Warfare in Medieval England and Wales
From the Eleventh Century to the War of the Roses

Primary Texts

The Battle of Hastings in 1066 according to Orderic Vitalis - added September 13, 2002

Life of Hereward the Wake - coming soon

Rebellion of Robert Of Belleme against Henry I in 1102, according to Orderic Vitalis - added May 10, 2002

The battle of the Standard, 1138, from the Hexham chronicle - added October 21, 2001

Warfare in Bristol and Bath, from the Gesta Stephani - added December 2, 2001

Histoire des Ducs de Normandie et des Rois d'Angleterre: the empress Matilda and Queen Matilda of England - added May 25, 2003

Siege of Worcester, from the Chronicle of Worcester - added December 2, 2001

Five works on the battle of Lincoln, 1141 - added November 18, 2001

Geoffrey of Mandeville's rebellion in 1143-44 - added November 18, 2001

Levy an Army in Wales, 1164 - added February 8, 2002

The Chronicle of Richard of Devizes - added September 15, 2002 (PDF)

Histoire des Ducs de Normandie et des Rois d'Angleterre: Matilda de Braose fights the Welsh - added May 25, 2003

The History of William the Marshal - added September 20, 2002

Warfare between England and Scotland in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries from the Scalacronica - added October 31, 2001

Warfare between England and Scotland in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries from the Chronicle of Lanercost - added October 31, 2001

Battle of Conway (1295) - added June 15, 2003

A Plea Roll of Edward I's Army in Scotland, 1296 - added February 3, 2003

Journal of the Movements of King Edward I in Scotland, 1296 - added April 27, 2003

Letter reporting on the battle of Falkirk, 1298

Warfare Between England and Scotland, 1299 - 1301, according to Documents from the English Government - added September 23, 2002

Siege of Carlaverock, 1300 - added August 4, 2002

Medieval London's Military Contributions - updated September 22, 2002

Source Documents Relating to the Wars of Edward III  - from ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies  - added June 3, 2002

Petitions dealing with warfare from Fourteenth century Berwick, Cumbria and Durham- added August 11, 2002

Walter de Manny attacks Mortagne, 1339 - added May 25, 2003

Edward III's Letter detailing his campaign in France, 1339 - added June 18, 2003

The French Chronicle of London on the battle of Sluys and the siege of Tournai - added December 9, 2001

Jeanne of Flanders, countess of Montfort, leads a sortie (1342) - added May 25, 2003

Battles and Campaigns from The Chronicle of Adam of Usk - added January 5, 2002

Annals of Owain Glyn Dwr, 1400-1415 - added February 28, 2003

Books and Articles

Abels, Richard, English Logistics and military administration, 871-1066: The Impact of the Viking Wars - from Military aspects of Scandinavian society in a European perspective, AD 1-1300 - added July 14, 2002

Adams, George Burton, History of England From the Norman Conquest to the Death of John, 1066-1216 (London, 1905) - added January 19, 2002

Arthurson, Ian, Espionage and Intelligence from the Wars of the Roses to the Reformation - from Nottingham Medieval Studies v.35 (1991) - added September 5, 2002

Ayton, Andrew, Edward III and the English aristocracy at the beginning of the Hundred Years War - from Harlaxton Medieval Studies v.7 (1998) - added August 13, 2002

Bachrach, Bernard S., Caballus et Caballarius in Medieval Warfare - from The Study of Chivalry: Resources and Approaches (1988) - added February 3, 2002

Barratt, Nick, The English Revenue of Richard I - from English Historical Review v.116 (2001) - added May 12, 2002

Bennett, Matthew, The Development of Battle Tactics in the Hundred Years War - from Arms, Armies and Fortifications in the Hundred Years War (1994) - added June 9, 2003

Blieck, Edgar de, Analysis of Crowland's Section on the Usurpation of Richard III - (2003) - added May 12, 2003

Candy, Christopher, For the Sake of a Keep: The Siege of Kenilworth, 1267 - added September 3, 2001

Candy, Christopher, An Exercise In Frustration: The Scottish Campaign of Edward I, 1300 - Unpublished M.A. dissertation, University of Durham, 1999 (PDF file) - added September 3, 2001

Candy, Christopher, Raising the Wrecked: The Isabella/Mortimer Regime and the North of England - conference paper given at the 'War: Medieval & Renaissance Responses' Conference, Durham, April 2001 - added September 3, 2001

Carpenter, D.A., Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall's Account of the Last Years of King Richard and the First Years of King John - from English Historical Review v.113 (1998) - added May 12, 2002 

DeVries, Kelly, God, leadership, Flemings and Archery: Contemporary Perspectives of Victory and Defeat at the Battle of Sluys 1340 - from American Neptune v.55 (1995) - added June 17, 2003 (PDF file)

DeVries, Kelly, Contemporary Views of Edward III's failure at the Siege of Tournai - from Nottingham Medieval Studies v.39 (1995) - added June 18, 2003 

