Bohemond of Taranto: Crusader and Conqueror

Bohemond of Taranto, Lord of Antioch, was an ambitious and energetic man who founded the most enduring of all the crusader states. This new study by Georgios Theotokis focuses on Bohemond as a soldier and commander, examining his war-plans and battle-tactics and considering whether his approach to waging war was typical of the Norman commanders of his time.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 208 pages
\n Publication date: 09 February 2021
\n Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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Bohemond of Taranto, Lord of Antioch, the unofficial leader of the First Crusade, was a man of boundless ambition and inexhaustible energy. Romuald of Salerno described him as always seeking the impossible. Despite failing to secure the Byzantine throne, he succeeded in founding the most enduring of all the crusader states. However, few substantial accounts of his life have been written, and none have been published in English for over a century. This absorbing new study by Georgios Theotokis is of immense value. He concentrates on Bohemond as a soldier and commander, covering his contribution to the crusades but focusing particularly on his military achievements in Italy, Sicily, the Balkans, and Anatolia.

Since medieval commanders generally receive little credit for their strategic understanding, he examines Bohemond's war-plans in his many campaigns, describes how he adapted his battle-tactics when facing different opponents, and considers whether his approach to waging war was typical of the Norman commanders of his time.

\n Weight: 502g\n
Dimension: 165 x 241 x 24 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781526744289\n \n