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Medieval Warfare Bibliography for 2003 Books Aitchison, Nick, The Picts
and the Scots at War The Picts are perhaps the most enigmatic and poorly understood of all the peoples of early medieval Britain. Nick Aitchison illuminates all aspects of their mysterious world in this book including the nature of Pictish kingship and the aristocracy, warfare and everyday life. The shadowy world of Pictish religion and mythology, pagan and Christian, is also investigated, as is the decline of the Picts and the reasons for the dominance of the Scots. Illustrated with vivid scenes of Pictish sites and works of art, including their internationally famous sculptures, this study is full of fresh insights for anyone fascinated by the mysteries of the Dark Ages or the drama of early Scottish history.
Alcock,
Leslie, Kings and Warriors, Craftsmen and Priests in Northern Britain, AD
550-864
Allen, S.J., and Amt, Emilie, The Crusades: A Reader Click here for the Table of Contents.
Amatuccio,
Giovanni, "Mirabiliter pugnaverunt". L'esercito del
Regno di Sicilia al tempo di Federico II This book, with a preface by Errico Cuozzo, concerns the organization of the Frededick II’s army, with special regard to the Kingdom of Sicily. Its 210 pages are divided into six chapters. The first chapter is devoted to the ethnical and technical components of the army: German knights, Saracen archers, Communal militia, and Kingdom knights. The second analyzes the system of the servitium debitum owed by the barons of the kingdom with the relative exemptions and substitutions (adohamentum). The third concerns the salary of the fighters and the difference between milites infeudati and milites stipendiarii. The fourth examines army organization: weapons and equipment, units, chain of command, logistics. The fifth traces a profile of the campaigns conducted by the emperor during his reign. The final chapter concerns tactics and strategy, with reference to battles and sieges.
Arnold, Thomas, The Renaissance at War An introductory guide to warfare in Europe from the late 15th to the early 17th century, with numerous illustrations and maps.
Bachrach, David S., Religion and the
Conduct of War c.300-c.1215 This volume provides the first comprehensive analysis of the dynamic interpenetration of religion and war in the West during the period stretching from the accession of Constantine the Great in the early fourth century until the eve of the Fourth Lateran Council in the early thirteenth. Read a review of this book.
Bak, Janos M.; Knoll, Paul W., and Schaer, Frank (trans.), The
Chronicles and Deeds of the Dukes or Princes of the Poles Written around 1112-1116, The Deeds of the Princes of the Poles is the oldest narrative source from Poland, formerly attributed to 'Gallus,' a French monk. The anonymous author tells the ancient history of Poland down to the reign of Boleslaw III. The chronicle contains valuable information on Poland's relations to her neighbors as well as the political ideas of his time. The text is a significant document on the cultural connections of medieval Europe and the gradual inclusion of the new monarchies into Christiendom.
Brown, Gordon S., The Norman Conquest of
Southern Italy and Sicily This study focuses on the eight sons of Tancred of Hauteville, especially Robert Guiscard, who has been called “the most dazzling military ruler between Julius Caesar and Napoleon,” and his youngest brother Roger, who conquered Sicily. It discusses how they expanded their lands throughout southern Italy, and then took Sicily from its Muslim rulers. The brothers, often in conflict with each other, challenged both the Papacy and the Byzantine Empire, became the main supporters of the reformed Papacy, and founded a rich, sophisticated kingdom that lasted until the nineteenth century. Read a review of this book.
Brown, Warren C., and Gorecki, Piotr (eds.), Conflict
in Medieval Europe: Changing
Perspectives on Society and Culture Includes: "What conflict means: the making of medieval conflict studies in the United States, 1970-2000", Warren Brown and Piotr Górecki; "10th-century courts at Macon and the perils of structuralist history: re-reading Burgundian judicial institutions", Stephen D. White; "Reform and lordship in Alsace at the turn of the millennium", Hans Hummer; "Visualizing a dispute resolution: Peter of Albano's protected zone", Barbara H. Rosenwein; "The fragmentation and redemption of a nedieval cathedral: property, conflict, and public piety in 11th-century Arezzo", William North; "Punishments in 11th-century Normandy", Emily Zack Tabuteau; "Baldwin VII of Flanders and the Toll of Saint-Vaast (1111): judgment as ritual", Geoffrey Koziol; "Women and ordeals, Belle Stoddard Tuten; Law and nonmarital sex in the Middle Ages", Henry Ansgar Kelly; "Nastiness and wrong, rancor and reconciliation", Paul R. Hyams; "The emergence of the crime-tort dinstinction in England", Charles Donahue, Jr.; "Feuding in Viking age Iceland's Great Village", Jesse L. Byock; "Some reflections on violence, reconciliation, and the "feudal revolution"", Fredric L. Cheyette; "Where conflict leads: on the present and future of medieval conflict studies in the United States", Warren Brown and Piotr Górecki.
