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The Art of War in the Middle Ages A.D. 378-1515

Note 26 — II. The Early Middle Ages. A.D. 476–1066–81.

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Πελεκυφóρος {Pelekuphóros} had become such a mere synonym for Englishmen at Constantinople, that Anna Comnena considers that she defines Robert of Normandy sufficiently, when she calls him ‘the brother of the King of the Πελεκυφóροι {Pelekuphóroi}.’

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