Abou Hennis Frescoes
âRaffaele DâAmato
6 ΣÏκοÏ: An Unusual Byzantine Weapon
âGeorgios Theotokis
7 Post-Byzantine Art and Western Influences in Military Iconography: The Case of Staff Weapons in the Work of Michael Damaskenos
âIason-Eleftherios Tzouriadis
8 The Middle Ground: The Passage of Crusade Armies to The Holy Land By Land and Sea (1096-1204)
âAlan V. Murray
9 The Theory of the Passagium Particulare: A Commercial Blockade of the Mediterranean in the Early Fourteenth Century?
âCornel Bontea
10 Faith and Authority: Guy of Lusignan at the Battle of Acre (4th October 1189)
âStephen Bennett
11 By the Sword or by an Oath: Siege Warfare in the Latin East 1097-1131
âIan Wilson
12 Late Byzantine Elites and Military Literature: Authors, Readers and Manuscripts (c.1050-c.1450)
âPhilip Rance
13 The Byzantine Influence on the Military Writings of Theodore I Palaiologos, Marquis of Montferrat
âNikolaos Kanellopoulos
14 Warfare in the Histories of John Kantakouzenos
âSavvas Kyriakidis
15 Stradioti, Cappelletti, Compagnie or Milizie Greche: âGreekâ Mounted and Foot Mercenary Companies in the Venetian State (Fifteenth to Eighteenth Centuries)
âStathis Birtachas
16 A Secret War: Espionage in Venetian Corfu during the Construction of the San Marco Fortress
âChrysobalantis Papadamou
17 âRather the Wealth to Support Their Status than Their Quality as Soldiersâ. The Social Position of the Officers in Luccaâs Ordinanze Della Montagna, 1550-1600
âJacopo Pessina
18 Commanders of the Janissary Army: The Janissary AÄas, Their Career and Promotion Patterns
âAysel Yildiz
Index
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: War, Warfare, and the Mediterranean Military History
Part 1: Naval Activity
1 The Byzantine War Navy and the West, Fifth to Twelfth Centuries
âT.C. Lounghis
2 The Defence of the Venetian Dominio Da Mar in the Sixteenth Century: Ship Design, Naval Architecture, and the Naval Career of Vettor Faustoâs Quinquereme
âLilia Campana
3 Sea Power and the Ottomans in the Early Modern Mediterranean World
âElina Gugliuzzo
4 Conflict and Collaboration: The Spanish and Ottoman Navies in the Mediterranean, 1453-1923
âWayne H. Bowen
Part 2: Weapons & Armour
5 A Sixth or Early Seventh Century Ad Iconography of Roman Military Equipment in Egypt: The Deir Abou Hennis Frescoes
âRaffaele DâAmato
6 ΣÏκοÏ: An Unusual Byzantine Weapon
âGeorgios Theotokis
7 Post-Byzantine Art and Western Influences in Military Iconography: The Case of Staff Weapons in the Work of Michael Damaskenos
âIason-Eleftherios Tzouriadis
Part 3: Strategy & Command
8 The Middle Ground: The Passage of Crusade Armies to The Holy Land By Land and Sea (1096-1204)
âAlan V. Murray
9 The Theory of the Passagium Particulare: A Commercial Blockade of the Mediterranean in the Early Fourteenth Century?
âCornel Bontea
10 Faith and Authority: Guy of Lusignan at the Battle of Acre (4th October 1189)
âStephen Bennett
11 By the Sword or by an Oath: Siege Warfare in the Latin East 1097-1131
âIan Wilson
Part 4: Military Literature
12 Late Byzantine Elites and Military Literature: Authors, Readers and Manuscripts (c.1050-c.1450)
âPhilip Rance
13 The Byzantine Influence on the Military Writings of Theodore I Palaiologos, Marquis of Montferrat
âNikolaos Kanellopoulos
14 Warfare in the Histories of John Kantakouzenos
âSavvas Kyriakidis
Part 5: Military Roles within Society
15 Stradioti, Cappelletti, Compagnie or Milizie Greche: âGreekâ Mounted and Foot Mercenary Companies in the Venetian State (Fifteenth to Eighteenth Centuries)
âStathis Birtachas
16 A Secret War: Espionage in Venetian Corfu during the Construction of the San Marco Fortress
âChrysobalantis Papadamou
17 âRather the Wealth to Support Their Status than Their Quality as Soldiersâ. The Social Position of the Officers in Luccaâs Ordinanze Della Montagna, 1550-1600
âJacopo Pessina
18 Commanders of the Janissary Army: The Janissary AÄas, Their Career and Promotion Patterns
âAysel Yildiz
Index
Anyone interested in the socio-political and military history of the Mediterranean Sea and the surrounding regions, from Late Antiquity to early modernity.