Bull, Marcus, and Housley, Norman
(eds.), The Experience of Crusading Articles include: "Jonathan Riley-Smith, the crusades and the Latin east: an appreciation", by Jonathan Phillips with Peter Edbury; "The 'muddy road' of Odo Arpin from Bourges to La Charite-sur-Loire", by Jonathan Shepard; "Alice of Antioch: a case study of female power in the twelfth century", by Tom Asbridge; "Gaufridus abbas Templi Domini: an underestimated figure in the early history of the kingdom of Jerusalem", by Rudolf Hiestand; "The career of Philip of Nablus in the kingdom of Jerusalem", by Malcolm Barber; "A second incarnation in Frankish Jerusalem", by Benjamin Z. Kedar;."The Old French translation of William of Tyre as an historical source", by Bernard Hamilton; "The Freiburg leaf: crusader art and loca sancta around the year 1200", by Jaroslav Folda; "Reading John of Jaffa", by Peter Edbury; "Churches and settlement in crusader Palestine", by Denys Pringle; "King Fulk of Jerusalem as city lord", by Hans Eberhard Mayer; "The adventure of John Gale, knight of Tyre", by Jean Richard; "Hülegü Khan and the christians: the making of a myth", by Peter Jackson; "Orientalism and the early development of crusader studies", by Robert Irwin; "Notes on the economic consequences of the crusades", by Michel Balard; "New Venetian evidence on crusader Acre", by David Jacoby; "The role of the Templars and the Hospitallers in the movement of commodities involving Cyprus, 1291-1312", by Nicholas Coureas; "From Tunis to Piombino: piracy and trade in the Tyrrhenian Sea, 1397-1472", by David Abulafia.
Chase, Kenneth, Firearms: A Global History to 1700
Coulson, Charles, Castles in Medieval Society. Fortresses in England, France and Ireland in the Central Middle Ages
Crawford, Paul (ed.), The Templar of Tyre: The deeds of
the Cypriots The so-called 'Templar of Tyre' is the third and longest section of an important 14th-century chronicle known as the Gestes des Chiprois. Written by a Cypriot knight who served the Templar Master William of Beaujeu as an Arabic translator and a member of his immediate retinue, the 'Templar of Tyre' provides precious contemporary insights, often drawn from the author's personal experience, into events beginning in the early 1230s and ending in 1309 in the East and 1314 in the West. Notably, it covers the last days of the mainland Crusader states and the fall of Acre in 1291 (providing our only eyewitness chronicle of this disaster), as well as providing information on the period following 1291.
Cusimano, Richard, A translation of the
Chronicle of the abbey of Morigny, France, c.1100-1150 Written during the 12th century by monks at the Benedictine abbey of Morigny, about fifty kilometers south of Paris, the Chronicle describes the abbey’s foundation, its purchase by King Philip I, its difficulties surviving its initial poverty, its heated quarrel over proprietorships with the canons of the church of Saint-Martin in Old Etampes, and its bitter dispute with the church of Notre Dame of Etampes over burial rights. Besides revealing the intrigues and scandals of 12th-century churchman vying for money, power, and influence, these parts of the text detail an abbey’s struggle to be born and survive in a society filled with churches, and with powers, both lay and ecclesiastical, competing either to help it or harm it.
