Medieval Warfare Book Reviews

Unreviewed Books

Although distributed, the book reviews below were never forthcoming from the reviewers:

• 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: P & 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, Cumulative Bibliography of Medieval Military History and Technology, revised edition - History of Warfare 26 (Brill, 2004), xii+330pp. - to b reviewed by Robert Howell
• 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 an 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.
• Flo Keys, The Literature of Hope in the Middle Ages: Connections in medieval romance, modern fantasy, and science fiction (McFarland, 2006), 205pp. -- to be reviewed by Valerie Eads.
• 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.
• James Howard-Johnston, East Rome, Sasanian Persia and the End of Antiquity, Variorum Collected Studies Series: CS848 (Ashgate, 2006), 336pp -- to be reviewed by Stephen Morillo.
• 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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