Medieval Warfare Book Reviews

Unreviewed Books

Although the books were distributed to the reviewers as noted below, the reviews below were never forthcoming:

• Keith Durham, Strongholds of the Border Reivers: Fortifications of the Anglo-Scottish Border 1296-1603 (Osprey, 2008), 64pp. -- to be reviewed by Steven A. Walton.
• Peter Coss and Christopher Tyerman (eds.), Soldiers, Nobles and Gentlemen: Essays in Honour of Maurice Keen (Boydell, 2009), 408pp. -- to be reviewed by David Trim.
• Peter Marren, Battles Of The Dark Ages (Pen & Sword, 2009), 224pp. -- to be reviewed by Rob Howell.
• David Childs, Tudor Sea Power: The Foundation Of Greatness (Seaforth Publishing, 2010), 225pp. -- to be reviewed by Peter Sposato.
• Peter Purton, A History of the Early Medieval Siege, c.450-1250 (Boydell, 2010), xxviii+505pp. -- to be reviewed by Val Eads.
• Zsolt Hunyadi, The Hospitallers in the Medieval Kingdom of Hungary c.1150-1387 (Budapest, 2010), 354pp. -- to be reviewed by Jon Porter.
• Stephen Cooper, The Real Falstaff: Sir John Fastolf and the Hundred Years War (Pen & Sword, 2010), 210pp. -- to be reviewed by Scott Manning.
• Stephen Turnbull, Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights (2), Fortress 19 (Osprey, 2004), 64pp. -- to be reviewed by DRM member
• Jonathan Cooper, Scottish Renaissance Armies 1513-1550, illus. by Graham Turner, Elite 167 (Osprey, 2008), 64pp. -- to be reviewed by DRM member
• Brenda J. Buchanan (ed.), Gunpowder, Explosives, and the State: A Technological History (Ashgate, 2006), xxiii+425pp. -- to be reviewed by Brian R.Price
• David Nicolle, Knights of Jerusalem: The Crusading Order of Hospitallers 1100-1565 (Osprey, 2008) 223pp. -- to be reviewed by Zsolt Hunyadi.
• Konstantin S. Nossov, Medieval Russian Fortresses AD862-1480, Fortress 61 (Osprey, 2007), 64pp. -- to be reviewed by Stephen McCauley.
• John D. Hosler, Henry II: A Medieval Soldier at War, 1147-1189 (Ashgate 2007), 275pp. - to be reviewed by Emir Filipovic.
• John France and Kelly DeVries (eds.), Warfare in the Dark Ages, International Library of Essays on Military History (Ashgate 2008), 510pp. -- to be reviewed by Stephen McCauley.
• Sergio Boffa, Warfare in Medieval Brabant (Boydell, 2004), 289pp. -- to be reviewed by Craig Taylor
• H.J. Hewitt, The Black Prince's Expedition (1958; Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2004), ix+226pp. -- to be reviewed by Andy King
• Zsolt Hunyadi and József Laszlovszky (eds.), The Crusades and the Military Orders: Expanding the Frontiers of Medieval Christianity, Central European University Medievalia (Budapest, 2001), 606 pp. [predominantly English with a few German, French and Hungarian essays] - to be reviewed by Mark Vaughn.
• Leslie A. Sconduto (ed. and trans.), Guillaume de Palerne: An English Translation of the 12th Century French Verse Romance (McFarland, 2004), 266pp. -- to be reviewed by Kathy Talarico.
• Bernard S. Bachrach, Warfare and Military Organization in Pre-Crusade Europe, Variorum Collected Studies (Ashgate, 2002), 334pp. - to be reviewed by J. Patrick Hughes.
• Kelly DeVries, A Cumulative Bibliography of Medieval Military History and Technology, Update 2004 (Brill, 2004), CD-Rom -- to be reviewed by Paul Gans.
• Jeff Janoda, Saga: a Novel of Medieval Iceland (Academy Chicago Press, 2005), 353pp. -- Reviewed by Ed Cox.
