Primary Sources on Medieval and Renaissance Military History


De Re Militari aims to provide students and scholars with the best articles, primary sources and book reviews it can to help them in their studies. We hope that this section will give them some information on they can study medieval warfare. Attempts are made to cover all geographic areas and time periods in the Middle Ages, including materials from the Middle East and Asia. 

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     Primary Sources on the Crusades

     Primary Sources on the Hundred Years' War

     Primary Sources on Anglo-Norman Warfare

     Primary Sources on the Vikings and Norse

     Primary Sources on the Byzantine Empire

     Primary Sources on Spain and al-Andalus

     Primary Sources on the Mongols

     Primary Sources on Italy

     Forthcoming Additions to our Sources section