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40th International Congress on Medieval Studies Schedule of Events May 5 - 8, 2005 Held annually at Western Michigan University, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, this is the largest academic conference for medieval studies in the world. De Re Militari is pleased to be included in this congress, where we have five sessions, three of which are held on Wednesday and the remaining two on Saturday. Here is a schedule of our sessions, as well as other events that will be of interest to military historians.
De Re Militari Sessions Thursday, May 5 Session 39: Early Medieval Military History Mark Vaughn (United States
Naval War College): “No Vegetius? No
Problem! Other Sources of Medieval
Military Doctrine” Carroll Gillmor (Independent Scholar): “Viking Strategems during the Siege of Paris, 885-886" Paul J. Gans (New York University): “Was the Carmen de Hastingae Proelio Written by Guy, Bishop of Amiens, or by Some Other Guy” The De Re Militari Business Meeting will be held in Bernhard 105 at 12:00. Session
97: War in Late Middle Ages: England Elisabeth Schevtchuk Armstrong (Independent Scholar): “Rebel, or Fugitive? A New Look at the 600-Year-Old Mystery of Hotspur and Henry IV” A. Compton Reeves (Ohio University): “Preparations for Judicial Combat: England 1453" Steven A. Walton (Penn State University): “The Impetus of Being Earnest: Aristotle, Ballistics, and Late Medieval Artillery” Session 156: War in Late Middle Ages: Spain and France Donald Kagay (Albany State University): “Just War and Holy Warriors in Fourteenth-Century Iberia” L.J. Andrew Villalon (University of Cincinnati): “The Wages of Waging War: Sir Hugh Calveley and the Building of a Fourteenth- Century Fortune" Matthieu Chan Tsin (Purdue University): “A Warrior’s Guide to Safe Travel” Saturday, May 7 Session 369: The Journal of Medieval Military History Annual
Lecture This year's speaker will be Richard Barber, who will be speaking on "Edward III: Teamwork and Generalship" Respondent is Clifford J. Rogers, United States Military Academy
Session
461: Warfare
in the Middle Ages: Military Technology Steven Blowney (Free Library of Philadelphia): “Petersen’s Type H-I Swords, a Gazetteer of Sources” Patrick J. Hughes (99th Regional Readiness Command): “The Devil’s Weapon” Kelly DeVries (Loyola College in Maryland): “The Introduction and Use of the Pavise to the Hundred Years War” Mark Dupuy (Edith Cowan University): “Arms and the Men: Monks and the Machines of War in the Later Middle Ages” Other Sessions to be held at the 40th Congress that will be of interest to military historians include: Thursday, May 5 Session 55: The Crusades I Alan V. Murray, "The Problem of Prostitution on the First Crusade" Thomas Asbridge, "The Relic of the Holy Lance on Antioch: Power and Faith in the First Crusade" Nicholas L. Paul, "Crusade Memory and Memorabilia: Traditions and Objects Associated with the First Crusader Gouffier of Lastours in Twelfth Century Limousin" Session 114: The Crusades II Patrick O'Banion, "What Hath Iberia to Do with Jerusalem? Reconquest, Crusade, and the Spanish Way in the Twelfth Century John D. Hosler, "Richard de Lucy: Justiciar, General...Crusader? William J. Hamblin, "Arab Perspectives on the Fourth Crusade" Session 173: The Crusades III Special Lecture: "The Western Way of War: A Reassessment", by John France. Respondents: Alfred J. Andrea and Bernard S. Bachrach
Friday, May 6 Session 178: War and Diplomacy in
Medieval and Renaissance Italy George Dameron, "War and the Clergy in Dante's Florence" William P. Caferro, "Mercenaries, Diplomacy, and National Identity in Fourteenth-Century Italy Sharon Dale, "Peace or Liberty? Giangaleazzo Visconti and His Publicists Session 186: East versus West:
Warrior Saints Jonathan Good, "St. George the Farmer-Soldier: Some Thoughts on His Myth" Richard F. Johnson, "Holy Healer or Soldier Saint: Hagiography of St. Michael in the East and West" Gabor Klaniczay, "Saint Ladislas and the Virgin Mary in Battle" Jim MacGregor, "Saints with Swords: The Appropriation of Eastern Warrior Saints by Western Knights" Session 204: Muslims, Christians,
and Jews in the Mediterranean Basin at the Time of the Crusades Kate McGrath, "Politics of Anger in the First Crusade Chronicles of Ekkehard of Aura and Albert of Aachen Joshua Birk, "Soldier, Agent, and Scapegoat: Muslims and Poltical Violence in Twelfth-Century Sicily" Jennifer A. Thompson, "Death and Burial in the Latin East; The Crusader Cemetery at 'Atlit" Session 222: Feats of Arms in the
Middle Ages I Steven Muhlberger, "The Combat of the Thirty" Brian R. Price, "The Coin of Renown: Feats of Arms in the Judiciary, War, and Chivalric Leisure" Keith Anderson, "Preliminary Observations on the Dobringer Fechtbuch" Session 295: Late Medieval Military
and Martial Arts Practice Bob Charron, "The Personal Art of War: Medieval European Martial Arts Revived (A demonstration of the principles put forward in Fiore dei Liberi's Fior di Bataglia (ca. 1409) Session 298: The Middle
Ages in Modern Memory Bruce C. Brasington, "The Great War and Medieval Memory" Paul E. Chevedden, "A Case of Global Amnesia: Memory Loss and the Islamic Interpretation of the Crusade" Session 357: Feats of Arms in the
Middle Ages II: Demonstration Equipped in full harness, combatants will demonstrate various forms of knightly feats of arms, showing tonal and technique differences found in a peaceful engagement, a strenuous emprise, and an encounter in a judicial duel. Saturday, May 7 Session 374: Popes, Emperors, and
the Mediterranean World in the Crusades Era: Papers in Honor of James M. Powell
I Thomas F. Madden, "The Fourth Crusade and Historical Memory" Caroline Smith, "Why Not Take the Cross: John of Joinville's Decision against Joining Louis IX's Second Crusade" Michael Lower, "St. Louis's Last Crusade: Tunis, 1270" Session 475: Popes, Emperors, and
the Mediterranean World in the Crusades Era: Papers in Honor of James M. Powell
II Louis Haas, "Crusader (Mis)Perceptions of Muslims and Islam during the Age of the Crusades" Benjamin Troxell, "And Yet They Are Misled...": Marsiglio of Padua and Crusades against Christians in Fourteenth-Century Italy" Eleanor A. Congdon, "The Ottomans and Europeans in the Aegean ca. 1480: Business and War" Session 494: Military Conflicts and
Crossovers Jochen Burgtorf, "The Templar Matthew Sauvage and Sultan Baybars: Enemies and Blood Brothers in the Thirteenth-Century Latin East" Nicholas Agrait, "A Flashpoint in the Christian-Muslim Struggle: The Straits of Gibraltar, 1294-1379" Theresa M. Vann, "Manly Men and Effeminate Easterners: Gender Identity in the Later Crusades" Session 512: Medieval Archeology II:
Fortifications in Their Landscapes Eric Bangs, "Roman and German Fortresses in Southwest Germany" Oliver Creighton, "New Light on British Castles in Their Landscape Contexts" Kieran D. O'Conor, "Castles and Deer Parks in Anglo-Norman Ireland" Sunday, May 8 Session 542: The Isle of Man in the
High Middle Ages Benjamin T. Hudson, "Piracy and the Isle of Man" R. Andrew McDonald, "Manx and Hebridean Responses to Medieval European Change, ca. 1100- ca.1265" Session 550: Violence and War in
Late Medieval England Ilana Krug, "The Calm before the Storm: Purveyance and Military Logistics under the Three Edwards" Philip J. Morgan, "Writing a Medieval Battle: Thomas Walsingham's Account of Shrewsbury, 1403" Craig D. Taylor, "Why Did Men-at-Arms Fight in the Hundred Years War: A Question of Honor"
For more information, please go to the Congress Website at http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/
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