Medieval Warfare Book Reviews

Chronological Periods

Reviews are grouped by category and come from various sources.

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Early Medieval (Late Antique through Norman)

• Adrian Goldsworthy, Roman Warfare (Cassel, 2000), 224pp.-- Reviewed by Christopher Berg.
• Arther Ferrill, The Fall of the Roman Empire: The Military Explanation (Thames and Hudson, 1986), 192pp. -- Reviewed by Christopher Berg.
• J. E. Lendon, Soldiers and Ghosts: A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity (Yale UP), xii+468pp. -- Reviewed by Christopher Berg.
• Michael Pitassi, Roman Warships (Boydell, 2011) 191pp. -- Reviewed by Edmund P. Cueva.
• Charles D. Stanton, Norman Naval Operations in the Mediterranean (Boydell Press, 2011) xii+323pp -- Reviewed by Dr. Paul Oldfield [TMR 11.06.47].
• John F. Shean, Soldiering for God: Christianity an the Roman Army, History of Warfare 61 (Brill, 2010), 458pp. -- Reviewed by Craig Nakashian.
• Duncan B. Campbell, Mons Graupius AD83: Rome's Battle at the Edge of the World , Campaign 224 (Osprey 2010), 96pp. -- Reviewed by Edmund P. Cueva.
• James Howard-Johnston, East Rome, Sasanian Persia and the End of Antiquity , Variorum Collected Studies Series: CS848 (Ashgate, 2006), 336pp -- Reviewed by Stephen Morillo.
• Zsolt Hunyadi, The Hospitallers in the Medieval Kingdom of Hungary, c. 1150-1387 (Central European University, 2010) -- Reviewed by James William Brodman [TMR 10.06.19]
• Mary Beard, The Roman Triumph (Harvard UP, 2007), 434pp pbk. -- Reviewed by Edmund P. Cueva.
• Julia Barrow and Andrew Wareham (eds.), Myth, Rulership, Church and Charters: Essays in Honour of Nicholas Brooks (Ashgate, 2008), 286pp. -- Reviewed by Craig Nakashian.
• Stephen Allen, Lords of Battle: The World of the Celtic Warrior (Osprey, 2007), 224pp. -- Reviewed by Shaun Bennett.
• John F. Moffitt, The Enthroned Corpse of Charlemagne: the Lord-in-Majesty Theme in Early Medieval Art and Life (McFarland, 2006), 239pp. -- Reviewed by Irene González Hernando.
  
• Frank D. Reno, The Historic King Arthur: Authenticating the Celtic Hero of Post-Roman Britain (1996; McFarland 2003), 458pp -- Rreviewed by Ilana Krug.
• Benton Rain Patterson, Harold and William: The Battle for England, A.D. 1064-1066 (Cooper Square Publishers, 2001), 209pp. -- Reviewed by Cason Snow.
• Ian Howard, Swein Forkbeard's Invasions and the Danish Conquest of England, 991-1017 (Boydell, 2003), 203pp. -- Reviewed by Cason Snow.
• H.A. Drake, Violence in Late Antiquity: Perceptions and Practices (Ashgate,2006), xxi+395pp. -- Reviewed by Edmund P. Cueva.
• Frank Barlow, The Godwins (Pearson Education, 2003), 216pp. -- Reviewed by Richard Abels.
• M.K. Lawson, The Battle of Hastings, 1066 (Tempus, 2002) -- Reviewed by Peter Konieczny
• Raymond E. O. Ella, Four Anglian Kings of Northumbria (Old Yorkshire Press, 2002), 24pp. -- Reviewed by Ilana Krug
• Gordon S. Brown, The Norman Conquest of Southern Italy and Sicily -- Reviewed by Lawrence Mott
• Geoffrey Greatrex, Rome and Persia at War, 502-532 -- Reviewed by Peter Riedlberger (Bryn Mawr Classical Review )
• Roger Collins, Early Medieval Europe 300-1000 , 2d ed. -- Reviewed by Sam Collins(The History Teacher )
• Frank R. Trombley and John W. Watt (trans.), Chronicle of Psuedo-Joshua the Stylite -- Reviewed by Jan J. Van Ginkel
• Daibhi O Croinin, Early Medieval Ireland, 400-1200 -- Reviewed by Dorothy C. Africa
• Guy Halsall (ed.), Violence and Society in the Early Medieval West -- Reviewed by Thomas Head (The Historian )
• John M. Hill, The Anglo-Saxon Warrior Ethic: Reconstructing Lordship in Early English Literature -- Review ed by Bernard Bachrach
• Richard Abels, Alfred The Great: War, Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England -- Reviewed by Bruce O'Brien
• John Peddie, Alfred: Warrior King -- Reviewed by Gernot Wieland
• Stephen Morillo, The Battle of Hastings: Sources and Interpretations -- Reviewed by D.J.A. Matthew (English Historical Review )
• Richard Abels and Bernard Bachrach (eds.), The Normans and their Adversaries at War: Essays in Memory of C. Warren Hollister -- Reviewed by Val Eads
• Richard Abels and Bernard S. Bachrach, The Normans and their Adversaries at War: Essays in Memory of C. Warren Hollister -- Reviewed by Sean McGlynn (English Historical Review )

