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Nikephoros II Phokas and Warfare in the 10th-Century Byzantine World
Series: - History of Warfare, Volume: 152
This volume throws light not just on the military and on warfare during a period of increasing Byzantine military success and expansion, but it also draws on the latest in academic debate and examines afresh the varied aspects of different thematics regarding the reign of the emperor Nikephoros II Phokas. That includes military theory, tactics and equipment in the 10th century, ‘war ideology’ and the ideological justification of war, Byzantine society’s attitudes to warfare, Nikephoros’ approaches to domestic affairs and the Church, and the emperor’s foreign policy.
Contributors are Jesse S. Arlen, Gennadiy Baranov, Georgios Chatzelis, Jean-Claude Cheynet, Phoebe-Irene Georgiadi, Konstantinos Karatolios, Taxiarchis Kolias, Alexandru Madgearu, Lucas McMahon, Marco Miotto, Ioannis S. Sarantidis, Filip Schneider, Dimitrios Sidiropoulos, Denis Sullivan, Konstantinos Takirtakoglou, Georgios Theotokis, and Mamuka Tsurtsumia.
Contributors are Jesse S. Arlen, Gennadiy Baranov, Georgios Chatzelis, Jean-Claude Cheynet, Phoebe-Irene Georgiadi, Konstantinos Karatolios, Taxiarchis Kolias, Alexandru Madgearu, Lucas McMahon, Marco Miotto, Ioannis S. Sarantidis, Filip Schneider, Dimitrios Sidiropoulos, Denis Sullivan, Konstantinos Takirtakoglou, Georgios Theotokis, and Mamuka Tsurtsumia.
Georgios Theotokis, Ph.D. (2010), University of Glasgow, is Assistant Professor at Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul, and specializing in the military history of the eastern Mediterranean in late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Among his published articles and monographs are The Campaign and Battle of Manzikert, 1071 (2024) and The Art of War in Byzantium (2024).
Mamuka Tsurtsumia, Ph.D. (2014), Tbilisi State University, is the author of the monographs Medieval Georgian Army (900-1700): Organization, Tactics, Armament (2016) and The Ideology of War in Georgia and the Near East: Christian Holy War and Islamic Jihad (2019).
Mamuka Tsurtsumia, Ph.D. (2014), Tbilisi State University, is the author of the monographs Medieval Georgian Army (900-1700): Organization, Tactics, Armament (2016) and The Ideology of War in Georgia and the Near East: Christian Holy War and Islamic Jihad (2019).
Preface: Les hommes de Nicéphore Phocas
Jean-Claude Cheynet
Annexe: Sceaux inédits mentionnés dans le texte
List of Figures, Plates, Maps, and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
1 The Bulgarian War of Nikephoros II Phokas: Lessons Learned from the Past and Strategic Mistakes
Alexandru Madgearu
2 Nikephoros Phokas’ Heritage on the Grand Strategy of the Komnenian Emperors in Cilicia and Northern Syria during the 12th Century
Ioannis S. Sarantidis
3 Succeeding Where Others Failed: Nikephoros Phokas’ Conquest of Crete Reconsidered
Dimitrios Sidiropoulos
4 Strangling Antioch: a Spatial Approach to Conquest
Lucas McMahon
5 Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas and the Military Lands
Taxiarchis G. Kolias
6 Byzantine (Mediterranean) Swords with Sleeve Cross-Guards: Constructing a Typology
Gennadiy V. Baranov
7 Theodosios the Deacon’s “The Capture of Crete” as an Encomium of Two Emperors
Konstantinos Karatolios
8 Le campagne militari di Niceforo Foca nella storiografia araba medievale
Marco Miotto
9 Nikephoros II Phokas and David IV the Builder: Military and Political Portraits
Mamuka Tsurtsumia
10 ‘Us,’ as Reflected in the Byzantine Perception of the ‘Other’
Filip Schneider
11 Martial Culture, Literary Culture, and Alterity: Nikephoros II Phokas Through the Scope of the Arab-Byzantine Military and Cultural Antagonism
Georgios Chatzelis
12 Nikephoros II, the Phokades, and Sayf al-Dawla: Portrayals of Self and Other
Denis Sullivan
13 Paterazmunkʿ hetʿanosatsʿ: Byzantine Propaganda and Holy War, Recipients and Objectives
Konstantinos Takirtakoglou and Jesse Siragan Arlen
14 Nikephoros II Phokas, Military Martyrs and the Church
Phoebe-Irene Georgiadi
Epilogue
Index
Jean-Claude Cheynet
Annexe: Sceaux inédits mentionnés dans le texte
List of Figures, Plates, Maps, and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
part 1: Strategies, Tactics, and Foreign Policies
1 The Bulgarian War of Nikephoros II Phokas: Lessons Learned from the Past and Strategic Mistakes
Alexandru Madgearu
2 Nikephoros Phokas’ Heritage on the Grand Strategy of the Komnenian Emperors in Cilicia and Northern Syria during the 12th Century
Ioannis S. Sarantidis
3 Succeeding Where Others Failed: Nikephoros Phokas’ Conquest of Crete Reconsidered
Dimitrios Sidiropoulos
4 Strangling Antioch: a Spatial Approach to Conquest
Lucas McMahon
part 2: Reconsidering Military Reforms and Equipment
5 Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas and the Military Lands
Taxiarchis G. Kolias
6 Byzantine (Mediterranean) Swords with Sleeve Cross-Guards: Constructing a Typology
Gennadiy V. Baranov
part 3: Kinship and Imperial Portraits
7 Theodosios the Deacon’s “The Capture of Crete” as an Encomium of Two Emperors
Konstantinos Karatolios
8 Le campagne militari di Niceforo Foca nella storiografia araba medievale
Marco Miotto
9 Nikephoros II Phokas and David IV the Builder: Military and Political Portraits
Mamuka Tsurtsumia
part 4: Portraits of ‘Us’ and the ‘Other’
10 ‘Us,’ as Reflected in the Byzantine Perception of the ‘Other’
Filip Schneider
11 Martial Culture, Literary Culture, and Alterity: Nikephoros II Phokas Through the Scope of the Arab-Byzantine Military and Cultural Antagonism
Georgios Chatzelis
12 Nikephoros II, the Phokades, and Sayf al-Dawla: Portrayals of Self and Other
Denis Sullivan
part 5: Conceptions of Holy War and Martyrdom
13 Paterazmunkʿ hetʿanosatsʿ: Byzantine Propaganda and Holy War, Recipients and Objectives
Konstantinos Takirtakoglou and Jesse Siragan Arlen
14 Nikephoros II Phokas, Military Martyrs and the Church
Phoebe-Irene Georgiadi
Epilogue
Index
The volume would be of interest to both undergraduate and graduate students of history, not just those interested in Byzantine history and culture.