Етничко-регионална, персонално-просопографска и социјална структура нордијских најамника у комнинској Византији
Ethnic-regional, Individual-prosopographic and Social Structure of Nordic Mercenaries in Comnenian Byzantium
Author(s): Marko DraškovićSubject(s): Military history, 6th to 12th Centuries, Inter-Ethnic Relations
Published by: Institut za strategijska istraživanja
Keywords: Nordic; Byzantine; mercenaries; Anglo-Saxons; historical sources; 11th – 12th century; Nordic mercenaries; Comnenian army; Scandinavian ethnic groups;
Summary/Abstract: This study is based on Byzantine, Nordic and Latin sources of 11th and 12th century. The study deals with basic structural questions of Nordic mercenaries who served in Byzantine army during reign of Comnenian Dynasty. First part of study is reconstruction of the presence level of respective Scandinavian ethnic and regional groups in Comnenian army. Second part of study is reconstruction of career and life of several individual mercenaries, known by name in sources. Third part of study is attempt to identify Nordic social classes which took mercenary service in Comnenian Byzantium. Anglosaxon mercenaries are also considered in this study, due to their important role in Nordic mercenary regiment in this period.
Journal: Vojnoistorijski glasnik
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 9-30
- Page Count: 22
- Language: Serbian