Crusades and the Military Orders

• Yuval Noah Harari, Special Operations in the Age of Chivalry, 1100-1550 (Boydell & Brewer, 2007), 248pp. -- Reviewed by Matthieu Chan Tsin.
• Joseph F. O'Callaghan, The Gibraltar Crusade: Castile and the Battle for the Strait (Univ. Pennsylvania Press, 2010), 392pp. -- Reviewed by Dana Cushing.
• Jill N. Claster, Sacred Violence: The European Crusades to the Middle East, 1096-1396 (U. of Toronto Press, 2009) and Helen J. Nicholson, The Crusades (Hackett, 2009) - Reviewed by Brian G.H. Ditcham for H-German
• Thomas F. Madden, James L. Naus, and Vincent Ryan (eds.) Crusades - Medieval Worlds in Conflict (Ashgate, 2010), xix+212pp -- Reviewed by Norman Housley [TMR 11.05.23].
• G.A. Loud, The Crusade of Frederick Barbarossa: The History of the Expedition of the Emperor Frederick and Related Texts, Crusade Texts in Translation 19 (Ashgate, 2010), 225pp -- Reviewed by David A. Warner [TMR 11.06.45].
• Malcolm Barber and Keith Bate (eds.), Letters from the East: Crusaders, Pilgrims and Settlers in the 12th-13th Centuries, Crusade Texts in Translation 18 (Ashgate, 2010), xv+188pp. -- Reviewed by Ora Limor. [TMR 11.04.22]
• Simon Phillips, The Prior of the Knights Hospitaller in Late Medieval England (Boydell, 2009), xiv+210pp. -- Reviewed by Stephen Mossman.
• Ernle Bradford, Sword And The Scimitar: The Saga Of The Crusades (Pen & Sword, 2004), 192pp. -- Reviewed by Timothy May.
• Christopher Gravett, Knight: Noble Warrior of England 1200-1600 (Osprey, 2010), paperback ed., 288pp. [review of HB] -- Reviewed by Peter Sposato.
• Thomas F. Madden, The Fourth Crusade: Event, Aftermath, and Perceptions . Papers from the Sixth Conference of the Socieity for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East, Istanbul, Turkey, 25-29 August 2004 (Ashgate, 2008), 208pp. -- Reviewed by Paul Dingman, Craig Nakashian, and Peter Sposato.
• Giles Constable, Crusaders and Crusading in the Twelfth Century , Ashgate: Burlington, VT, 2008. -- Reviewed by Thomas F. Madden [TMR 10.03.29]
• Photeinê B. Perra, O Leôn enantion tês Êmiselêniou: O Protos Beneto-Othomanikos Polemos kai ê katalêpsi tou Elladikou khôrou (1463-1479) [Relations between the Knight Hospitallers of Rhodes and Venice during the First Venetian-Ottoman War] -- Reviewed by Juho Wilskman.
• Judi Upton-Ward (ed.), The Military Orders Volume 4: On Land and by Sea (Ashgate, 2008), 310pp. -- Reviewed by Jarbel Rodriguez.
• Iris Shagrir, Ronnie Ellenblum and Jonathan Riley-Smith (eds.), In Laudem Hierosolymitani: Studies in Crusades and Medieval Culture in Honour of Benjamin Z. Kedar (Ashgate, 2007), 492pp. -- Reviewed by Jose Manuel Rodriguez Garcia.
• Judi Upton-Ward (ed.), The Military Orders Volume 4: On Land and by Sea (Ashgate, 2008), 310pp. -- Reviewed by Jarbel Rodriguez.
• Karl Borchardt, Helen Nicholson, and Nikolas Jaspert (eds.), The Hospitallers, the Mediterranean and Europe: Festschrift for Anthony Luttrell (Ashgate, 2007), 340 pp. -- Reviewed by Don Kagay.
• David Nicolle, The Second Crusade 1148. Disaster Outside Damascus , Campaign 204 (Osprey, 2009), 96pp. -- Reviewed by Lee Ruddin.
• José Sanchez, Medieval Knights: the Age of Chivalry (Andrea Press/Casemate, 2008) -- Reviewed by Craig Nakashian.
• Victor Mallia-Milanes (ed.), The Military Orders, Volume 3: History and Heritage (Ashgate, 2008), 328 pp. -- Reviewed by Jose Manuel Rodriguez Garcia.
• Peter Jackson (trans.), The Seventh Crusade, 1244-1254: Sources and Documents (Ashgate, 2007), 276pp. -- Reviewed by Timothy May.
