Cumans and Tatars: Oriental Military in the Pre-Ottoman Balkans, 1185-1365.(Book review)

From: Canadian Journal of History | Date: December 1, 2005| Author: Curta, Florin | Copyright information

Cumans and Tatars : Oriental Military in the Pre-Ottoman Balkans, 1185-1365, by Istvan Vasary. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 2005. xvi, 230 pp. $85.00 US (cloth).

Until now, the only monograph on Pechenegs and Cumans available in English was Andras Paloczi-Horwith's Pechenegs, Cumans, Iasians, published fifteen years ago. Vasary's book is an attempt to examine Balkan history between 1185 to 1365 from the point of view of Cuman and Mongol involvement in the regio...

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