Damon, John Edward, Soldier Saints
and Holy Warriors: Warfare and
Sanctity in the Literature of Early England Focusing on the body of early English Christian literature from the arrival of Roman Christianity in England through the period of the Crusades, Damon notes the stark difference in attitude between the earliest works and those that came later, especially in texts on the theme of war. Between the representations of the pious saints and willing martyrs of the second to fourth centuries and the worldly bishops and chivalric heroes of the twelfth to fourteenth centuries seems to lie an unbridgeable gulf; yet Damon shows how the literature of the later period grew step by step out of the literature of the earlier. Hagiography is the major literary genre he examines to document the changing ethos from the rejection of warfare to the formal accommodation with and eventually to active participation in wars considered "just" or "holy." From Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica through the works of Felix and Alcuin, to Estote fortes in bello, Damon traces the subtle evolution in Christianity from the celebration of pacifist saints to the glorification of the new breed of holy warrior who not only died but fought for Christ.
Dendrinos, Charalamos, et al. (eds.), Porphyrogenita:
Essays and Literature of Byzantium and the Latin East in Honour of Julian
Chrysostomides Includes the articles: "Michael Psellus, Michael Attaleiates: The blinding of Romanus IV at Kotyaion (29 June 1072) and His Death at Proti (4 August 1072), by Speros Vyronis Jr.; "Romance and Reality in the Sources for the Sieges of Antioch, 1097-1098", by Susan B. Edgington; "William of Tyre and the Byzantine Empire", by Bernard Hamilton; "The Hospitaller Commandery of Morea: 1366", by Anthony Luttrell.
Dimnik, Martin, The Dynasty of Chernigov, 1146-1246
Dodd, Gwilym, and Biggs, Douglas (eds.), Henry IV: The
Establishment of the Regime, 1399-1406 Ten articles are in this volume, including: Michael Bennett, "Henry of Bolingbroke and the Revolution of 1399"; Anthony Tuck, "Henry IV and Chivarly"; Mark Arvanigian, "Henry IV, the Northern Nobility and the Consolidation of the Regime"; Andy King, "'They have the Hertes of the People by North': Northumberland, the Percies and Henry IV, 1399-1408"; Simon Walker, "The Yorkshire Risings of 1405: Texts and Contexts".
Friar, Stephen, The Sutton Companion to Castles An encyclopedia of terms associated with castles and their construction.
Friday, Karl F., Samurai, Warfare and the State in Early
Modern Japan Warfare in early medieval Japan was deeply linked to the social structure. Examining the causes and conduct of military operations informs and enhances our understanding of the tenth to fourteenth centuries - the formative age of the samurai. Karl Friday, an internationally recognised authority on Japanese warriors, provides the first comprehensive study of the topic to be published in English. This work incorporates nearly twenty years of on-going research and draws on both new readings of primary sources and the most recent secondary scholarship. It overturns many of the stereotypes that have dominated views of the period. Friday analyses Heian -, Kamakura- and Nambokucho-period warfare from five thematic angles. He examines the principles that justified armed conflict, the mechanisms used to raise and deploy armed forces, the weapons available to early medieval warriors, the means by which they obtained them, and the techniques and customs of battle. A thorough, accessible and informative review, this study highlights the complex casual relationships among the structures and sources of early medieval political power, technology, and the conduct of war.
Guzman, Fernan Perez de (translated by Marie Gillette and
Loretta Zhengut), Pen Portraits of Illustrious Castilians The first English translation of a compilation of biographical sketches of the most illustrious Castilians if the mid-fifteenth century. Several of the biographies refer to military achievements.
Jones, Michael, Between France and England This book republishes 12 articles by Michael Jones, including "Nantes au debut de la guerre en Bretagne", "Ancenis, Froissart and the Beginnings of the War of Succession in Brittany (1341)"; and "Edward III's Captains in Brittany".
Haines, Roy Martin, King Edward II: Edward of Caernarfon,
His Life, His Reign, and Its Aftermath 1284-1330
Haldon, John, Byzantium at
War, AD 600-1453
Halsall, Guy, Warfare and
Society in the Barbarian West, 450-900 In this work, Guy Halsall relates warfare to many aspects of medieval life, economy, society and politics. He examines the raising and organization of early medieval armies and looks at the conduct of campaigns. The survey includes the equipment of warriors and the horrific experience of battle as well as an analysis of medieval fortifications and siege warfare.
