TY  - JOUR
TT  - Turkish Mercenaries in Byzantine Army (11th-12th Centuries)
AU  - Ayönü, Yusuf
PY  - 2009
DA  - December
JF  - Selçuk Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi
JO  - SUTAD
PB  - Selcuk University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1300-5766
SP  - 53
EP  - 69
IS  - 25
KW  - Bizans İmparatorluğu
KW  - Peçenek
KW  - Kuman (Kıpcak)
KW  - Uz
KW  - Selçuklu
KW  - Türkopol
KW  - Ücretli Türk Askerler
N2  - After the establishment of the theme system in 7th century, provincial forces became main corps of the Byzantine army. However as a result of some developments provincial forces lost their power in the imperial army hereafter mercenaries were distinguished. In the second half of the 11th century, mercenaries became principal unit in the army. According to the contemporary Byzantine, Armenian, Latin and Islam sources during this period there were a great number of mercenaries from various nations such as Frankish, Norman, Venetian, Russian, Bulgarian, Alan, Serbian, Georgian, Armenian, Pecheneg, Cuman, Uz, Turcopole and Selchukid in Byzantine army. In this article we attempted to set forth the Turkish mercenaries - their position and activities - in Byzantine army in 11th and 12th centuries in which political, social and economic aspect of the empire had changed rapidly and comprehensively
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/sutad/issue//276689
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/257884
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