What's New on the De Re Militari Website

This section details the new materials that we have added to our website.  This includes articles, primary sources, book reviews and news about our society.  Our bibliography and links pages are also updated regularly.

Date Added - Title - Type of Material

November 27, 2008 - English, Edward D., Urban Castles in Medieval Siena: The Sources and Images of Power - article

October 23, 2008 - Roach, Daniel, The Lord put His people to the Sword: Contemporary reactions to the Battle of Hattin (1187) - article

October 23, 2008 - Gillespie, Janet P., A Family Conflict Set in Stone: The story of Henry, eldest son of Henry II of England - article

January 26, 2008 - Warfare in 13th century Byzantium, according to George Akropolites - primary source

January 26, 2008 - David Hay, The Military Leadership of Matilda of Canossa, 1046-1115 - sample chapter

March 18, 2007 - Jason Price, An Analysis of the Strategy and Tactics of Alexious I Komenos - dissertation

March 18, 2007 - Chris Hanson, The Mongol Siege of Xiangyang and Fan-ch’eng and the Song military - article

February 7, 2007 - Brian Todd Carey, Warfare in the Medieval World - book introduction

February 7, 2007 - S.D. Goitien, Glimpses from the Cairo Geniza on Naval Warfare in the Mediterranean and on the Mongol Invasions - article

February 7, 2007 - R.J. Walsh, Charles the Bold and Italy (1467-1477): Politics and Personnel - book introduction

January 15, 2007 - William Strook, The Wars of Alfred the Great - article

December 29, 2006 - The Siege of Constantinople (1453), according to Kritovoulos - primary source

December 29, 2006 -  Mounira Chapoutot-Remadi, Thirty Years of Research on the History of the Medieval Maghrib - article

December 29, 2006 - Maria Pia Pedani, Turkish Raids in Friuli at the End of the Fifteenth Century - article

December 29, 2006 - Keith Hopwood, The Byzantine-Turkish Frontier, c.1250-1300 - article

July 27, 2006 - The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary - book introduction

July 27, 2006 - James Ross Sweeney, "Spurred on by the Fear of Death": Refugees and Displaced Populations during the Mongol Invasion of Hungary - article

July 27, 2006 - John Masson Smith Jr., The Nomads' Armament: Home Made Weapons - article

July 27, 2006 - Kelly DeVries, The Battle of Nicopolis - article

July 27, 2006 - Brian T. Carey, Debacle at Manzikert, 1071: Prelude to the Crusades - article

July 16, 2006 - Stone, Daniel, The Polish-Lithuanian State, 1386-1795 - chapter

July 16, 2006 - Riley-Smith, Jonathan, The Venetian Crusade of 1122-1124 - article

July 16, 2006 - Schein, Sylvia, Between East and West: the Jews in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem 1099-1291 - article

July 16, 2006 - Steenbergen, Jo Van The Alexandrian Crusade (1365) and the Mamluk Sources: Reassessment of the kitab al-ilmam of an-Nuwayri al-Iskandarani - article

July 16, 2006 - Burgtorf, Jochen, and Nicholson, Helen, International Mobility in the Military Orders (Twelfth to Fifteenth Centuries): Travelling on Christ's Business (University of Wales Press, 2006) - Preface and Introduction

July 16, 2006 - Imber, Colin, The Ottoman Empire 1300-1481 - chapter

July 16, 2006 - Saunders, JJ, The Significance of Egypt - article

June 30, 2006 - Handler, Andrew, The Zirids of Granada - chapters

June 29, 2006 - Chevedden, Paul E., Black Camels and Blazing Bolts: The Bolt-Projecting Trebuchet in the Mamluk Army - article

June 29, 2006 - Two Views on the Battle of Crecy - articles

June 29, 2006 - Mott, Lawrence, The Battle of Malta, 1283: Prelude to a Disaster - article

June 29, 2006 - Abels, Richard, From Alfred to Harold II: The Military Failure of the Late Anglo-Saxon State - article

June 29, 2006 - Shboul, Ahmed - Al-Mas'udi on the Byzantines - chapter

June 29, 2006 - Strevett, Neil - The Anglo-Norman Civil War of 1101 Reconsidered - article