Hanley, Catherine, War and Combat,
1150-1270: the Evidence from Old French Literature
Harper-Bill, Christopher, and Houts, Elisabeth van (eds.), A
Companion to the Anglo-Norman World Includes the articles, "England in the Eleventh Century", by Ann Williams; "Normandy 911-1144", by Cassandra Potts; "England, Normandy and Scandinavia", by Lesley Abrams; "Angevin Normandy", by Daniel Power; "The Normans in the Mediterranean", by Matthew Bennett.
Hattendorf, John B. and Unger, Richard W. (eds.), War at Sea in
the Middle Ages and Renaissance Articles in this volume include: "Naval Force in the Viking Age and High Medieval Denmark"; "Scandinavian Warships and Naval Power in the 13th and 14th centuries"; "Naval Power and Maritime Technology during the Hundred Years' War"; "Oars, Sails and Guns: The English and War at Sea, c.1200-1500"; "Byzantium and the Sea: Byzantine Fleets and the History of The Empire in the Age of the Macedonian Emperors, c.900-1025"; "Iberian Naval Power, 1000-1650"; "Venice, Genoa and Control of the Seas in the 13th and 14th Centuries"; "Genoese Naval Forces in the Mediterranean in the 15th and 16th Centuries"; "An Exemplary Maritime Republic: Venice at the End of the Middle Ages"; "The Navies of the Medici: The Florentine Navy and the Navy of the Sacred Military Order of Saint Stephen, 1547-1648"
Heers, Jacques (translated by Jonathan North), The Barbary
Corsairs: Warfare in the Mediterranean, 1480-1580 Examining the piracy and naval warfare that came from corsairs based out of North Africa, and includes chapters on the Battle of Lepanto, slavery, and the legends that grew out of this period.
Hicks, Michael, Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485
Howard, Ian, Swein Forkbeard's Invasions and the Danish
Conquest of England, 991-1017 Chapter Headings: 1) Propaganda and legend: Accounts of the invasions and conquest of England; 2) Hindsight: Features explaining the invasions and conquest; 3) Swein Forkbeard's first invasion; 4) Swein Forkbeard's second invasion; 5) The invasion of 1006; 6) Swein Forkbeard's third invasion; 7) Thorkell the Tall and the English succession. Includes two appendices discussing the Heimskringla and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
Kaegi, Walter, Heraclius, Emperor
of Byzantium This book evaluates the life and empire of the pivotal yet controversial Byzantine emperor Heraclius (AD 610-641), a contemporary of the Prophet Muhammad. His stormy war-torn reign is critical for understanding the background to fundamental changes in the Balkans and the Middle East, including the emergence of Islam. Heraclius' skills enabled him to capture and recapture important territory, including Jerusalem, Syria and Egypt. Yet, they proved to be of little value when he confronted early Islamic conquests.
Kagay, Donald and Villalon, Andrew (eds.), Crusaders,
Condotierre and Cannon: Medieval Warfare around the Mediterranean Volume 13 in their History of Warfare Series: Among those papers to be published are: Nicolas Agrait, "The Siege of Algeciras (1342-1344) in its Reconquest and Military Context"; Steven Bowman, "Twelfth-Century Jewish Responses to Crusade and Jihad"; Robert Burns, "Provisioning Murcia"; William Caferro, "Slaying the Hydra-Headed Beast: Italy and the Companies of Adventure in the Fourteenth Century"; Cynthia L. Chamberlin, "The King Sent Them Very Little Relief": The Castilian Siege of Algeciras, 1278-79"; David Cohen, "Secular Pragmatism and Thinking about War in some Court Writings of Pere III el Cerimonios"; Weston F. Cook, Jr., "The Cannon Conquest of Nasrid Spain and the End of the Reconquista"; Mark DePuy, "The Master's Hand and the Secular Arm: Property and Discipline in the Hospital of St. John in the Fourteenth Century"; Kelly DeVries, "The Effect of Killing the Christian Prisoners at the Battle of Nicopolis"; Valerie Eads, "The Geography of Power: Matilda of Tuscany and the Strategy of Active Defense"; Timothy M. May, "The Mongol Presence and Impact in the Lands of the Eastern Mediterranean"; Albert McJoynt, "An Appreciation of the War for Granada (1481-92): A Critical Link to Western Military History"; Joseph O'Callaghan, "War and Peace in the Siete Partidas"; Douglas Sterling, "The Siege of Damietta: Seapower in the Fifth Crusade, 1217-1221"; Theresa M. Vann, "Reconstructing a "Society Organized for War"; L. J. Andrew Villalon, "Seeking Castles in Spain: Sir Hugh Calveley and the Free Companies' Intervention in Iberian Warfare (1366-1369)" Read a review of this book.
