Barnsley, Eng. / Philadelphia: Pen & Sword / Casemate, 2020. Pp. xii, 196+. Illus., maps, plates, notes, biblio., index. $32.95. ISBN: 1526744287 The “Trans ...
There are quite a few literary and cinematic works about the First Crusade, and in most of them, beginning with the anonymous Gesta Francorum or Torquato Tasso’s famous epic poem The liberated ...
In 1081, the Byzantine Empire faced a deadly Norman invasion led by Robert Guiscard and his son Bohemond. At Dyrrhachium, Emperor Alexios Komnenos attempted to defend the western frontier with a mixed ...