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• Richard Abels, Alfred The Great: War, Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England- reviewed by Bruce O'Brien
• Richard Abels and Bernard Bachrach (eds.), The Normans and their Adversaries at War: Essays in Memory of C. Warren Hollister -- Reviewed by Val Eads
• Richard Abels and Bernard Bachrach (eds.), The Normans and their Adversaries at War: Essays in Memory of C. Warren Hollister, -- Reviewed by Sean McGlynn (English Historical Review)
• David Abulafia and Nora Berend (eds.), Medieval Frontiers: Concepts and Practices -- Reviewed by Naomi Standen
• Michael C.C. Adams, Echoes of War: A Thousand Years of Military History in Popular Culture -- Reviewed by Michelle Llyn Ferry (The History Teacher)
• Christopher Allmand (ed.), War, Government and Power in Late Medieval France -- Reviewed by Clifford Rogers
• S.J. Allen and Emilie Amt (eds.), The Crusades: A Reader (Braodview, 2003) -- Reviewed by Jose Manuel Rodriguez Garcia
• S.J. Allen and Emilie Amt (eds.), The Crusades: A Reader (Braodview, 2003) -- Reviewed by Zsolt Hunyadi
• Francesco Ambrogiani, Vita di Costanzo Sforza (1447-1483) Pesaro città e contà, Link 3 (Pesaro: Società pesarese di studi storici, 2003) -- Reviewed by Sergio Montovani.
• Reuven Amitai-Preiss (ed.), Mongols and Mamluks: the Mongol-Ilkhanid War, 1260-1281 (Leiden: Brill, 1995) [Mamluk Studies Review]
• Alfred Andrea, Contemporary Sources for the Fourth Crusade -- Reviewed by Dorothy Abrahamse
• Andrew Ayton and Philip Preston, et al., The Battle of Crecy, 1346, Warfare in History (Boydell, 2005) -- Reviewed by Sergio Mantovani.
• Andrew Ayton and J.L. Price (eds.), The Medieval Military Revolution: State, Society and Military Change in Medieval and Early Modern Europe -- Reviewed by Bernard Bachrach
• Andrew Ayton and J. L. Price (eds.), The Medieval Military Revolution: State, Society and Military Change in Medieval and Early Modern Europe -- Reviewed by Kelly DeVries (The Historian)

B

• David Bachrach, Religion and the Conduct of War, c. 300- c. 1215 -- Reviewed by Don Kagy
• Denise Baker (ed.), Inscribing the Hundred Years' War in French and English Cultures (SUNY, 2000) -- Reviewed by Andrew J. Villalon
• Michel Balard, Benjamin Z. Kedar and Jonathan Riley-Smith (eds.), Dei Gesta per Francos: Crusade studies in honour of Jean Richard- reviewed by Paul Crawford
• Malcolm Barber and Keith Bate, The Templars- reviewed by Daniel Mondekar
• Frank Barlow, The Godwins (Pearson Education, 2003) -- Reviewed by Richard Abels.
• Frank Barlow (ed.), The "Carmen de Hastingae Proelio" of Guy Bishop of Amiens -- Reviewed by John Howe
• Robert Bartlett, The Making of Europe. Conquest, Colonization and Cultural Change, 950-1350 -- Reviewed by José Manuel Rodríguez García
• Wayne Bartlett, God Wills It! An Illustrated History of the Crusades -- Reviewed by Jennifer A. Price
• David Abulafia and Nora Berend (eds.), Medieval Frontiers: Concepts and Practices -- Reviewed by Naomi Standen
• Nicholas Hooper and Matthew Bennett, Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare: The Middle Ages 768-1487 -- Reviewed by Kelly DeVries
• Douglas Biggs, Three Armies in Britain: The Irish Campaign of Richard II and the Usurpation of Henry IV, 1397-99, History of Warfare 39 (Brill, 2006), xvi+300 pp -- Reviewed by Compton Reeves.
• John W. Birkenmeier, The Development of the Komnenian Army: 1081-1180 -- Reviewed by Walter Kaegi
• John W. Birkenmeier, The Development of the Komnenian Army: 1081-1180 -- Reviewed Almyr L. Bump (Journal of Military History)
• Agnès Blandeau, Pasolini, Chaucer and Boccacio: Two medieval texts and their translations to film (McFarland, 2006) -- Reviewed by Victoria Bandt.
• Constance Brittain Bouchard, "Strong of Body, Brave and Noble": Chivalry and Society in Medieval France -- Reviewed by Mary Alberi (The Historian)
• Judith Bronstein, The Hospitallers and the Holy Land: Financing the Latin East, 1187-1274 (Boydell, 2005) -- Reviewed by Zsolt Hunyadi
• Chris Brown, Robert the Bruce: A Life Chronicled (Tempus, 2004) -- reviewed by Elizabeth Schevtchuk-Armstrong.
• Chris Brown, The Second Scottish Wars of Independence -- Reviewed by Clifford Rogers
• Chris Brown, William Wallace: The True Story of Braveheart (The Mill, Brimscombe Port, Stroud, 2005) -- Reviewed by Sergio Mantovani.
• Michael Brown, The Black Douglases. War and Lordship in Late Medieval Scotland, 1300-1455 -- Reviewed by Jenny Wormald (English Historical Review)
• Gordon S. Brown, The Norman Conquest of Southern Italy and Sicily -- Reviewed by Lawrence Mott
• Marcus Bull and Norman Housely (eds.), The Experience of Crusading 1. Western Approaches (Cambridge University Press (2003) -- Reviewed by Lee P. Ruddin.