Kiraly, Bela K., and Veszpremy, Laszlo (eds.), A Millenium
of Hungarian Military History Includes the articles: Attita Zsoldos, "The First Centuries of Hungarian Military Organisation"; Laszlo Veszpremy, "The Birth of Military Science in Hungary: the Period of the Anjou and Luxembourg Kings"; Gyula Razso, "Military Reforms in the Fifteenth Century"; Gabor Agostan, "Ottoman Conquest and the Ottoman Military Frontier in Hungary'
Kenyon, John R., and O'Conor, Kieran (eds.), The Medieval
Castle in Ireland and Wales Includes the articles: Richard Avent, "William Marshal's building works at Chepstow Castle, Monmouthshire, 1189-1219"; C.J. Spurgeon, "Hubert's Folly: the abortive castle of the Kerry campaign, 1228"; Lawrence Butler, "Dolforwyn Castle: prospect and retrospect"; Derek Renn, "Two views from the roof: design and defence at Conwy and Stokesay"; Terry Barry, "The defensive nature of Irish moated sites"; David Newman Johnson, "Carncastle: a fortified islet on the north-east coast of Co. Antrim"; and nine other articles.
Landers, John, The Field and the Forge: Population,
Production, and Power in the Pre-industrial West Includes chapters on "Battlefields before Gunpowder"; "The Gunpowder Revolution"; "Military Capital: Oars, Sails, Walls, and Guns"; "The Cost of War: Manpower and Resources"; and "The Cost of War: Mortality and Population Loss"
Lane, George, Early Mongol
Rule in Thirteenth-Century Iran: A Persian reniassance Includes chapters discussing the invasion of Iraq in 1258-9, and various wars along the Ilkhanate frontier.
Maddern, Thomas F., Enrico Dandalo and the Rise of Venice Includes the Fourth Crusade and other military episodes.
Magdalino, Paul (ed.), Byzantium in the Year 1000 Includes the articles: Jean-Claude Cheynet, "Basil II and Asia Minor"; Catherine Holmes, "The Political Elites in the Reign of Basil II"; Paul Stephenson, "The Balkan Frontier in the Year 1000"; Vera von Falkenhausen, "Between Two Empires: Byzantine Italy in the Reign of Basil II".
Marsden, John, Galloglas: Henridean and West Highland
Mercenary Warrior Kindreds in Medieval Ireland
Mayor, Adrienne, Greek Fire,
Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the
Ancient World
McDonald, R. Andrew, Outlaws of Medieval Scotland: Challenges
to the Canmore Kings, 158-1266
Mortimer, Ian, The Greatest Traitor: The Life of Sir Roger
Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, Ruler of England, 1327-1330
Mott, Lawrence V., Sea Power in the Medieval
Mediterranean: The Catalan-Aragonese Fleet in the War of the Sicilian Vespers
Muhlberger, Steven, Jousts and Tournaments: Charny and the
Rules for Chivalric Sport in Fourteenth-Century France Featuring the first translation of the 14th century “Demands Pour La Joute, Le Tournois et La Guerre,” by Sir Geoffroi de Charny, Dr. Muhlberger examines various aspects about tournaments. For more information, and to read portions of this text, click here on the Publisher's webpage. Read a review of this book.
Musto, Ronald G., Apocalypse in Rome: Cola di Rienzo and
the Politics of the New Age
Nicholson, Helen J., Medieval warfare: theory and practice of
war in Europe, 300-1500 A synthesis and summary of the present state of knowledge and debates on various aspects of warfare in medieval Catholic Europe between AD 300 and 1500. Nicholson provides a general overview of the subject, with greater detail on topics of particular interest. Individual chapters consider the theory of warfare, military personnel, buildings and equipment, as well as the practice of warfare by land and sea. Click here to read the Introduction and Index.
