Bohemond of Taranto, Lord of Antioch, unofficial leader of the
First Crusade, was a man of boundless ambition and inexhaustible
energy - he was, in the words of Romuald of Salerno, 'always
seeking the impossible'. While he failed in his quest to secure the
Byzantine throne, he succeeded in founding the most enduring of all
the crusader states. Yet few substantial accounts of the life of
this remarkable warrior have been written and none have been
published in English for over a century - and that is why this
absorbing new study by Georgios Theotokis is of such value. He
concentrates on Bohemond as a soldier and commander, covering his
contribution to the crusades but focusing in particular 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.
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