DeVries, Kelly, The Use of Gunpowder Weaponry by and Against Joan of Arc During the Hundred Years War - from War and Society v.14 (1996) - added June 17, 2003

Duffy, Sean, King John's expedition to Ireland, 1210: the evidence reconsidered - from Irish Historical Studies v.30 (1996) - added May 27, 2003

Foulds, Trevor, The Siege of Nottingham Castle in 1194 - from Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire, v.95 (1991) - January 24, 2002

Gade, Kari Ellen, Northern Lights on the Battle of Hastings - from Viator: Medieval and Renaissance Studies v.28 (1997) - added August 20, 2002

Gillingham, John, Richard I and the Science of Warfare - from War and Government: Essays in Honour of J.O. Prestwich (1984) - added May 12, 2003

Gillingham, John, War and Chivalry in the History of William the Marshall - from Thirteenth Century England v.2 (1988)  - added May 12, 2003

Gillingham, John William the Bastard at War - from Studies in Medieval History Presented to R. Allen Brown (1989)  - coming soon

Given-Wilson, Christopher, Edward III's Prisoners of War: The Battle of Poitiers and its Context - from English Historical Review v.116 (2001) - added May 12, 2002 

Goodall, John, Dover Castle and the Great Siege of 1216 - from Chateau Gaillard v.19 (2000) - added February 3, 2003

Halsey, Catherine, Reforming England's 'Harde Covetouse Hert': William Worcester and the Diagnosis of Defeat - from York Medieval Yearbook v.1 (2002) (PDF file) - added December 26, 2002 

Hicks, Michael, Richard, Duke of Gloucester and the North - from Richard III and the North (1986) - added April 27, 2003

Hicks, Michael, Propaganda and the First Battle of St.Albans, 1455 - from Nottingham Medieval Studies v.44 (2000) - added August 23, 2002 - (PDF file)

Houts, Elizabeth Van, The trauma of 1066 (Norman conquest of Anglo-Saxon England) - from History Today (1996) - added January 19, 2003

Jones, Michael, The fortunes of war: the military career of John, second lord Bourchier (d.1400) - from Essex Archaeology and History v.26 (1995) 

Laborderie, Olivier De, The Last Hours of Simon de Montfort: A New Account - from English Historical Review v.115 (2000) - added May 12, 2002 

Latimer, Paul, Henry II's Campaign Against the Welsh in 1165 (with Appendix: The 1164 Levy for the Army of Wales) - from, The Welsh Historical Review, v.14:4 (1989) - added February 8, 2002

Lawson, M.K., Observations upon a Scene in the Bayeux Tapestry, the Battle of Hastings and the Military System of the Late Anglo-Saxon State - from The Medieval State: Essays Presented to James Campbell (2000) - added January 1, 2003

Macdonald, Alastair, Approaches to Conflict on the Anglo-Scottish Borders in the late Fourteenth Century - from Ships, Guns and Bibles in the North Sea and Baltic States, c.1350-c.1700 (2000) - added January 27, 2003

Mate, Mavis, The Impact of War on the Economy of Canterbury Cathedral Priory, 1294-1340 - from Speculum v.54 (1982) (PDF file) - added September 5, 2002

Mayer, Hans Eberhard, A Ghost Ship called Frankenef: King Richard I's German Itinerary - from English Historical Reivew v.115 (2000) - added July 15, 2002

McDougall, Ian, Discretion and deceit: a re-examination of a military stratagem in Egils saga - from The Middle Ages in the Northwest (1995) - added December 26, 2002

McNamee, C.J., William Wallace's Invasion of Northern England in 1297 - from Northern History v.26 (1990) - added July 24, 2002

Muhlberger, Steven, Fighting for Fun?  What Was At Stake in Formal Deeds of Arms of the 14th Century? - added December 26, 2002

Ormrod, W.M., Edward III - from History Today v.52 n.6 (June 2002) - added July 15, 2002 

Page, Mark, Cornwall, Earl Richard, and the Barons' War - from English Historical Review v. 115 (2000) - added May 12, 2002

Popescu, Elizabeth Shepherd, Recent Excavations at Norwich Castle  - from Military Studies in Medieval Europe (1997) - added July 17, 2002 

Potter, David, Sir John Gage, Tudor courtier and soldier (1479-1556) - from English Historical Review v.117 (2002) - added June 23, 2003

Prestwich, Michael, English Armies in the Early Stages of the Hundred Years War: A Scheme in 1341 - from Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Studies v.56 (1983) - added February 3, 2003

Remfry, Paul Martin, Two Welsh Princes at the Battle of Lincoln - taken from original sources - added August 20, 2002

Rowe, Elizabeth Ashman, Historical Invasions/Historiographical Inventions: Snorri Sturluson and the Battle of Stamford Bridge - from Medievalia: A Journal of Medieval Studies 17 (1994) (PDF file) - added September 5, 2002