Nicolle, David, Warriors and their Weapons around the Time
of the Crusades: Relationships between Byzantium, the West and the Islamic World Papers include: Medieval warfare: the unfriendly interface; Byzantium and Islamic arms and armour: evidence for mutual influence; No way overland? Evidence for Byzantine arms and armour on the10th-11th century Taurus frontier; The impact of the European couched lance on Muslim military tradition; Armes et armures des les épopées des Croisades; Arms and armour illustrated in the art of the Latin East; Wounds, military surgery and the reality of crusading warfare: the evidence of Usamah's memoirs; 'Ain al-Habis: the 'cave de Sueth'; The Monreale capitals and the military equipment of later Norman Sicily; The Capella Palatina ceiling and the Muslim military inheritance of Norman Sicily; Arms, armour and horse harnesses in the Parma Baptistery painted ceiling. Read a review of this book.
Norris, John, Early Gunpowder
Artillery, c.1300-1600
O'Byrne, Emmett, War and politics and the
Irish of Leinster, 1156-1606 Until now there has been no linear political study of the Irish of Leinster from the death of Toirdhealbhach O'Connor in 1156 to the establishment, in 1606, of County Wicklow - the last Irish and Leinster county to be created. Students and historians have had to make do with viewing this period of Irish history through publications that focus on successive English government's attempts to extend royal jurisdiction throughout Ireland. This is a paradoxical, given that war and politics in Leinster have played a defining role from earliest times in the history of Ireland. Now for the first time, the largely ignored world of the Irish of Leinster is recalled in this book.
Porzio, Luca (trans.), Ars
Gladitoria: 15th Century Swordsmanship of Master Fillipo Vadi Fifteenth-century Italy was renowned for its fencing masters. Working in the tradition of his predecessor Fiore dei Liberi, Fillipo Vadi was Master-at-Arms under Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, to whom this work was dedicated in the 1480s. A two part work, the first follows dei Liberi, but the quality of the plates is superior. The second part contains his 'higher principles' of swordplay, a critically important addition to the early Italian tradition. He lays out, for the first time, aspects of techniques such as keeping the point on-line and advancing footwork, precursors to the myriad fencing manuals that followed in sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Click here to read a review.
Potter, David, War and Government in the French Provinces Few studies of the history of provincial France have hitherto spanned the conventional medieval/early-modern divide, and David Potter’s detailed examination of war and government in Picardy, a region of France hitherto neglected by historians, has much to say about the development of French absolutism. Picardy emerged as a province after the campaigns of 1470–1477, and its experience of the first period of absolutism provides an enlightening contrast with that of other, more outlying provinces: the Picard nobility was notable for the extent of its participation in the army, the court and the government of France. David Potter provides a detailed analysis of the organisation of French military power in the province, and its impact during the period of the Habsburg-Valois wars. The work concludes with Picardy about to enter a difficult period of civil war.
Reese, Peter, Flodden: A Scottish Tragedy
Remfry, Paul Martin, A Political Chronology of Wales, 1066 to 1282 This book cover the events relevant to Wales in the period from the Norman Conquest to the fall of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd in 1282. In summary form the struggle between Welsh, English and Normans is displayed with reference to the founding of castles, sieges, deaths, conquests and battles. Several maps and an index help to chronicle the maelstrom of changing alliances and political power structures.
Richey, Stephen W., Joan of Arc:
The Warrior Saint Drawing on eyewitness accounts of Joan's comrades-in-arms and the author's own military experience, Richey goes beyond what Joan did in her amazing career, analyzing how she performed her martial feats. The first study in English to dig deeper into the mechanics of Joan's military career, and the first English treatment by a professional soldier with battlefield experience, this vivid account explores Joan's achievements in winning the loyalty of her men. Click here to read a review of this book.