C

• Martin Alvira Cabrer, 12 de Septiembre de 1213. El Jueves de Muret -- Reviewed by José Manuel Rodríguez García
• William Caferro, Mercenary Companies and the Decline of Siena -- Reviewed by Brian G. H. Ditcham  
• William Caferro, Mercenary Companies and the Decline of Siena -- Reviewed by Bernard S. Bachrach (The Historian)
• William Caferro, Mercenary Companies and the Decline of Siena -- Reviewed by Carla Sodini
• Vincent P. Carey, Surviving the Tudors: The 'Wizard' Earl of Kildare and English Rule in Ireland, 1537-1586 -- Reviewed by Carole Levin
• Kenneth Chase, Firearms: A Global History to 1700 (Cambridge, 2003) -- Reviewed by David Sobek
• Eric Christiansen, The Norsemen in the Viking Age -- Reviewed by Margaret Clunies Ross
• Niall Christie and Maya Yazigi (eds.), Noble Ideals and Bloody Realities: Warfare in the Middle Ages, History of Warfare 37 (Brill, 2006) -- Reviewed by Brian Ditcham.
• S.D. Church, The Household Knights of King John -- Reviewed by Heather Tanner
• Roger Collins, Early Medieval Europe 300-1000, 2d ed. -- Reviewed by Sam Collins(The History Teacher)
• Phillippe Contamine (ed.), War and Competition between States -- Reviewed by Mark Charles Fissel (The History Teacher)
• Ivy A. Corfis and Michael Wolfe (eds.), The Medieval City under Siege -- Reviewed by Jose Manuel Rodriguez Garcia
• Charles Coulson, Castles in Medieval Society. Fortresses in England, France and Ireland in the Central Middle Ages -- Reviewed by Andy King
• Daibhi O Croinin, Early Medieval Ireland, 400-1200 -- Reviewed by Dorothy C. Africa
• Everett U. Crosby, Medieval Warfare. A Bibliographical Guide -  reviewed by John France
• Anne Curry (ed.), Agincourt 1415: Henry V, Sir Thomas Erpingham and the triumph of the English archers -- Reviewed by David Grummitt  
• Anne Curry, The Battle of Agincourt: Sources and Interpretations (Boydell, 2000) -- Reviewed by Cliff Rogers
• Anne Curry, The Battle of Agincourt: Sources and Interpretations -- Reviewed by Malcolm Vale (Albion)
• Anne Curry, The Battle of Agincourt: Sources and Interpretations -- Reviewed by Malcolm Vale (English Historical Review)
• Dana Cushing (ed.), A Middle English Chronicle of the First Crusade - The Caxton Eracles,  -- Reviewed by Helen Nicholson

D

• Gutierre Diaz de Gamez, The Unconquered Knight: A Chronicle of the Deeds of Don Pero Niño, Count of Buelna (1928; Boydell 2004) -- Reviewed by L.J. Andrew Villalon.
• Christine de Pizan, The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry, translated by Sumner Willard and edited by Charity Cannon Willard -- Reviewed by Nadia Margolis
• Robert Douglas Smith and Kelly DeVries, The Artillery of the Dukes of Burgundy 1363-1477 (Brill, 2005) -- Reviewed by Pete Burkholder.
• Kelly DeVries, Cumulative Bibliography of Medieval Military History and Technology -- Reviewed by Walter Kaegi
• Kelly DeVries, Infantry Warfare in the Early Fourteenth Century: Discipline, Tactics, and Technology -- Reviewed by Sean Mcglynn (English Historical Review)
• Kelly DeVries, Joan of Arc: A Military Leader -- Reviewed by Dawn Drumin (King's College - Women's History Resources Site)
• Kelly DeVries, Joan of Arc: A Military Leader -- Reviewed by Margaret Sankey
• Gonzalo Martínez Díez, Lacruz y la espada -- Reviewed by José Manuel Rodríguez García
• H.A. Drake, Violence in Late Antiquity: Perceptions and Practices (Ashgate,2006) -- Reviewed by Edmund P. Cueva.
• Matthew James Driscoll (ed.), Ágrip af Nóregskonungasögum: A Twelfth-Century Synoptic History of the Kings of Norway -- Reviewed by Kari Ellen Gade (Alvíssmál)
• Diana Dunn (ed.), War and Society in Medieval and Early Modern Britain -- Reviewed by John France (English Historical Review)
• Diana Dunn (ed.), War and Society in Medieval and Early Modern Britain -- Reviewed by A. Compton Reeves  

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• Peter Edbury and Jonathan Phillips (eds.), The Experience of Crusading 2. Defining the Crusader Kingdom (Cambridge University Press, 2003) -- Reviewed by Cason Snow.
• Susan B. Edgington and Sarah Lambert (eds.), Gendering the Crusades -- Reviewed by Christopher Corley
• Raymond E. O. Ella, Four Anglian Kings of Northumbria(Old Yorkshire Press, 2002) -- Reviewed by Ilana Krug