Runyan, T.J., Ships and Fleets in Anglo-French Warfare, 1337-1360 -  from American Neptune v.46 (1986) - added July 17, 2002

Saul, Nigel, Bodiam Castle (Sussex, England) - from History Today v.45 (1995) - added May 12, 2002

Speight, Sarah, Castle Warfare in the Gesta Stephani - from Chateau Gaillard XIX: Actes du Colloque International de Graz, 1998 (2000) - added January 27, 2003

Stacy, N.E., Henry of Blois and the Lordship of Glastonbury - from English Historical Review v.114 (1999) - added July 15, 2002

Storey, Randall, The Tower of London and the garderobae armorum - from Royal Armouries Yearbook v.3 (1998) - added October 14, 2002

Strickland, Mattherw J., Killing or Clemency? Ransom, Chivalry and Changing Attitudes to Defeated Opponents in Britain and Northern France, 7-12th centuries - from Krieg im Mittelalter (2001) - added July 24, 2002

Tout, T.F., The History of England From the Accession of Henry III to the Death of Edward III (1216-1377) (London, 1905) - added January 19, 2002

Vaughn, Mark K., 'Mount the War-Horses, Take your Lance in your Grip...':Logistics Preparations for the Gascon Campaign of 1294 - from Thirteenth Century England v.8 (2000) - added March 15, 2002

Vincent, Nicholas, William Marshall, King Henry II and the Honour of Chateauroux - from Archives: the Journal of the British Record Association v. 25 n.102 (2000) - added May 11, 2002

Walker, Simon, Profit and Loss in the Hundred Years War: The Subcontracts of Sir John Strother, 1374 - from The Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Studies v.58 (1985) - added January 27, 2003

Book Reviews

Bosworth 1485: psychology of a battle, by Michael K. Jones - reviewed by David Grummitt

The Knights Templar in Britain, by Evelyn Lord  - reviewed by Steven Isaac

The Battle of Hastings: Sources and Interpretations, edited by Stephen Morillo -reviewed by D.J.A. Matthew (English Historical Review)

Lambert of Ardres: The History of the Counts of Guines and Lords of Ardres, translated by Leah Shopkow - reviewed by Jean Dunbabin (English Historical Review)

War and Chivalry. The Conduct and Perception of War in England and Normandy, 1066-1217, by Matthew Strickland - reviewed by Sean Mcglynn (English Historical Review)

Infantry Warfare in the Early Fourteenth Century: Discipline, Tactics, and Technology, by Kelly DeVries - reviewed by Sean Mcglynn (English Historical Review)

The War of the Roses, by A.J. Pollard - reviewed by Sean Cunningham (English Historical Review)  

The Wars of Edward III, edited by Clifford Rogers - reviewed by Sean Mcglynn (History Today)

The Wars of Edward III: Sources and Interpretations, edited by Clifford Rogers - reviewed by Benjamin Thompson (English Historical Review)

War Cruel and Sharp: English Strategy under Edward III, 1327-1360, by Clifford Rogers - reviewed by Maurice Keen (English Historical Review)

War Cruel and Sharp: English Strategy under Edward III, 1327-1360, by Clifford Rogers - reviewed by Michael Prestwich (Reviews in History)

War Cruel and Sharp: English Strategy Under Edward III, 1327-1360, by Clifford Rogers - reviewed by Adrian Bell

English Warfare: 1511-1642, by Mark Charles Fissel - reviewed by C.S.L. Davies (English Historical Review)

Warfare Under the Anglo-Norman Kings, 1066-1135; Nobles, Knights and Men-at-Arms in the Middle Ages;  Arms, Armies and Fortifications in the Hundred Years War - all reviewed by Sean McGlynn (History Today)

Armies and Warfare in the Middle Ages: The English Experience, by Michael Prestwich - reviewed by Andrew Ayton (English Historical Review)

The Anglo-Scots Wars 1513-1550: A Military History, by Gervase Phillips - reviewed by Barrett L. Beer

Kings in the North: the House of Percy in British History, by Alexander Rose -reviewed by Jonathan Sumption (The Guardian)

 

Other Websites

http://www.cusd.claremont.edu/~ccandy/his/medmil.html - Medieval Military History in the British Isles - a bibliography compiled by Christopher Candy of the University of Durham 

http://www.battleofshrewsbury.org/ - The Battle of Shrewsbury, 1403 - gives an account of the battle as well information about its 600th anniversary celebrations 

http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/archsci/depart/report97/towton.htm - The Towton Project - about the archaeological work done on a mass burial of soldiers killed at the battle of Towton, 1461 

http://www.student.utwente.nl/campus/sagi/artikel/longbow/longbow.html - The Medieval English Longbow  - an article by Robert E. Kaiser

http://www.secretsofthenormaninvasion.com - Secrets of the Norman Invasion

http://www.richard111.com/roses.htm - Wars of the Roses - descriptions of each battle in this conflict, from The Richard III Foundation

http://www.regia.org/listings.htm - Regia Anglorum - website's list of articles

 

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