Rickard, John, The Castle Community: English and Welsh
Castle Personnel, 1272-1422
Sandhu, Gurcharn
Singh, A military history of medieval India
Semaan, Khalil I. (ed.), The Crusades: other experiences,
alternate perspectives: selected proceedings from the 32nd annual CEMERS
Conference Includes the papers: Khalil I. Semaan, "Another Conference on the Crusades! What For?"; Ali A. Mazrui, "Democracy in the Shadow of the Crusades: A Modernist Perspective"; Aryeh Grabois, "The First Crusade and the Jews"; Ralph-Johannes Lilie, "The Crusades and Byzantium"; Matti Moosa, "A Sketch of Syriac Sources on the Crusades"; Majid Fakhry, "The Crusades in Arabic Historiography"; Nasser Rabbat, "The Visual Milieu of the Counter-Crusade in Syria and Egypt"; Heather J. Tanner, "In His Brother's Shadow: The Crusading Career and Reputation of Eustace III of Boulogne"; Penelope A. Adair, "Flemish Comital Family and the Crusades"; Ana Echevarria, "The Polemic Use of the Crusades in Fifteenth-Century Literature of the Mendicant Orders in Spain"; Sharon Kinoshita, "Brave New Worlds: Robert de Clari's La Conquete de Constantinople"; Harry J. Brown, "'For Worldes Good': John Gower's 'Tale of Constance' and the End of the Crusades"
Sibly, M.D, and Sibly, W.A. The Chronicle
of William of Puylaurens: The Albigensian Crusade and its Aftermath
Skaarup,
Harold A., Siegecraft: No Fortress Impregnable A handbook describing sieges and fortresses from the fall of the walls of Jericho to the battle at Dien Bien Phu. Includes accounts of several medieval sieges. The full text of this book can be browsed online at this webpage.
Smith, Damian J. and Buffery, Helena (ed.), The Book of
Deeds of James I of Aragon The 'Book of Deeds' is the first known autobiography by a Christian king. Its author was James I of Aragon (1213-76), known as 'The Conqueror', one of the great political figures of 13th-century Europe and a successful crusader. In his 'Deeds', James describes the turbulent years of his minority, the thrilling capture of Majorca, the methodical conquest of the kingdom of Valencia, the reconquest of the kingdom of Murcia after Castile had failed to hold it, and many of the important events of his reign.
Snorrason, Oddr (translated by Theodore
M. Anderson), The Saga of Olaf Tryggvason A translation of a twelfth-century saga retelling the life and reign of the Norwegian king, Olaf Tryggvason (968-1000). Includes several accounts of battles.
Stephenson, Paul, The Legend of
Basil the Bulgar-Slayer Stephenson re-examines the reign of the Byzantine emperor Basil II (976-1025), including his conquest of Bulagria, which earned him the nickname 'Bulgar-slayer'. He argues that Basil was not as heavily engaged in wars with the Balkans as was previously believed, and that his reputation as 'Bulgar-slayer' emerged only a century and a half later, the creation of a martial regime immersed in bellicose panegyric.
Sweetenham, Carole, and Paterson, Linda (ed.), The Canso
d'Antiocha: An Occitan Epic Chronicle of the First Crusade The Canso d'Antiocha is a 714 line fragment part of a much larger epic describing the events of the First Crusade, and includes information not found in any other source. The surviving section describes the opening stages of the Battle of Antioch.
Trim, D.J.B. (ed.), The Chivalric Ethos and the
Development of Military Professionalism Volume 11 in their History of Warfare Series: The essays in this volume explore the extent to which the chivalric ethos and military professionalism were incompatible, as well as their relative significance for developments in the art of war, and the rise of the state. Essays explore the armies and societies of late-medieval and early-modern France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Germany, England and the Netherlands. They examine both the theory and practice of war, using literary, archival and artistic evidence. Overall the volume probes what constitutes military 'professionalism'; assesses the real long term significance of developments in this period; and considers whether military professionalism required the waning of the chivalric ethos or merely resulted in it. Analysis of elite culture makes this valuable for historians of culture and politics. Military operations are related to organisations and structures, bridging the gap of military enthusiasts and academic historians.
Turnbull, Stephen, Genghis
Khan and the Mongol Conquests, 1190-1400 Click here to read a review of this book.
