Автор: I.Heath, A.McBride Название: Byzantine Armies 1118-1461 AD Издательство: Osprey Год: 1995 Формат: pdf Размер: 35.1 Mb
The Byzantine Empire's disastrous defeat by the Seljuk Turks at Manzikert in 1071 effectively marked the end of what is often described as the 'middle' period of Byzantine history. Thereafter, surrounded on all sides by younger, more vigorous nations, the once all-powerful Empire slipped into a steady decline which, ultimately, was to prove terminal.
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