• Helen Nicholson and David Nicolle, God's Warriors: Crusaders, Saracens and the Battle for Jerusalem (Osprey 2005), 224pp. -- to be reviewed by Peter Koniensky.
• Cyril Mazansky, British Basket-Hilted Swords: a typology of basket-type sword hilts (Boydell and the Royal Armouries, 2005), xi+292pp. -- to be reviewed by Fred Clume
• Gilbert of Mons, Chronicle of Hainaut, trans. Laura Napran (Boydell, 2005), xxxviii+221 pp. -- to be reviewed by Stephen Morillo.
• Alice-Mary Talbot and Denis F. Sullivan (eds. and trans.), The History of Leo the Deacon: Byzantine Military Expansion in the Tenth Century (Dumbarton Oaks, 2005), 229pp. -- to be reviewed by Bernie Bachrach.
• Clifford J. Rogers and Kelly DeVries (eds.), Journal of Medieval Miliary History vol. III (2005), 183pp. -- to be reviewed by Charles Bowlus.
• Marianne Ailes & Malcolm Barber (eds.), The History of the Holy War: Ambroise's Estoire de la Guerre Sainte (Boydell&Brewer, 2004) -- to be reviewed by Kelly DeVries
• Matthew Gordon , The Breaking of a Thousand Swords: a history of the Turkish Military of Samarra, A.H. 200-275/815-889 C.E., (State University of New York Press, 2001), 303pp. -- to be reviewed by Bernard S. Bachrach.
• Jamel Ostwald, Vauban under Siege: Engineering Efficiency and Martial Vigor in the War of the Spanish Succession, History of Warfare 41 (Brill, 2006), xiv+394 pp.-- to be reviewed by David Trim.
• Anthony Luttrell and Helen J. Nicholson (eds.), Hospitaller Women in the Middle Ages (Ashgate,2006), xiv+265pp -- to be reviewed by Don Kagay.
• Donald J. Kagay, War, Government, and Society in the Medieval Crown of Aragon (Ashgate, 2007), 344pp -- to be reviewed by David McDaniel.
• Norman Housley (ed.), Knighthoods of Christ: Essays on the History of the Crusades and the Kinghts Templar, Presented to Malcolm Barber (Ashgate, 2007), 280pp -- to be reviewed by Peter Konicezny.
• D.J.B. Trim (ed.), The Chivalric Ethos and the Development of Military Professionalism, History of Warfare 11 (Brill, 2003), 360 pp. -- to be reviewed by Matthew Strickland
• Simon Barton and Richard Fletcher (eds.), The World of El Cid: Chronicles of the Spanish Reconquest, Manchester Medieval Sources (Manchester University Press, 2001), 304pp. -- to be reviewed by Steven Isaac.
• Elisabeth van Houts (ed.), The Normans in Europe Manchester Medieval sources (Manchester 2000) -- to be reviewed by Matthew Bennett
• Marjorie Chibnall, The Debate on the Norman Conquest, Issues in Historiography (Manchester University Press, 1999), 176pp. -- to be reviewed by Matthew Bennett
• Thomas F. Madden (ed.), The Crusades: The Essential Readings (Blackwell, 2002), 352 pp. -- to be reviewed by James Burrett
• Andrew Mackillop and Steve Murdoch (eds.), Military Governors and Imperial Frontiers, c.1600-1800: A Study of Scotland and Empires, History of Warfare 17 (Brill, 2003), 250pp. -- to be reviewed by Daniel Mondekar
• Martha W. Driver and Sid Ray (eds.), The Medieval Hero on Screen: Representations from Beowulf to Buffy (McFarland, 2004), 268pp. -- to be reviewed by L. J. Andrew Villalon
• R.T. Fallon, The Christian Soldier: Religious Tracts Published for Soldiers on Both Sides During and After the English Civil Wars, 1642-1648 (ACMRS, 2003), xviii+200pp. -- to be reviewed by David Seim.

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