Early Medieval Warfare
From the End of the Roman Empire to the Carolingian Period
Sources
De Re Militari, by Flavius Vegetius Renatus - added August 30, 2002
Siege of Amida from Ammianus Marcellainus - added January 20, 2002
Priscus at the court of Attila in 448 - added September 19, 2003
Zosimus' Historia Nova: Book Six - added August 20, 2002
Jordane's Origins and Deeds of the Goths - updated September 19, 2003
Warfare and Military Affairs in the Letters of Cassiodorus - added January 5, 2002
Antiochus Strategos' Account of the Sack of Jerusalem in AD 614 - added September 13, 2003
Episodes of Medieval Warfare from the History of the Franks by Gregory of Tours - added August 9, 2002
Chronicon, by Isidore of Seville - added January 1, 2003
Selections from the Chronicle of Fredegar (587-641) - added August 20, 2002
Charlemagne: Translated Sources - added September 8, 2002
Charlemagne's way of raising troops - added December 23, 2002
Einhard: The Life of Charlemagne - added August 9, 2002
The Monk of St. Gall on the Wars and Military Exploits of Charlemagne - added September 13, 2002
English Charlemagne Romances, translated by William Caxton in 1485 - added August 9, 2002
The Battle of Fontenay in 841, according to the Annals of Fulda - added December 25, 2002
Disorder and Warfare according to the Annals of Xanten (844 -861) - added December 25, 2002
Annals of St. Bertin on Viking attacks between 843 and 859 - added September 13, 2002
Chronicon Prophetica (written in 883) - added January 1, 2003
Viking Raids in France and the Siege of Paris in 882-886 - added December 26, 2002
The Arab invasions of Southern Italy, according to The Chronicle of Ahimaaz - added September 19, 2003
Books, Chapters and Articles
Amory, Frederic, The Viking Hasting in Franco-Scandinavian Legend - from Saints, Scholars and Heroes: Studies in Medieval Culture (1979) - added January 19, 2004 (PDF file)
Bachrach, Bernard S., Caballus et Caballarius in Medieval Warfare - from The Study of Chivalry: Resources and Approaches (1988) - added February 3, 2002
Bachrach, Bernard S., The imperial roots of Merovingian military organization from Military Aspects of Scandinavian Society in a European Perspective, AD 1-1300 (1997) - (PDF file) - added August 30, 2002
Bowlus, Charles R., Warfare and Society in the Carolingian Ostmark - from Austrian History Yearbook v. 14 (1978) - added August 5, 2002
Coupland, Simon, Carolingian Arms and Armour in the Ninth Century - from Viator: Medieval and Renaissance Studies v.21 (1990) - added April 12, 2002
Coupland, Simon, The Frankish Tribute Payments to the Vikings and their Consequences - from Francia v.26 (1999) - added February 3, 2003
Gillmor, Carroll, Charles the Bald and the small free farmers, 862-869 - from Military aspects of Scandinavian society in a European perspective, AD 1-1300 - added July 15, 2002
Ferrill, Arther, Attila the Hun and the Battle of Chalons - from MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History - added December 27, 2002
Hamilton, Sarah, Early Medieval Rulers and their Modern Biographers - from Early Medieval Europe v.9 (2000) (PDF file) - added September 13, 2002
Hildinger, Erik, Belisarius' Bid for Rome - from The History Net: Military History - added June 3, 2002
James, Edward, The militarisation of Roman Society, 400-700 - from Military Aspects of Scandinavian Society - added April 11, 2002
Janssen, Walter, The International Background of Castle Building in Central Europe - from Danish Medieval History: New Currents (1981) - added September 26, 2003
Jones, Lee A., The Serpent in the Sword: Pattern-welding in Early Medieval Swords - from The Mediaeval Sword Resource Site - added September 5, 2002
Price, Neil S., The Vikings in Brittany - from Saga Book: The Viking Society for Northern Research v. 22 (1989) - added April 17, 2004
Prinz, Frederich E., King, Clergy and War at the time of the Carolingians - from Saints, Scholars and Heroes: Studies in Medieval Culture (1979) - added January 19, 2004 (PDF file)
Reuter, Timothy, The recruitment of armies in the Early Middle Ages: what can we know? - from Military Aspects of Scandinavian Society in a European Perspective, AD 1-1300 (1997) - added March 16, 2002
Russell, F.H., Love and Hate In Medieval Warfare: The Contribution of Saint Augustine - from Nottingham Medieval Studies v.31 (1987) - added January 18, 2004
Watson, William E., The Battle of Tours-Poitiers Revisited - from Providence: Studies in Western Civilization v.2 (1993) - added September 5, 2002
Wynn, Phillip, Wars and Warriors in Gregory of Tours' Histories I-IV - from Francia v.28 (2001) - added February 3, 2003
Links to Other Web Sites
http://www.roman-empire.net/army/adrianople.html - Battle of Adrianople (378) - from Roman-Empire.net
http://www.eserver.org/history/attila-at-chalons.txt - Attila the Hun and the Battle of Chalons - article by Arther Ferrill
http://www.keesn.nl/vlaard/ - Battle of Vlaardingen - a description of battle between the German Emperor and Count Dirk III, fought in 1018