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• Randall Fegley, The Golden Spurs of Kortrijk (McFarland, 2002) -- Reviewed by Mark Charles Fissel.
• Randall Fegley, The Golden Spurs of Kortrijk: How the Knights of Flanders Fell to the Foot Soldiers of Flanders in 1302 -- Reviewed by Susan Rose
• Charles Ffoulkes, Armour and Weapons (1909; Yardley, PA: Westholme, 2005) -- Reviewed by Michael Basista.
• Mark Charles Fissel, English Warfare, 1511-1642 -- Reviewed by Barbara Donagan
• Mark Charles Fissel, English Warfare, 1511-1642 (Routledge, 2001) (see also Fissel's home page for 3 more)
• Mark Charles Fissel, English Warfare: 1511-1642 -- Reviewed by C.S.L. Davies (English Historical Review)
• D.J.B.Trim and M.C.Fissel (eds.), Amphibious Warfare 1000-1700 (Brill, 2005) ISBN: 9004132449 €135$182 -- Reviewed by Jose Manuel Rodriguez.
• Francisco Garcia Fitz, Castilla y León frente al Islam. Estrategias de expansión y tácticas militares (siglos XI-XIII) -- Reviewed by José Manuel Rodríguez García
• Francisco García Fitz, Guerra y relaciones políticas. Castilla-León y los musulmanes, ss. XI-XIII -- Reviewed by Jose Manuel Rodriguez Garcia
• Jean Flori, La Guerre Sainte: La formation de l'idee de croisade dans l'Occident chretien, by -- Reviewed by Christopher J. Tyerman (English Historical Review)
• Alan Forey, The Military Orders -- Reviewed by José Manuel Rodríguez García
• Kenneth Fowler, Medieval Mercenaries, Volume 1: The Great Companies -- Reviewed by Brian Ditcham
• John France (ed.), Medieval Warfare 1000-1300, International Library of Essays on Military History series (Ashgate, 2006) - to be reviewed by Don Kagay.
• John France, Western Warfare in the Age of the Crusades, 1000-1300 -- Reviewed by Peter W. Edbury (English Historical Review)
• Yvonne Friedman, Encounter between Enemies: Captivity and Ransom in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem -- Reviewed by Norman Housley
• Alberto Montaner Frutos and Alfonso Boix Jovaní, Guerra en Sarq Al'andalus: Las batallas cidianas de Morella (1084) y Cuarte (1094) (Zaragoza, 2005) -- Reviewed by Don Kagay
• Thomas Fudge (ed.), The Crusade against Heretics in Bohemia, 1418-1437 -- Reviewed by David Mengel

G

• Anne Gilmour-Bryson (trans.), The Trial of the Templars in Cyprus: A Complete English Edition -- Reviewed by Helen Nicholson
• Robert G. Hoyland and Brian Gilmour, Medieval Islamic Swords and Swordmaking: Kindi's treatise 'On swords and their kinds' (Gibb Memorial Trust, 2006) -- Reviewed by Muhammed Hassanali.
• Christopher Gravett, The Castles of Edward I in Wales 1277-1307, Fortress 64 (Osprey, 2007), 64pp. -- Reviewed by Victora Bandt.
• Christopher Gravett, Towton 1461, Campaign 120 (Osprey, 2005) -- Reviewed by A. Compton Reeves
• Christopher Gravett, Norman Stone Castles (2) Europe 950–1204, Fortress 18 (Osprey, 2004) -- Reviewed by John D. Hosler
• Sir Thomas Gray, Scalacronica 1272-1363, Andy King (ed. and trans.),, Surtees Society v. 209 (Brill, 2005) -- Reviewed by Cliff Rogers.
• Geoffrey Greatrex, Rome and Persia at War, 502-532 -- Reviewed by Peter Riedlberger (Bryn Mawr Classical Review)
• Justin E. Griffin, The Grail Procession: The Legend, the Artifacts, and the Possible Sources of the Story (McFarland, 2004) -- Reviewed by John D. Hosler
• Enrica Guerra, Soggetti a “ribalda fortuna”. Gli uomini dello stato estense nelle guerre dell’Italia quattrocentesca, Temi di storia 74 (Milan: Franco Angeli, 2005) -- Reviewed by Sergio Mantovani.
• Luigi Guicciardini, The Sack of Rome, translated by James H. McGregor -- Reviewed by Sergio Mantovani
• Guillaume de Machaut, The Capture of Alexandria, trans. Janet Shirley -- Reviewed by Clifford Rogers

