Notes sur la chronologie de la guerre des Byzantins contre les Petchénègues (1083-1091)
Notes on the Chronology of the Byzantine-Pecheneg War (1083-1091)

Summary/Abstract: More than a century ago a German scholar K. Dieter published an incentive article about the chronology of the Byzantine-Pecheneg war during the reign of the emperor Alexius I Comnenus. Due to the patchy character of the evidence inherent in the Alexiad written by his daughter Anna Comnena some fifty years later, a reassessment of this chronology is extremely intricate. With the help of new evidence (e.g. including research of the astronomical data connected with the partial solar eclipse in 1087 carried out by K. F. D’Occhiepo), the more likely data of the beginning of this conflict – in 1083 rather than in 1086 – could be introduced. In addition a more reliable chronology of the events during the years 1088-1090 (e.g. the well known passage of the count Robert of Flanders) could be established.

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