• David Murphy, Condottiere 1300-1500: Infamous Medieval Mercenaries , Warrior 115 (Osprey, 2007), 64pp. -- Reviewed by J. Andrew Villalon.
• David Nicolle, Fighting for the Faith: The Many Fronts of Crusade & Jihad 1000-1500AD (Pen & Sword, 2007), xvi+237pp. -- Reviewed by Lee Ruddin.
• Carol Sweetenham (tr.), Robert the Monk's History of the First Crusade, Historia Iherosolimitana, Crusade Texts in Translation (Ashgate, 2006), x+243pp -- Reviewed by John Hosler.
• David Lindholm and David Nicolle, The Scandinavian Baltic Crusades 1100-1500 , illustrated by Angus McBride (Osprey, 2007), 48pp -- Reviewed by Dana Cushing.
• Helen Nicholson, Knight Templar, 1120-1312 , Warrior 91 (Osprey, 2004). 64pp -- Reviewed by J.M.B. Porter.
• Peter Edbury and Jonathan Phillips (eds.), The Experience of Crusading 2. Defining the Crusader Kingdom (Cambridge University Press (2003), 311pp. -- Reviewed by Cason Snow.
• Norman Housley, Contesting the Crusades , Contesting the Past series (Blackwell, 2006), xii+198pp. -- Reviewed by Timothy May.
• Marcus Bull and Norman Housely (eds.), The Experience of Crusading 1. Western Approaches (Cambridge University Press (2003), 307pp. -- Reviewed by Lee P. Ruddin.
• Judith Bronstein, The Hospitallers and the Holy Land: Financing the Latin East, 1187-1274 (Boydell, 2005), xv+190pp. -- Reviewed by Zsolt Hunyadi
• Helen Nicholson, Knights Templar 1120-1312 , Warrior 91 (Osprey, 2004), 64pp. -- Reviewed by Paul Crawford.
• S.J. Allen and Emilie Amt, eds., The Crusades: A Reader (Braodview, 2003), 430pp. -- Reviewed by Jose Manuel Rodriguez Garcia
• S.J. Allen and Emilie Amt, eds., The Crusades: A Reader (Braodview, 2003), 430pp. -- Reviewed by Zsolt Hunyadi
• Judi Upton-Ward, The Catalan Rule of the Templars (Boydell, 2003), xxviii +113 pp. -- Reviewed by J. Andrew Villalon
• David Nicolle, Crusader Castles in the Holy Land, 1097-1192 (Osprey, 2004), 64pp. -- Reviewed by Timothy May
• Thomas F. Madden (ed.), The Crusades: The Essential Readings (Blackwell, 2002), 352 pp. -- Reviewed by James Burrett
• The Second Crusade: Scope and Consequences , edited by Jonathan Phillips and Martin Hoch, -- Reviewed by Gordan Ravancic
• The Second Crusade: Scope and Consequences , edited by Jonathan Phillips and Martin Hoch -- Reviewed by A.J. Forey (English Historical Review )
• The Templars , by Malcolm Barber and Keith Bate -- Reviewed by Daniel Mondekar
• The Crusaders , by Norman Housley -- Reviewed by Phillip Nel
• Dei Gesta per Francos: Crusade studies in honour of Jean Richard , edited by Michel Balard, Benjamin Z. Kedar and Jonathan Riley-Smith -- Reviewed by Paul Crawford
• Crusaders, Condottieri, and Cannon: Medieval Warfare in Societies Around the Mediterranean , edited by L.J. Andrew Villalon and Donald J. Kagay -- Reviewed by Niall Christie
• Religion and the Conduct of War, c. 300- c. 1215 , by David Bachrach -- Reviewed by Don Kagy
• A Middle English Chronicle of the First Crusade - The Caxton Eracles , edited by Dana Cushing  -- Reviewed by Helen Nicholson
• Crusading and Warfare in Medieval and Renaissance Europe by Norman Housley -- Reviewed by David Hay
• The Capture of Alexandria by Guillaume de Machaut, trans. Janet Shirley -- Reviewed by Clifford Rogers
• Encounter between Enemies: Captivity and Ransom in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem , by Yvonne Friedman -- Reviewed by Norman Housley
• The Reign of Richard Lionheart: Ruler of the Angevin Empire, 1189-1199, by Ralph V. Turner and Richard H. Heiser -- Reviewed by James Bothwell
• Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade, by James Reston, Jr. -- Reviewed by Michael Pedrotty
• A Concise History of the Crusades. Critical Issues in History, by Thomas F. Madden -- Reviewed by Patrick J. Holt
• Gendering the Crusades, ed.by Susan B. Edgington and Sarah Lambert -- Reviewed by Christopher Corley
• God Wills It! An Illustrated History of the Crusades , by Wayne Bartlett -- Reviewed by Jennifer A. Price
• Crusade Charters, 1138-1270 , by Corliss Konwiser Slack -- Reviewed by Norman Housley
• Crusade Propaganda and Ideology: Model Sermons for the Preaching of the Cross , by Christopher Maier -- Reviewed by John Tolan
• La Guerre Sainte: La formation de l'idee de croisade dans l'Occident chretien , by Jean Flori -- Reviewed by Christopher J. Tyerman (English Historical Review )
• Contemporary Sources for the Fourth Crusade , by Alfred Andrea -- Reviewed by Dorothy Abrahamse
• The Trial of the Templars in Cyprus: A Complete English Edition , translated by Anne Gilmour-Bryson -- Reviewed by Helen Nicholson
• The Knights Hospitaller , by Helen Nicholson -- Reviewed by Sophia Menache
• Crusader Castles, by Hugh Kennedy -- Reviewed by Maria Georgopoulou
• The Crusades, c.1071-c.1291 , by Jean Richard, translated by Jean Birrell -- Reviewed by Kevin Madigan (Christian Century )
• The Crusades, c.1071-c.1291 , by Jean Richard, translated by Jean Birrell -- Reviewed by Christopher Tyerman (English Historical Review )
• The Crusades: Islamic Perspectives , by Carole Hillenbrand; and The Crusades, c.1071-c.1291 , by Jean Richard, translated by Jean Birrell - both reviewed by Malcolm Barber ( History Today )
• The Crusade against Heretics in Bohemia, 1418-1437 , edited by Thomas Fudge -- Reviewed by David Mengel
• The Crusades and Crusader Societies, 1095-1500. Selected Proceedings of the International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, 10-13 July 1995 , edited by Alan V. Murray -- Reviewed by Miri Rubin (English Historical Review )
• The Invention of the Crusades , by Christopher Tyerman -- Reviewed by Thomas F. Madden (The Historian )
• The Invention of the Crusades , by Christopher Tyerman -- Reviewed by K. S. B. Keats-Rohan (English Historical Review )
• A Concise History of the Crusades , by Thomas F. Madden -- Reviewed by Peter W. Edbury (English Historical Review )
• Western Warfare in the Age of the Crusades, 1000-1300 , by John France -- Reviewed by Peter W. Edbury (English Historical Review )
• The Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades , by Jonathan Riley-Smith -- Reviewed by Peter Jackson (English Historical Review )
• Defenders of the Holy Land: Relations Between the Latin East and the West, 1119-1187 , by Jonathan Phillips -- Reviewed by K.S.B. Keats-Rohan (English Historical Review )
• The Military Orders , by Alan Forey -- Reviewed by Jos� Manuel Rodr�guez Garc�a
• The Military Orders Vol. II: Welfare and Warfare , edited by Helen Nicholson -- Reviewed by K. S. B. Keats-Rohan (English Historical Review )
• The First Crusaders, 1095-1131 , by Jonathan Riley-Smith -- Reviewed by Miri Rubin (English Historical Review )
• The Fourth Crusade: The Conquest of Constantinople , by Donald E. Queller and Thomas F. Madden -- Reviewed by Louis Haas (The Historian )
• The First Crusade. The Chronicle of Fulcher of Chartres and Other Source Materials , edited by Edward Peters -- Reviewed by K. S. B. Keats-Rohan (English Historical Review )
• Crusader Castles , by Hugh Kennedy -- Reviewed by Christopher Tyerman (English Historical Review )

