{"id":53796,"date":"2026-06-03T12:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=53796"},"modified":"2026-06-01T19:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T17:29:14","slug":"the-byzantine-navy-in-the-era-of-the-komnenoi-and-the-crusades-1081-1180-eds-m-mesko-v-klontza-jaklova-b-ruffini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=53796","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Byzantine Navy in the Era of the Komnenoi and the Crusades (1081\u20131180)&#8221;, eds. M. Me\u0161ko, V. Klontza-Jaklov\u00e1, B. Ruff\u00edni"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This monograph investigates the spectacular renewal of the Byzantine navy under the founder of the Komnenian dynasty, Alexios I (1081\u20131118). It traces the development of the navy, its command structure, its warships, and numerical strength during Alexios I\u2019s reign and the reign of his immediate successors, John II (1118\u20131143) and Manuel I (1143\u20131180). The authors make extensive use of available written sources, engage with the archaeological context, and use advanced statistical analysis. The study underscores a critical transition: in 1081, Alexios inherited a navy in terminal decline from long-term neglect. The Komnenian reforms repositioned the fleet as a useful tool of Byzantine foreign policy during the era of the Crusades. Archaeological context confirms that maritime circulation in Byzantine waters changed significantly during this period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">List of Illustrations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preface and Acknowledgements<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notes on Transliteration<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Introduction<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chapter 1. Overview of the Development of the Byzantine Navy Prior to 1081<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chapter 2. Reforms of Alexios I Komnenos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chapter 3. The Byzantine Navy in the Eastern Mediterranean (1081\u20131118)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chapter 4. The Successors of Alexios I Komnenos: John II and Manuel I Komnenos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chapter 5. The Byzantine Navy in the Eastern Mediterranean (1118\u20131180)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chapter 6. The Komnenian Navy, Seafaring, and Maritime Industry in the Scope of Archaeology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conclusions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Appendix 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Appendix 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bibliography<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Index<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ISSN: 9781802702507<br>Objavljeno: 2026<br>236 str.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Op\u0161irnije: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc-humanities.org\/9781802702507\/the-byzantine-navy-in-the-era-of-the-komnenoi-and-the-crusades-10811180\/\">https:\/\/www.arc-humanities.org\/9781802702507\/the-byzantine-navy-in-the-era-of-the-komnenoi-and-the-crusades-10811180\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":53797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-knjige","category-novosti"],"acf":{"facebook_opis":"\"The Byzantine Navy\" analizira obnovu bizantske mornarice pod Komnenima, njezinu organizaciju, ratne brodove i va\u017enost u vanjskoj politici Bizanta tijekom kri\u017earskog razdoblja."},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historiografija.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Byzantine-Navy-Komnenoi.webp?fit=596%2C900&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55129,"url":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=55129","url_meta":{"origin":53796,"position":0},"title":"\u201eRevisiting the Byzantine Commonwealth: Nodes, Networks, and Spheres\u201c, ur. 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