H

• Barton C. Hacker, World Military History Bibliography: Premodern and Nonwestern Military Institutions and Warfare -- Reviewed by William J. Hamblin
• Barton C. Hacker, World Military History Bibliography: Premodern and Nonwestern Military Institutions and Warfare: Premodern and Nonwestern Military Institutions (Works Published before 1967), revised edition - History of Warfare 27 (Brill, 2004) and CD-Rom Version [combined review] -- Reviewed by Muhammed Hassanali.
• John F. Haldon, The Byzantine Wars: Battles and Campaign of the Byzantine Era -- Reviewed by Richard Cornwell
• John Haldon, The Byzantine Wars: Battles and Campaigns of the Byzantine Era -- Reviewed by Jonathan Shepard (English Historical Review)
• D. Nicolle, J. Haldon, and S. Turnbull, The Fall of Constantinople: The Ottoman Conquest of Byzantium(Osprey, 2007), 256pp. -- Reviewed by John Miglletta.
• Bert S. Hall, Weapons and Warfare in Renaissance Europe -- Reviewed by Randall Storey
• Bert S. Hall, Weapons and Warfare in Renaissance Europe -- Reviewed by Louis Hass (The Historian)
• Guy Halsall (ed.), Violence and Society in the Early Medieval West- reviewed by Thomas Head (The Historian)
• Catherine Hanley, War and Combat 1150-1270: The Evidence from Old French Literature (Brewer, 2003) -- Reviewed by Steve Muhlberger
• Paul E.J. Hammer (ed.), Warfare in Early Modern Europe 1450-1660, International Library of Essays on Military History (Ashgate, 2007), 508pp. -- Reviewed by Mark Charles Fissel.
• Stephen Hand (ed.), SPADA: An Anthology of Swordsmanship in Memory of Ewart Oakeshott (Chivalry Bookshelf, 2002) -- Reviewed by Michael Basista
• Catherine Hanley, War and Combat 1150-1270: The Evidence from Old French Literature (Brewer, 2003) -- Reviewed by Steve Muhlberger
• Gregory Hanlon, The Twilight of a Military Tradition: Italian Aristocrats and European Conflicts, 1560-1800 -- Reviewed by W. M. Reger IV
• Shai Har-El (ed.), Struggle for Domination on the Middle East: The Ottoman-Mamluk War, 1485-1491 (Leiden: Brill, 1995) [Mamluk Studies Review]
• Yuval Noah Harari, Renaissance Military Memoirs: War, History, and Identity, 1450-1600, Warfare in History series (Boydell, 2004) -- Reviewed by Don Kagay
• Peter Harrison, Castles of God: Fortified Religious Buildings of the World (Boydell, 2004) -- Reviewed by Oliver Creighton
• Monika Schuol, Udo Hartmann, and Andreas Luther (eds.), Grenzüberschreitungen. Formen des Kontakts zwischen Orient und Okzident im Altertum -- Reviewed by Marek J. Olbrycht
• John B. Hattendorf and Richard W. Unger (eds.), War at Sea in the Middle Ages and Renaissance -- Reviewed by Susan Rose
• Ralph V. Turner and Richard H. Heiser, The Reign of Richard Lionheart: Ruler of the Angevin Empire, 1189-1199 -- Reviewed by James Bothwell
• Michael Hicks, The Wars of the Roses 1455-1485 -- Reviewed by David Grummitt
• Carole Hillenbrand, The Crusades: Islamic Perspectives; with Jean Richard, The Crusades, c.1071-c.1291, , translated by Jean Birrell - both reviewed by Malcolm Barber (History Today)
• John M. Hill, The Anglo-Saxon Warrior Ethic: Reconstructing Lordship in Early English Literature -- Reviewed by Bernard Bachrach
• Geoffrey Hindley, Saladin: Hero of Islam (1976; rpt. Pen & Sword, 2007) -- Reviewed by Lee Ruddin.
• Nicholas Hooper and Matthew Bennett, Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare: The Middle Ages 768-1487 -- Reviewed by Kelly DeVries
• Norman Housley, Contesting the Crusades, Contesting the Past series (Blackwell, 2006) -- Reviewed by Timothy May.
• Norman Housley, The Crusaders -- Reviewed by Phillip Nel
• Norman Housley, Crusading and Warfare in Medieval and Renaissance Europe -- Reviewed by David Hay
• Marcus Bull and Norman Housely (eds.), The Experience of Crusading 1. Western Approaches (Cambridge University Press, 2003) -- Reviewed by Lee P. Ruddin.
• Norman Housley, Religious Warfare in Europe, 1400-1543 -- Reviewed by David Sobek
• Norman Housley, Crusading and Warfare in Medieval and Renaissance Europe -- Reviewed by David Hay
• Ian Howard, Swein Forkbeard's Invasions and the Danish Conquest of England, 991-1017 (Boydell, 2003) -- Reviewed by Cason Snow.
• Ann Hyland, The Medieval Warhorse from Byzantium to the Crusades -- Reviewed by Walter E. Kaegi (The Historian)
• Robert G. Hoyland and Brian Gilmour, Medieval Islamic Swords and Swordmaking: Kindi's treatise 'On swords and their kinds' (Gibb Memorial Trust, 2006) -- Reviewed by Muhammed Hassanali.

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J

• Eric Jager, The Last Duel: A true story of crime, scandal, and trial by combat in medieval France (Broadway, 2004) -- Reviewed by Brian Ditcham
• Judith Jesch, Ships and Men in the Late Viking Age: The Vocabulary of Runic Inscriptions and Skaldic Verse -- Reviewed by Susan Rose
• Judith Jesch, Ships and Men in the Late Viking Age: The Vocabulary of Runic Inscriptions and Skaldic Verse -- Reviewed by Margaret Clunies Ross
• Judith Jesch, Ships and Men in the Late Viking Age: The Vocabulary of Runic Inscription and Skaldic Verse -- Reviewed by Eric Christiansen (English Historical Review)
• Michael K. Jones, Agincourt 1415 - A Battlefield Guide (Pen and Sword, 2005) -- Reviewed by Lee Ruddin.
• Michael K. Jones, Bosworth 1485: Psychology of a Battle -- Reviewed by David Grummitt  
• Alberto Montaner Frutos and Alfonso Boix Jovaní, Guerra en Sarq Al'andalus: Las batallas cidianas de Morella (1084) y Cuarte (1094) (Zaragoza, 2005) -- Reviewed by Don Kagay

