Crusaders and mercenaries: the west-European soldiers of the Laskarids of Nicaea (1204–1258).
The so-called empire of Nicaea was one of the new political entities that emerged in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade in 1204. The raison d'être of Nicaea was the recovery of Constantinople and the restoration of the Byzantine Empire. Consequently, the Nicaean rulers were almost constantly involv...
| Publicado en: | Mediterranean Historical Review Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 139 - 154 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec2014
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