June 29, 2006 - Minutes from the 2006 De Re Militari Business Meeting - news

May 3, 2006 - Raoul of Cambrai, an Old French Epic - primary source

May 3, 2006 - Novicianvs, Goergivs, A Military History of Belarusian Lands Up to the End of Twelfth Century A.D. - article

May 3, 2006 - Noble Ideals and Bloody Realities: Warfare in the Middle Ages - book introduction

May 3, 2006 - John Hawkwood: An English Mercenary in Fourteenth Century Italy - book introduction

April 1, 2006 - Medieval Warfare in The History of Egypt by Ibn Taghri Birdi - primary source

April 1, 2006 - Links to Medieval Podcasts added

March 6, 2006 - Information on De Re Militari sessions at the International Congress on Medieval Studies - conferences section

March 6, 2006 - Warner, Mark, Chivalry in Action: Thomas Montagu and the war in France, 1417-1428 - article

March 6, 2006 - Charles Halperin, The East Slavic Response to the Mongol Conquest - new article

March 6, 2006 - Caferro, William, Italy and the Company of Adventure in the Fourteenth Century - new article

March 6, 2006 - Kaegi, Walter, The Strategy of Heraclius - new article

March 6, 2006 - Cushing, Dana, Sealift: The Logisitics of Richard I's Voyage to the Holy Land - new article (MS Word document)

March 6, 2006 - New Books for 2006 - bibliography section

October 30, 2005 - Mantovani, Sergio, Fortificazioni estensi nella pianura tra Modena e Bologna all'epoca del Duca Ercole I - from Rocche e Castelli Lungo il Confine tra Bologna e Modena, eds. P. Bonacini and Domenico Cerami (2005) - new article

October 30, 2005 - Minutes from the 2005 De Re Militari Business Meeting - news

October 16, 2005 - Journal of Conflict Archaeology - announcement 

October 16, 2005 - Norwich Castle, Excavations and Historical Survey, 1987-98 - announcement

October 16, 2005 - May, Timothy, Chormaqan Noyan, the first Mongol Military Governor in the Middle East - Indiana University, MA thesis, 1995 - new article

October 16, 2005 - Garcia, José Manuel Rodríguez, La Marina Alfonsí al Asalto de Africa, 1240-1280.  Consideraciones Estratégicas e Historia - from Revista de Historia Naval v.85 (2004) - new article

October 12, 2005 - Call for Papers: War and Peace in the Middle Ages and Renaissance (December 2006)

October 8, 2005 - We are reorganizing our site and developing new sections.  All sections will be fully functional by the end of October.

August 8, 2005 - Markham, Paul, The Battle of Manzikert: Military Disaster or Political Failure? (2005) - new article

August 8, 2005 - Medieval Warfare on Film - new section

August 8, 2005 - Audio Files on Medieval Military History - new section added

April 30, 2005 - Kingdom of Heaven Page has new additions - special section

April 30, 2005 - New Poll on Kingdom of Heaven movie

April 29, 2005 - Duncan, David J., Scholarly Views Of Shajarat Al-Durr: A Need For Consensus - from Arab Studies Quarterly (2000) - article

April 10, 2005 - Sixteen New Book Reviews now available - book reviews

April 10, 2005 -  Two Documents concerning Crossbow-shooting in the Marquisate of Mantua in the 15th century - primary source

April 10, 2005 - Emanuel Constantin Antoche, Les expéditions de Nicopolis (1396) et de Varna (1444): une comparaison - from Mediævalia Transilvanica, v.4:1-2 (2000) - article

April 10, 2005 - Emanuel Constantin Antoche, L’expédition du roi de Hongrie, Mathias Corvin en Moldavie (1467) - from Revue Internationale d’Histoire Militaire v.83 (2003) - article

April 10, 2005 - Dan Ioan Muresan, Avant Nicopolis: la campagne de 1395 pour le contrôle du Bas-Danube - from Revue Internationale d’Histoire Militaire v.83 (2003) - article

April 10, 2005 - List of Members of De Re Militari now found here

April 10, 2005 - International Medieval Congress, July 2005 - conference news

April 10, 2005 - Frequently Asked Questions section

January 26, 2005 - De Re Militari announces the 2004 winner of the Verbruggen Prize - announcement

January 26, 2005 - Schedule of Events of De Re Militari and other Medieval Military Sessions at the 40th International Congress on Medieval Studies, May 2005 - conference news

January 26, 2005 - Several PhD dissertations now available - theses