K

• Walter E. Kaegi, Heraclius, Emperor of Byzantium (Cambridge, 2002) -- Reviewed by Richard Cornwell
• Richard W. Kaeuper, Chivalry and Violence in Medieval Europe -- Reviewed by Sean McGlynn (English Historical Review)
• Richard W. Kaeuper, Chivalry and Violence in Medieval Europe -- Reviewed by Steven Isaac
• Richard W. Kaeuper, Chivalry and Violence in Medieval Europe -- Reviewed by Thomas F. Madden (The Historian)
• L.J. Andrew Villalon and Donald J. Kagay (eds.), Crusaders, Condottieri, and Cannon: Medieval Warfare in Societies Around the Mediterranean -- Reviewed by Niall Christie
• L.J. Andrew Villalon and Donald J. Kagay (eds.), The Hundred Years War: a wider focus, History of Warfare 25 (Brill, 2005) -- Reviewed by Brian Ditcham.
• Donald J. Kagay and L. J. Andrew Villalon (eds.), The Circle of War in the Middle Ages -- Reviewed by Sean McGlynn (English Historical Review)
• Donald Kagay and Andrew Villalon (eds.), The Circle of War in the Middle Ages -- Reviewed by Michael Prestwich
• Maurice Keen (ed.), Medieval Warfare: A History -- Reviewed by A. A. Nofi (StrategyPage.com)
• Margaret L. Kekewich and Susan Rose, France and the Empire 1350-1500 (Palgrave MacMillan, 2005) -- Reviewed by Brian G.H. Ditcham
• Hugh Kennedy, Crusader Castles -- Reviewed by Christopher Tyerman (English Historical Review)
• Hugh Kennedy, Crusader Castles -- Reviewed by Maria Georgopoulou
• H.N. Kennedy (ed.), Muslim Military Architecture in Greater Syria (Brill, 2005) -- Reviewed by Timothy May.
• Andy King (ed. and trans.), Sir Thomas Gray Scalacronica 1272-1363, Surtees Society v. 209 (Brill, 2005) -- Reviewed by Cliff Rogers.
• Angus Konstam, The Forts of Celtic Britain, Fortress 50 (Osprey 2006) -- Reviewed by Sergio Mantovani.
• Z.J. Kosztolnyik, Hungary in the Thirteenth Century -- Reviewed by Martyn Rady (English Historical Review)
• MacGregor Knox and Williamson Murray (eds.), The Dynamics of Military Revolution, 1300-2050 -- Reviewed by James Jay Carafano

L

• Jennifer Lawler, Encyclopedia of the Byzantine Empire (McFarland, 2004) -- Reviewed by Timothy May
• M.K. Lawson, The Battle of Hastings, 1066 (Tempus, 2002) -- Reviewed by Peter Konieczny
• Bruce Lenman, England's Colonial Wars 1550-1688: Conflicts, Empire and National Identity -- Reviewed by Pádraig Lenihan
• Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage, Castles and Fortified Cities of Medieval Europe: An Illustrated History -- Reviewed by Steven A. Walton
• Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage, The Fortifications of Paris (McFarland, 2006) -- Reviewed by Lt. Cmdr. Mark Condero
• Yaacov Lev (ed.), War and Society in the Eastern Mediterranean, 7th-15th Centuries (Leiden: Brill, 1997) [Mamluk Studies Review]
• David Lindholm and David Nicolle, The Scandinavian Baltic Crusades 1100-1500, illustrated by Angus McBride (Osprey, 2007), 48pp -- Reviewed by Dana Cushing.
• Eric Lohr and Marhall Poe (eds.), The Military and Society in Russia, 1450 - 1917 -- Reviewed by Philip Kaveny
• Evelyn Lord, The Knights Templar in Britain -- Reviewed by Steven Isaac
• Monika Schuol, Udo Hartmann, and Andreas Luther (eds.), Grenzüberschreitungen. Formen des Kontakts zwischen Orient und Okzident im Altertum -- Reviewed by Marek J. Olbrycht

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• Niccolò Machiavelli, Art of War, trans. Christopher Lynch (University of Chicago Press, 2003) -- Reviewed by L.J. Andrew Villalon.
• Thomas F. Madden (ed.), The Crusades: The Essential Readings(Blackwell, 2002) -- to be reviewed by James Burrett
• Thomas F. Madden, A Concise History of the Crusades -- Reviewed by Peter W. Edbury (English Historical Review)
• Thomas F. Madden, A Concise History of the Crusades. Critical Issues in History -- Reviewed by Patrick J. Holt
• Christopher Maier, Crusade Propaganda and Ideology: Model Sermons for the Preaching of the Cross -- Reviewed by John Tolan
• Joyce Lee Malcolm, Guns and Violence: The English Experience and Julius R. Ruff, Violence in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1800- reviewed by Roger B. Manning
• Sergio Mantovani, "Ad honore del signore vostro patre et satisfactione nostra". Ferrante d'Este condottiero di Venezia (Modena- Ferrara: Deputazione di Storia Patria per le Antiche Province Modenesi, 2005) -- Reviewed by Brian Ditcham.
• Timothy May, The Mongol Art of War (Pen & Sword, 2007), xiii+214pp. -- Reviewed by Muhammed Hassanali.
• Eric McGreer, Sowing the Dragon's Teeth: Byzantine Warfare in the Tenth Century -- Reviewed by Peter Sarris (English Historical Review)
• Luca Porzio and Gregory Mele (trans.), The Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi: 15^th Century Swordsmanship of Master Filippo Vardi -- Reviewed by Holger Berwinke
• James Miller, Swords for Hire: The Scottish Mercenary (Birlinn, 2007), xxv+292pp. -- Reviewed by Brian Ditcham.
• William Ian Miller, Bloodtaking and Peacemaking: Feud, Law, and Society in Saga Iceland -- Reviewed by Gunnar Karlsson (Alvissmal)
• Kristian Molin, Unknown Crusader Castles -- Reviewed by Malcolm Barber (English Historical Review)
• Stephen Morillo (ed.), The Battle of Hastings: Sources and Interpretations-reviewed by D.J.A. Matthew (English Historical Review)
• Lawrence V. Mott, Sea Power in the Medieval Mediterranean: The Catalan-Aragonese Fleet in the War of the Sicilian Vespers, New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeology (University Press of Florida, 2003) -- Reviewed by Don Kagay.
• Steven Muhlberger, Jousts and Tournaments: Charny and the Rules for Chivalric Sport in Fourteenth-Century France -- Reviewed by Andy King
• Alan V. Murray, The Crusades and Crusader Societies, 1095-1500. Selected Proceedings of the International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, 10-13 July 1995 -- Reviewed by Miri Rubin (English Historical Review)