Late Medieval/Renaissance

• David Potter, Henry VIII and Francis I: the final conflict, 1540-47, History of Warfare 66 (Brill 2011), 584pp. -- Reviewed by Brian Ditcham.
• David R. Lawrence, The Complete Soldier. Military Books and Military Culture in Early Stuart England, 1603-1645, History of Warfare, 53 (Brill, 2009), 439 pp. -- Reviewed by Mark Charles Fissel.
• Yuval Noah Harari, The Ultimate Experience: Battlefield Revelations and the Making of Modern War Culture, 1450-2000 (Palgrave, 2009), 408pp. -- Reviewed by Mark Geldof.
  
• David Potter, Renaissance France at War: Armies, Culture & Society, c.1480-1560 (Boydell & Brewer, 2008), 454pp. -- Reviewed by Brian Ditcham.
• Keith Roberts, Pike and Shot Tactics 1590–1660 , Elite 179 (Osprey, 2010), 64pp. -- Reviewed by Glenn Foard.
• Vladimir Brnardic, Imperial Armies of the Thirty Year's War (1) Infantry and Artillery , Men-at-Arms 457 (Osprey, 2009), 64pp. -- Reviewed by Jay Roberts.
• Roger Crowley, Empires of the Seas: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521-1580 (Faber&Faber, 2009), 368pp.-- Reviewed by Lee Ruddin.
• Ken Mondschein (ed.), Fencing: A Renaissance Treatise, by Camillo Agrippa (Italica Press, 2009), 138pp. -- Reviewed by James Hester.
• Jonathan Cooper, Scottish Renaissance Armies 1513-1550 (Osprey, 2008), 64pp. -- Reviewed by Steven Gunn.
• Fernando González de León, The Road to Rocroi: Class, Culture and Command in the Spanish Army of Flanders, 1567-1659 , History of Warfare, 52 (Brill, 2009), xvi+408 pp. -- Reviewed by Brian Ditcham.
• David Grummitt, The Calais Garrison: War and Military Service in England, 1436-1558 (Boydell & Brewer, 2008), 240pp. -- Reviewed by Mark Charles Fissel.
• David Potter, Renaissance France at War: Armies, Culture and Society, c. 1480-1560 (Boydell Press, 2008), xvii+405pp. -- Reviewed by John Gagné
• Simon Millar, Vienna 1683: Christian Europe repels the Ottomans , Campaign 191 (Osprey, 2008), 96pp. -- Reviewed by Paul Crawford
• Paul E.J. Hammer (ed.), Warfare in Early Modern Europe 1450-1660 , International Library of Essays on Military History (Ashgate, 2007), 508pp. -- Reviewed by Mark Charles Fissel.
• Niccolò Machiavelli, Art of War , trans. Christopher Lynch (University of Chicago Press, 2003), 312pp. -- Reviewed by L.J. Andrew Villalon.
• Louis Sicking, Neptune and the Netherlands: State, Economy, and War at Sea in the Renaissance , History of Warfare 23 (Brill, 2006), xxxi+531pp. -- Reviewed by Mark Charles Fissel.
• Christine Shaw (ed.), Italy and the European Powers: The Impact of War, 1500-1530 , History of Warfare 38 (Brill, 2006) -- Reviewed by Sergio Mantovani.
• Francesco Ambrogiani, Vita di Costanzo Sforza (1447-1483) Pesaro città e contà, Link 3 (Pesaro: Società pesarese di studi storici, 2003). 277pp. -- Reviewed by Sergio Montovani.
• Sergio Mantovani, "Ad honore del signore vostro patre et satisfactione nostra". Ferrante d'Este condottiero di Venezia (Modena- Ferrara: Deputazione di Storia Patria per le Antiche Province Modenesi, 2005) 158pp -- Reviewed by Brian Ditcham.
• Yuval Noah Harari, Renaissance Military Memoirs: War, History, and Identity, 1450-1600 , Warfare in History series (Boydell, 2004), 225pp. -- Reviewed by Don Kagay
