De Re Militari Sessions at the International Congress on Medieval Studies
Here is a listing of sessions at the International Congress on Medieval Studies, held annually at the University of Western Michigan, which were sponsored or co-sponsored by our Society.
36th International Congress on Medieval Studies (2001)
De Re Militari Plenary Session
Presider: Bernard S. Bachrach (University of Minnesota)
Kelly DeVries (Loyola College in Maryland), "Was There a Renaissance in Military History? Humanism and Technological Determinism, 1300 - 1559"
Respondents: Clifford J. Rogers (US Military Academy) and Richard Kaeuper (University of Rochester)
Early Medieval Military History
Presider: Jay Roberts (Olathe South High School)
Bernard S. Bachrach (University of Minnesota), "Medieval Military Demography: The Werner Thesis and His Critics"
Edward E. Cox (Iowa State University), "Roman Carlisle: Territorial and Military Power in Early Medieval Britain"
David Beougher (US Military Academy), "The Logistics of the Tain Bo Cuailnge: How Did They Do That?"
High Medieval Military History
Presider: Steven Walton (Michigan Technological University)
Valerie Eads, "The Countess Strikes Back: Sobara, 2 July 1084"
John Hosler, "Re-Evaluating Events in the Scottish Rebellions of 1173-74: King William's Northumbrian Sieges"
Late Medieval Military History
Presider: Clifford J. Rogers (US Military Academy)
William T. Hubbard II (Iowa State University), "John Neville: An Assessment of His Military Career"
Michael McGrath (Adrian College), "Early Gunpowder Weapons: Parallel Evolutions in China and Europe"
Jay Roberts (Olathe South High School), 'Barnabe Riche, John Smythe, and Roger Williams: Three Voices in the Development of Military Theory"
Steven Walton (Michigan Technological University), "The Interesting Part of New Military Technology: Fireworks Ingredients and Recipes"
Themes in Medieval History: The Hundred Years War
Presider: Kelly DeVries (Loyola College in Maryland)
Clifford J. Rogers (US Military Academy), "Garrison Warfare in the St. Omer Chronicle"
Paul Solon (Macalester College), "Toulouse as a Military Actor in Late Medieval France"
Timothy Pollack-Lagushenko (John Hopkins University), "Armagnacs in Arms: The Politics of Violence in Fifteenth-Century France"
Craig Taylor (University of York), "Handling Defeat during the Hundred Years War: Intellectual and Professional Responses"
35th International Congress on Medieval Studies (2000)
De Re Militari Plenary Address
Presider: Bernard S. Bachrach (University of Minnesota)
Clifford J. Rogers (US Military Academy), "Vegetian Strategy and the Science of War in the Middle Ages"
Respondants: Kelly DeVries (Loyola College in Maryland)
Early Medieval Military History
Presider: Carroll Gillmor
Bernard S. Bachrach (University of Minnesota), "Dudo of St.Quentin as a Military Historian"
Edward E. Cox (Iowa State University), "The Roman Military Structure in Northern Britain after 407"
Edward Schoenfeld (Augsburg College), "The Saxons against Charlemagne: A Military Assessment of an Early Medieval War"
High Medieval Military History
Presider: Jay Roberts (Olathe North High School)
Stephen Morillo (Wabash College), "Battle Seeking: Some Notes on the Political and Symbolic Contexts of Medieval Strategy"
Carroll Gillmor, "Charles the Bald and the Magnates: Royal and Aristocratic Military Action against the Vikings"
Dana Cushing (University of Toronto), "The Logistics of Richard's Journey to the Holy Land"
Late Medieval Military History
Presider: Clifford J. Rogers (US Military Academy)
Emilie Amt (Hood College), "Besieging Bedford, Protecting Poitou: Military Logistics in 1224"
Joseph M. Isenberg (Iowa State University), "Dracula Slept Here? Romanian Architecture in the Middle Ages"
Jay Roberts (Olathe North High School), "Sixteenth-Century English Military Thought"
Captives, Hostages, and Prisoners of War in the Middle Ages
Presider: Kelly DeVries (Loyola College in Maryland)
Amanda Spencer (University of Toronto), "The Fate of Ransomed Captives in the Early Middle Ages"
Peter Konieczny (University of Toronto), "Prisoners of War and English Monarchs: William I to Henry III"
34th International Congress on Medieval Studies (1999)
De Re Militari Plenary Lecture
Presider: Bernard S. Bachrach (University of Minnesota)
Charles R. Bowlus (University of Arkansas - Little Rock), "Warfare and Social Change in Ottonian and Salian Germany"
Respondents: Richard Abels (United States Naval Academy) and Bert S. Hall (University of Toronto)
Early Medieval Military History
Presider: Bert S. Hall (University of Toronto)
Bernard S. Bachrach (University of Minnesota), "Sachritik: A Model of the Possible for Military History"
Edward E. Cox (Iowa State University), "Hadrian's Wall in Post-Roman Britain"