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• Helen Nicholson, The Knight's Hospitaller -- Reviewed by Sophia Menache
• Helen Nicholson, Knights Templar 1120-1312, Warrior 91 (Osprey, 2004) -- Reviewed by Paul Crawford.
• Helen Nicholson, Knights Templar, 1120-1312, Warrior 91 (Osprey, 2004) -- Reviewed by J.M.B. Porter.
• Helen Nicholson (ed.), The Military Orders, vol. II: Welfare and Warfare -- Reviewed by K. S. B. Keats-Rohan (English Historical Review)
• David Nicolle, Crusader Castles in Cyprus, Greece and the Aegean 1191-1571, Fortress 59 (Osprey, 2007) -- Reviewed by Sergio Mantovani.
• David Nicolle, Crusader Castles in the Holy Land, 1097-1192, Fortress ## (Osprey, 2004) -- Reviewed by Timothy May
• D. Nicolle, J. Haldon, and S. Turnbull, The Fall of Constantinople: The Ottoman Conquest of Byzantium(Osprey, 2007), 256pp. -- Reviewed by John Miglletta.
• David Nicolle, Fighting for the Faith: The Many Fronts of Crusade & Jihad 1000-1500AD (Pen & Sword, 2007), xvi+237pp. -- Reviewed by Lee Ruddin.
• David Nicolle, Warriors and their Weapons around the Time of the Crusades -- Reviewed by Jonathan Harris
• David Nicolle, Poitiers 1356, Campaign 138 (Osprey, 2004) -- Reviewed by Brian Ditcham
• David Lindholm and David Nicolle, The Scandinavian Baltic Crusades 1100-1500, illustrated by Angus McBride (Osprey, 2007), 48pp -- Reviewed by Dana Cushing.
• Konstantin S. Nossov with Brian Delf (illus.), Indian Castles 1206–1526: The Rise and Fall of the Delhi Sultanate, Fortress 51 (Osprey, 2006) -- to be reviewed by Muhammed Hassanali.
• Linda S. Northrup, From Slave to Sultan: The Career of al-Mansur Qualawun and the Consolidation of Mamluk Rule in Egypt and Syria (678-689 AH / 1279-1290AD) (Stuttgart: Steiner Verlag, 1998) [Mamluk Studies Review]

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• Benton Rain Patterson, Harold and William: The Battle for England, A.D. 1064-1066 (Cooper Square Publishers, 2001), 209pp. -- Reviewed by Cason Snow.
• John Peddie, Alfred: Warrior King -- Reviewed by Gernot Wieland
• Jaroslaw Pelenski, The Contest for the Legacy of Kievan Rus -- Reviewed by Charles J. Halperin
• Michael Penman, The Scottish Civil War: The Bruces & the Balliols & the War for Control of Scotland -- Reviewed by R. Andrew McDonald
• David D. Perlmutter, Visions of War: Picturing Warfare from the Stone Age to the Cyber Age -- Reviewed by Lee T. Wyatt III (Journal of World History)
• Edward Peters, The First Crusade. The Chronicle of Fulcher of Chartres and Other Source Materials -- Reviewed by K. S. B. Keats-Rohan (English Historical Review)
• Gervase Phillips, The Anglo-Scots Wars, 1513-1550: A Military History -- Reviewed by Barrett L. Beer
• Gervase Phillips, The Anglo-Scots Wars 1513-1550: A Military History -- Reviewed by Barrett L. Beer [skalman.nu]
• Jonathan Phillips and Martin Hoch (eds.),The Second Crusade: Scope and Consequences -- Reviewed by Gordan Ravancic
• Jonathan Phillips and Martin Hoch (eds.),The Second Crusade: Scope and Consequences -- Reviewed by A.J. Forey (English Historical Review)
• Jonathan Phillips, Defenders of the Holy Land: Relations Between the Latin East and the West, 1119-1187 -- Reviewed by K.S.B. Keats-Rohan (English Historical Review)
• Peter Edbury and Jonathan Phillips (eds.), The Experience of Crusading 2. Defining the Crusader Kingdom (Cambridge University Press (2003) -- Reviewed by Cason Snow.
• Ian Peirce, Swords of the Viking Age -- Reviewed by Paul Mortimer
• Eric Lohr and Marhall Poe (eds.), The Military and Society in Russia, 1450 - 1917 -- Reviewed by Philip Kaveny
• A.J. Pollard, The War of the Roses -- Reviewed by Sean Cunningham (English Historical Review)
• Luca Porzio and Gregory Mele (trans.), The Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi: 15^th Century Swordsmanship of Master Filippo Vardi -- Reviewed by Holger Berwinke
• J.O. Prestwich (ed. Michael Prestwich), The Place of War in English History, 1066-1214 (Boydell, 2004) -- Reviewed by Donald Flemming
• Michael Prestwich, Armies and Warfare in the Middle Ages: The English Experience -- Reviewed by Andrew Ayton (English Historical Review)
• Andrew Ayton and J. L. Price (eds.), The Medieval Military Revolution: State, Society and Military Change in Medieval and Early Modern Europe -- Reviewed by Kelly DeVries (The Historian)
• Malte Prietzel, Krieg in Mittelalter (Primus Verlag, 2006) -- Reviewed by Brian Ditcham.