• David Worthington, Scots in Habsburg Service, 1618-48 (Brill, 2003) -- Reviewed by Mark Charles Fissel
• From Crécy to Mohács: Warfare in the Late Middle Ages (1346-1526) ACTA, 22nd Congress of the International Commission for Military History (Vienna: Heersgeeschichte Museum, 1997), 408pp. [contributions in English, German, French, and Spanish] -- Reviewed by Brian D.H. Ditcham
• The Military and Society in Russia, 1450 - 1917 , edited by Eric Lohr and Marhall Poe -- Reviewed by Philip Kaveny
• Towton 1461 (Osprey Campaign 120), by Christopher Gravett -- Reviewed by A. Compton Reeves
• Luigi Guicciardini, The Sack of Rome , translated by James H. McGregor -- Reviewed by Sergio Mantovani
• The Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi: 15^th Century Swordsmanship of Master Filippo Vardi , translated by Luca Porzio and Gregory Mele -- Reviewed by Holger Berwinke
• Religious Warfare in Europe, 1400-1543 , by Norman Housley -- Reviewed by David Sobek
• Crusading and Warfare in Medieval and Renaissance Europe by Norman Housley -- Reviewed by David Hay
• War and Society in Medieval and Early Modern Britain , edited by Diana Dunn -- Reviewed by A. Compton Reeves  
• The Military Revolution Debate: Readings on the Military Transformation of Early Modern Europe, edited by Clifford J. Rogers -- Reviewed by Maj. M. J. Petersen
• War and Society in Medieval and Early Modern Britain , edited by Diana Dunn -- Reviewed by John France (English Historical Review )
• English Warfare, 1511-1642, by Mark Charles Fissel- reviewed by Barbara Donagan
• Surviving the Tudors: The 'Wizard' Earl of Kildare and English Rule in Ireland, 1537-1586, by Vincent P. Carey -- Reviewed by Carole Levin
• England's Colonial Wars 1550-1688: Conflicts, Empire and National Identity, by Bruce Lenman -- Reviewed by Pádraig Lenihan
• The King's Army: Warfare, Soldiers, and Society during the French Wars of Religion, 1562-1576, by James B. Wood -- Reviewed by Daniel Hickey
• The Anglo-Scots Wars, 1513-1550: A Military History, by Gervase Phillips -- Reviewed by Barrett L. Beer
• The Twilight of a Military Tradition: Italian Aristocrats and European Conflicts, 1560-1800, by Gregory Hanlon -- Reviewed by W. M. Reger IV
• Violence in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1800, by Julius R. Ruff and Guns and Violence: The English Experience, by Joyce Lee Malcolm -- Reviewed by Roger B. Manning
• Mercenary Companies and the Decline of Siena , by William Caferro -- Reviewed by Brian G. H. Ditcham  
• Weapons and Warfare in Renaissance Europe , by Bert S. Hall -- Reviewed by Randall Storey
• Weapons and Warfare in Renaissance Europe , by Bert S. Hall -- Reviewed by Louis Hass (The Historian )
• The Medieval Military Revolution: State, Society and Military Change in Medieval and Early Modern Europe , edited by Andrew Ayton and J.L. Price -- Reviewed by Bernard Bachrach
• The Medieval Military Revolution: State, Society and Military Change in Medieval and Early Modern Europe , edited by Andrew Ayton and J. L. Price -- Reviewed by Kelly DeVries (The Historian)
• Anatomy of a Siege: King John's Castle, Limerick, 1642 , by Kenneth Wiggins -- Reviewed by Philip Dixon (English Historical Review )

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