Carroll Gillmor (University of Utah), "Logistics of Viking Fluvial Incursions in West Francia, 841-885"
Late Medieval/Renaissance Military History
Presider: Kelly DeVries (Loyolas College of Maryland)
Lachlan Mead (Univesity of Minnesota), "The Poetry of Laurence Minot and English Strategy against France and Scotland during the First Phase of the Hundred Years War"
William T. Hubbard II (Iowa State University), "The Influence of County Forces on Edward IV's Resumption of the Crown in 1471"
Jay Roberts (Olathe North High School), "The Influence of Machiavelli on Early Modern English Military Thought"
Steven A. Walton (University of Toronto), "Preserving the Past and Inventing the Future: Tudor Gunnery Manuals as Clues to Technological Transfer"
33rd International Congress on Medieval Studies (1998)
De Re Militari Plenary Lecture
Presider: Clifford J. Rogers (US Military Academy)
Bernard S. Bachrach (University of Minnesota), "Contours of Medieval Military History"
Respondants: Charles Bowlus (University of Arkansas - Little Rock) and Kelly DeVries (Loyola College of Maryland)
Aspects of Early Medieval Military History
Presider: Charles Bowlus (University of Arkansas - Little Rock)
Edward E. Cox (Iowa State University), "The Abandonment of Roman Britain"
Carroll Gillmor (University of Utah), "Siege Logistics in 861: Locating the Norse Island Base on the Siene
Mark-Anthony Conti (University of Arkansas - Little Rock), "Revisiting Richard Glover's 'English Warfare in 1066'"
Sources of Late Medieval Military History
Presider: Kelly DeVries (Loyola College of Maryland)
Keith Gabel (University of Kansas), "The Bellum Waltherium as a Source of Thirteenth-Century Urban Warfare"
Clifford Rogers (US Military Academy), "The Treaties of London and Bretigny: Going Back to the Sources"
Jay W. Roberts (Olathe South High School), "The Impact of Classical Military Theorists upon the Development of Late Medieval/Early Modern English Military Thought"
Bert S. Hall (University of Toronto), "Das Feuerwerkbuch: A Gunpowder Manual from the Fifteenth Century"
32nd International Congress on Medieval Studies (1997)
Late Medieval Military Technology (co-sponsored with AVISTA)
Presider: Bernard S. Bachrach (University of Minnesota)
Beau A.C. Harbin (Catholic University of America), "Campaign, Corn, and Clerks: The Government and Logistics under Edward III"
John Dotson (Southern Illinois University), "Genoese Naval Artillery in the Early 15th Century"
William Hubbard (Iowa State University), "A Problem of Numbers: Force Size at the Battle of Barnet, 1471"
Philip Kaveny (University of Wisconsin-Madison), "The Printing Press as a Component of Military Technology and Knowledge Transfer in the Late Middle Ages"
The Sources of Medieval Military Technology (co-sponsored with AVISTA)
Presider: Valerie Eads (City University of New York)
Paul Gans (New York University), "Combat Techniques and Weaponry in the Writings of Chretien de Troyes"
Barbara Bowers (Ohio State University), "A Study of the Medieval Ship Rig Using Wax Seals: A Critique of Sources and Methods"
Richard Schneider (York University), "The Function and Meaning of the 'Military Fasicle' in the Treatise of Walter of Milemete"
Holly Hale (Louisiana State University), "A Victorian Courtship of the Middle Ages: Frank Norris's Obsession with Medieval Armor and Weapons of War"
Agincourt: A Practical Re-Assessment - Film and Discussion (co-sponsored with AVISTA)
Presider: Kelly DeVries (Loyola College of Maryland)
Guy M. Wilson (Royal Armouries), "The Battle of Agincourt: The Royal Armouries Film"
John Waller (Royal Armouries), "Comment on the Film"
The Longbow: Effects and Efficacy - A Roundtable Debate
Presider: Bert Hall (University of Toronto)
Participants include Kelly DeVries (Loyola College of Maryland) and Clifford Rogers (US Military Academy)
Early Medieval Military Technology (co-sponsored with AVISTA)
Presider: Clifford Rogers (US Military Academy)
Steven Walton (University of Toronto), "To Baghdad with Pride: Dark Age Sword Trade Reconsidered"
Bernard S. Bachrach (University of Minnesota), "Thinking about Charlemagne at War"
Kenneth Madison (Iowa State University), "The Banners of the Bayeux Tapestry"
The Technology of Siege Warfare (co-sponsored with AVISTA)
Presider: John Dotson (Southern Illinois University)
Renaud Beyfette (Armedieval), "Poliorcretics, or the Art of Besieging a City"
Laurence Marvin (Saint Louis University), "War in the South: Siege Warfare in the Albigensian Crusade"
Bert Hall (University of Toronto), "Wildfire, Fire Arrows, and Incendiary Projectiles: Non-Explosive Uses of Gunpowder in the Late Middle Ages"
Robert D. Smith (Royal Armouries), "Bombards, Serpentines and Murderers: Medieval Artillery?"
We hope to add information from early conferences soon.