Q

• Donald E. Queller and Thomas F. Madden, The Fourth Crusade: The Conquest of Constantinople -- Reviewed by Louis Haas (The Historian)

R

• Kurt Raaflaub and Nathan Rosenstein (eds.), War and Society in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds: Asia, the Mediterranean, Europe, and Mesoamerica -- Reviewed by Everett L. Wheeler (The Historian)
• Igor De Rachewiltz (ed.), The Secret History of the Mongols: A Mongolian Epic Chronicle of the Thirteenth Century, Inner Asian Library 7 (Brill, 2004) -- Reviewed by Timothy May
• Frank D. Reno, The Historic King Arthur: Authenticating the Celtic Hero of Post-Roman Britain (1996; McFarland 2003), 458pp -- Rreviewed by Ilana Krug.
• James Reston, Jr., Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade -- Reviewed by Michael Pedrotty
• Jean Richard, The Crusades, c.1071-c.1291, translated by Jean Birrell -- Reviewed by Kevin Madigan (Christian Century)
• Jean Richard, The Crusades, c.1071-c.1291, translated by Jean Birrell -- Reviewed by Christopher Tyerman (English Historical Review)
• Jean Richard, The Crusades, c.1071-c.1291, translated by Jean Birrell ; with Carole Hillenbrand, The Crusades: Islamic Perspectives - both reviewed by Malcolm Barber (History Today)
• D.S. Richards, The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir for The Crusading Period from al-Kamil fi'l-Ta'rikh, part 1, the years 491-541/1097-1146: The Coming of the Franks and the Muslim Response, (Ashgate, 2006) -- Reviewed by Timothy May.
• D.S. Richards (trans.), The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir for The Crusading Period from al-Kamil fi'l-Ta'rikh, part 2, the years 541-589/1146-1193: The Age of Nur al-Din and Saladin (Ashgate, 2007), 450pp. -- Reviewed by Don Kagay.
• Stephen W. Richey, Joan of Arc: The Warrior Saint (Praeger, 2003) -- Reviewed by Sergio Mantovani
• Jonathan Riley-Smith, The First Crusaders, 1095-1131 -- Reviewed by Miri Rubin (English Historical Review)
• Jonathan Riley-Smith, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades -- Reviewed by Peter Jackson (English Historical Review)
• Clifford J. Rogers (ed.), The Military Revolution Debate: Readings on the Military Transformation of Early Modern Europe -- Reviewed by Maj. M. J. Petersen
• Clifford Rogers, War Cruel and Sharp: English Strategy under Edward III, 1327-1360 -- Reviewed by Adrian Bell
• Clifford Rogers, War Cruel and Sharp: English Strategy under Edward III, 1327-1360 -- Reviewed by Stephen Morillo (Albion)
• Clifford Rogers, War Cruel and Sharp: English Strategy under Edward III, 1327-1360 -- Reviewed by Maurice Keen (English Historical Review)
• Clifford Rogers, War Cruel and Sharp: English Strategy under Edward III, 1327-1360 -- Reviewed by Michael Prestwich (Reviews in History)
• Clifford Rogers (ed.), The Wars of Edward III: Sources and Interpretations -- Reviewed by Sean Mcglynn (History Today)
• Clifford Rogers (ed.), The Wars of Edward III: Sources and Interpretations -- Reviewed by Benjamin Thompson (English Historical Review)
• Alexander Rose, Kings in the North: the House of Percy in British History -- Reviewed by Jonathan Sumption (The Guardian)
• Susan Rose, Medieval Naval Warfare: 1000-1500 -- Reviewed by John France  
• Susan Rose, Medieval Naval Warfare: 1000-1500 -- Reviewed by Richard Gorski ( English Historical Review)
• Susan Rose, Medieval Naval Warfare: 1000-1500 -- Reviewed by Timothy Runyan (Journal of Military History)
• Margaret L. Kekewich and Susan Rose, France & the Empire 1350-1500 (Palgrave MacMillan, 2005) -- Reviewed by Brian G.H. Ditcham
• Kurt Raaflaub and Nathan Rosenstein (eds.), War and Society in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds: Asia, the Mediterranean, Europe, and Mesoamerica -- Reviewed by Everett L. Wheeler (The Historian)
• Julius R. Ruff, Violence in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1800 and Joyce Lee Malcolm, Guns and Violence: The English Experience -- Reviewed by Roger B. Manning

S

• Aldo A. Sattia, Proteggere e dominare: fortificazioni e popolamento nell'Italia medievale -- Reviewed by Michael Mallett (English Historical Review)
• Corine Saunders, Françoise Le Saux, and Neil Thomas (eds.), Writing War: Medieval Responses to Warfare (Boydell, 2004) -- Reviewed by Craig Taylor
• Frances Stonor Saunders, Hawkwood: Diabolical Englishman (Faber & Faber, 2004) -- Reviewed by Sergio Montovani
• Monika Schuol, Udo Hartmann, and Andreas Luther (eds.), Grenzüberschreitungen. Formen des Kontakts zwischen Orient und Okzident im Altertum -- Reviewed by Marek J. Olbrycht
• Christine Shaw (ed.), Italy and the European Powers: The Impact of War, 1500-1530, History of Warfare 38 (Brill, 2006) -- Reviewed by Sergio Mantovani.
• Leah Shopkow (tr.), Lambert of Ardres: The History of the Counts of Guines and Lords of Ardres -- Reviewed by Jean Dunbabin (English Historical Review)
• Louis Sicking, Neptune and the Netherlands: State, Economy, and War at Sea in the Renaissance, History of Warfare 23 (Brill, 2006) -- Reviewed by Mark Charles Fissel.
• J. Kim Siddorn, Viking Weapons and Warfare (Tempus, 2000) -- Reviewed by Amanda Spencer
• Corliss Konwiser Slack, Crusade Charters, 1138-1270 -- Reviewed by Norman Housley
• Robert Douglas Smith and Kelly DeVries, The Artillery of the Dukes of Burgundy 1363-1477 (Brill, 2005) -- Reviewed by Pete Burkholder.
• Hugh D. H. Soar, The Crooked Stick: A History of the Longbow (Yardley, PA: Westholm, 2004) -- Reviewed by David J. B. Trim.
• Peter Speed (ed.), Those Who Fought (An Anthology of Medieval Sources) -- Reviewed by Peter Burkholder
• Paul Stephenson, The Legend of Basil the Bulgar-Slayer (Cambridge, 2003) -- Reviewed by Timothy May
• Matthew Strickland, War and Chivalry. The Conduct and Perception of War in England and Normandy, 1066-1217 -- Reviewed by Sean Mcglynn (English Historical Review)
• Jonathan Sumption, The Hundred Years War: Volume Two, Trial by Fire -- Reviewed by David Green
• Carol Sweetenham (tr.), Robert the Monk's History of the First Crusade, Historia Iherosolimitana, Crusade Texts in Translation (Ashgate, 2006), x+243pp -- Reviewed by John Hosler.

