Warfare in Medieval France
Primary Sources
Battle of Nouy, from Ralph Glaber - added January 20, 2002
Eleventh Century Battles between France and Normandy - added January 20, 2002
Selections from the Life of Louis VI, by Suger - added December 8, 2001
Battle of Bremule, from Orderic Vitalis - added December 2, 2001
Warfare in Flanders and the Siege of Bruges, 1127 - updated July 17, 2003
Description of a Motte and Bailey Castle from Flanders, 12th century - added July 17, 2003
Portions of Two Poems by the Twelfth-Century Knight-Troubadour Bertran de Born - added May 27, 2002
Four Arthurian Romances from Chretien de Troyes - added August 9, 2002
The battle of Gisors, 1198, from the Annals of Roger of Hoveden - added October 21, 2001
Warfare in Normandy, 1201-1204, according to Rigord's Deeds of Phillip Augustus - added December 26, 2002
The History of William the Marshal - added September 21, 2002
The Siege of Termes (Albigensian Crusade), 1210 - added December 2, 2002
The battle of Bouvines, 1214, from several sources - added June 3, 2002
Philippe de Remy's description of a fictionalised tournament at Ressons-Gournay (c.1241) - added June 9, 2003
The Battle of the Golden Spurs, 1302 - added July 13, 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
Source Documents Relating to the Wars of Edward III - from ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies - added June 3, 2002
The Battle of Crécy according to Froissart - added September 13, 2002
The Life of the Black Prince by Chandos Herald - added September 15, 2002 (PDF)
Letter from Edward the Black Prince, about the Battle of Poitiers, 1356
Contrat de maître Barra, facteur d’arbalètes et autres artilleries, pris au service du consulat de Cahors le 1er octobre 1369 - added March 16, 2003
Warfare in France and Flanders, 1381 to 1386, according to Buonaccorso Pitti - added March 16, 2003
The Tree of Battles, by Honoré Bonet - added June 1, 2003
Battle of Agincourt, 1415 - added January 1, 2002
Joan
of Arc's campaigns, from the Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet
Books and Articles
Aussel, Max, Conditions sous lesquelles Cahors accepte la domination anglaise (janvier 1362) - from Bulletin de la Société des Études du Lot v.119 (1998) - added February 28, 2003
Bachrach, Bernard S., Caballus et Caballarius in Medieval Warfare - from The Study of Chivalry: Resources and Approaches (1988) - added February 3, 2002
Bachrach, David, A Military Revolution Reconsidered: The Case of the Burgundian State Under the Valois Dukes - from Essays in Medieval Studies v.15 (1998) - added September 13, 2002
Barber, Malcolm, The Albigensian Crusades: Wars Like Any Other? - from Dei gesta per Francos (2001) - added December 28, 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
Curry, Anne, The Nationality of Men-at-Arms serving in English Armies in Normandy and the pays de conquete, 1415-1450: A Preliminary Survey - from Reading Medieval Studies 18 (1992) - added August 30, 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
Ditcham, Brian, The employment of foreign mercenary troops in the French royal armies, 1415-1470 (Ph.D dissertation, University of Edinburgh, 1979) - added February 3, 2003
Foucaud, Gilbert Figeac, ville fortifiée - from Bulletin de la Société des Études du Lot v.119 (1998) - added February 28, 2003
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
Helmerichs, Robert, Rollo as a Historical Figure - added September 15, 2002
Herwaarden, Jan van, The War in the Low Countries - from Froissart: Historian (1981) - added May 12, 2003
Hollister, Warren, The Rouen Riots and Conan's Leap - from Peritia v.10 (1996) - added March 15, 2002
Lloyd, Simon, The crusades of St Louis - from History Today v. 47 (1997) - added May 12, 2002
Muhlberger, Steven, Fighting for Fun? What Was At Stake in Formal Deeds of Arms of the 14th Century? - added December 26, 2002
Rogers, Clifford, A Continuation of the Manuel d'histoire de Philippe VI for the Years 1328-39 - from English Historical Review v. 114 (1999) - added May 23, 2002
Rogers, Clifford J., The Military Revolutions of the Hundred Years' War - from The Journal of Military History v.57 (1993) - January 6, 2002
Runyan, T.J., Ships and Fleets in Anglo-French Warfare, 1337-1360 - from American Neptune v.46 (1986) - added July 17, 2002
Savy, Nicolas, La défense des fortifications de Cahors pendant la deuxième moitié du quatorzième siècle - (2003) - added January 8, 2003
Savy, Nicolas, Le renseignement à Martel au début de la guerre de Cent Ans - from Bulletin de la Société des Études du Lot v.124 (2003) - added February 28, 2003
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
Taylor, Craig, Sir John Fortescue and the French Polemical Treatises of the Hundred Years War - from English Historical Review v.114 (1999) - added May 12, 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
Book Reviews
The Normans and their Adversaries at War, edited by Richard Abels and Bernard Bachrach - reviewed by Val Eads
Medieval Mercenaries, Volume 1: The Great Companies, by Kenneth Fowler - reviewed by Brian Ditcham
War, Government and Power in Late Medieval France, edited by Christopher Allmand - reviewed by Clifford Rogers
Agincourt 1415: Henry V, Sir Thomas Erpingham and the triumph of the English archers, edited by Anne Curry - reviewed by David Grummitt
The Golden Spurs of Kortrijk: How the Knights of Flanders Fell to the Foot Soldiers of Flanders in 1302, by Randall Fegley - reviewed by Susan Rose
The Wars of Edward III, edited by Clifford Rogers - reviewed by Sean Mcglynn (History Today)
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
The Battle of Agincourt: Sources and Interpretations, by Anne Curry - reviewed by Malcolm Vale (English Historical Review)
Joan of Arc: A Military Leader, by Kelly DeVries (King's College - Women's History Resources Site)
Websites
The History of Valois Burgundy (Special offer from Boydell and Brewer)
http://www.chronique.com/ - The Knighthood, Chivalry and Tournaments Resource Library
http://xenophongroup.com/montjoie/oriflam.htm - Société de l'Oriflamme - examines several aspects of medieval warfare
http://home.tiscalinet.be/liebaart/gulden_e.htm - The Battle of Courtrai or the Battle of the Golden Spurs - July 11th 1302 - by Joris de Sutter