Upton-Ward, J.M., The Catalan Rule of the
Templars: A Critical Edition and English Translation from Barcelona, Archivo de
la Corona de Aragón, `Cartes Reales', MS 3344 The Knights Templar, part monastic order, part military force, lived by a firm code, or rule, which exists in differing versions. This Spanish version is a follow-up to J.M. Upton-Ward's highly successful edition of the French Rule. The introduction to this Catalan Rule, Barcelona Archivo de la Corona de Aragón, Cartes Reales, MS 3344, discusses the content, language and dating of the manuscript. It also provides background information derived from the French Rule on the circumstances of the Knights Templar. There is a brief description of the provincial organisation of the Order with particular reference to the houses in Aragon, where it is most likely that the manuscript was used; a summary of clauses; and a concordance with de Curzon's 1886 edition of the French Rule. Compared to de Curzon's edition, the Barcelona text is incomplete, but it contains important clauses not found in other manuscripts. Click here to read an exert from this text.
Urban, William, Teutonic Knights: A Military
History
Valente, Claire, The
Theory and Practice of Revolt in Medieval England Contents: Preface; Why study revolt? Theories of resistance 1215-1399; Prelude: 1215-1217, the crisis of Magna Carta; 1258-1265, the community of the Realm; Interlude: 1297-1301, successful reform; 1308-1327, Transitions; Interlude: Edward III, the Peasants' Revolt; 1386-1399, Personal Agendas; Postlude: 1400-1415, Fragmentation and dynastic revolt; Conclusions.
Vernier, Richard, The Flower of Chivalry: Bertrand du Guesclin and the Hundred Years War The rise of Bertrand du Guesclin ranks as one of the most spectacular adventures in a fourteenth century rich in heroic tales. A poor Breton squire, ungainly and unlettered, he came of age at the onset of the Hundred Years War. He spent two decades engaged in irregular warfare in his native province before he became a knight, and was recognised by Charles V as the captain France needed. Du Guesclin fought on campaign from Normandy to Andalusia, tasted victory, was taken captive - and was finally victorious again, over such famed adversaries as Sir John Chandos and the Black Prince. He won a dukedom in Spain, but it was as Constable of France that he spearheaded the reconquest of French provinces lost after the defeat at Poitiers.
Walter, Christopher, The Warrior
Saints in Byzantine Art and Tradition Christopher Walter's study of the cult and iconography of Byzantine warrior saints - George, Demetrius, the two Theodores, and dozens more - is at once encyclopaedic and interpretative, and the first comprehensive study of the subject. The author delineates their origins and development as a distinctive category of saint, showing that in its definitive form this coincides with the apogee of the Byzantine empire in the 10th-11th centuries. He establishes a repertory, particularly of their commemorations in synaxaries and their representations in art, and describes their iconographical types and the functions ascribed to them once enrolled in the celestial army: support for the terrestrial army in its offensive campaigns, and a new protective role when the Byzantine Empire passed to the defensive. Walter draws attention to the development of an echelon of military saints, notably in church decoration, which provides the surest basis for defining their specificity; also to the way in which they were depicted, generally young, handsome and robust, and frequently 'twinned' in pairs, so calling attention to the importance of camaraderie among soldiers. At the same time, this work opens a new perspective on the military history of the Byzantine Empire. Its ideology of war consistently followed that of the Israelites; protected and favoured by divine intervention, there was no occasion to discuss the morality of a 'just war'. Consequently, when considering Byzantine methods of warfare, due attention should be given to the important role which they attributed to celestial help in their military campaigns.
Williams, Alan, The Knight and the Blast Furnace: A
History of Metallurgy of Armour in the Middle Ages & the Early Modern Period Volume 10 in their History of Warfare Series: The suit of armour distinguishes the European Middle Ages and Renaissance from all other periods and cultures. Unlike flexible defences, popular everywhere else in the world, the rigid, articulated, exoskeleton of a "suit of armour" was a more extravagant and less adaptable means of personal protection. It required greater metallurgical resources to make, but offered far better protection against available weapons. This book tells the story from its invention in 14th century Lombardy, which depended on the production of the necessary steel, until its eventual decline in the 17th century, principally because of the development of another military technology, the gun. The metallurgy of 600 armours has been analyzed, and their probable effectiveness in battle is assessed by means of mechanical tests. Click here to read a review. 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