T

• Shelby Thacker and Jos é Escobar (trans.), Chronicle of Alfonso X -- Reviewed by Donald Kagay
• Warren Treadgold, Byzantium and its Army, 284-1081 -- Reviewed by Peter Sarris (English Historical Review)
• D.J.B.Trim and M.C.Fissel (eds.), Amphibious Warfare 1000-1700 (Brill, 2005) ISBN: 9004132449 €135$182 -- Reviewed by Jose Manuel Rodriguez.
• Frank R. Trombley and John W. Watt (trans.), Chronicle of Psuedo-Joshua the Stylite -- Reviewed by Jan J. Van Ginkel
• Ralph V. Turner and Richard H. Heiser, The Reign of Richard Lionheart: Ruler of the Angevin Empire, 1189-1199 -- Reviewed by James Bothwell
• D. Nicolle, J. Haldon, and S. Turnbull, The Fall of Constantinople: The Ottoman Conquest of Byzantium(Osprey, 2007), 256pp. -- Reviewed by John Miglletta.
• Christopher Tyerman, The Invention of the Crusades -- Reviewed by Thomas F. Madden (The Historian)
• Christopher Tyerman, The Invention of the Crusades -- Reviewed by K. S. B. Keats-Rohan (English Historical Review)

U

• Judi Upton-Ward, The Catalan Rule of the Templars (Boydell, 2003) -- Reviewed by J. Andrew Villalon
• James B. Wood, The King's Army: Warfare, Soldiers, and Society during the French Wars of Religion, 1562-1576 -- Reviewed by Daniel Hickey

V

• Filippo Vardi, The Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi: 15^th Century Swordsmanship of Master Filippo Vardi, translated by Luca Porzio and Gregory Mele -- Reviewed by Holger Berwinkel
• J. F. Verbruggen, The Art of Warfare in Western Europe During the Middle Ages from the Eighth Century to 1340, 2d ed., translated by Summer Williard and Mrs. R. W. Southern -- Reviewed by Bernard Bachrach (The Historian)
• J.F. Verbruggen, The Battle of the Golden Spurs: Courtrai, 11 July 1302 -- Reviewed by Susan Rose
• L.J. Andrew Villalon and Donald J. Kagay (eds.), Crusaders, Condottieri, and Cannon: Medieval Warfare in Societies Around the Mediterranean- reviewed by Niall Christie
• L.J. Andrew Villalon and Donald J. Kagay (eds.), The Hundred Years War: a wider focus, History of Warfare 25 (Brill, 2005) -- Reviewed by Brian Ditcham.
• L.J. Andrew Villalon and Donald J. Kagay (eds.), Crusaders, Condottieri, and Cannon: Medieval Warfare in Societies Around the Mediterranean -- Reviewed by Niall Christie
• L.J. Andrew Villalon and Donald J. Kagay (eds.), The Hundred Years War: a wider focus, History of Warfare 25 (Brill, 2005) -- Reviewed by Brian Ditcham.

W

• John Waldman, Hafted Weapons in Medieval and Renaissance Europe: The Evolution of European Staff Weapons between 1200 and 1650, History of Warfare 31 (Brill, 2005) -- Reviewed by Mark Charles Fissel.
• Christopher Walter, The Warrior Saints in Byzantine Art and Tradition -- Reviewed by Timothy Dawson
• Kenneth Wiggins, Anatomy of a Siege: King John's Castle, Limerick, 1642 -- Reviewed by Philip Dixon (English Historical Review)
• Sumner Willard (trans.) and Charity Cannon Willard (ed.), The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry -- Reviewed by Nadia Margolis
• Alan R. Williams, The Knight and the Blast Furnace: A History of Metallury of Armour in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period -- Reviewed by Robert D. Smith
• Ivy A. Corfis and Michael Wolfe (eds.), The Medieval City under Siege -- Reviewed by Jose Manuel Rodriguez Garcia
• David Worthington, Scots in Habsburg Service, 1618-48 (Brill, 2003) -- Reviewed by Mark Charles Fissel

X

Y

• Niall Christie and Maya Yazigi (eds.), Noble Ideals and Bloody Realities: Warfare in the Middle Ages, History of Warfare 37 (Brill, 2006) -- Reviewed by Brian Ditcham.

Z

• Vickie L. Ziegler, Trial By Fire and Battle in Medieval German Literature (Camden House, 2004) -- Reviewed by John France