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Medieval Warfare Book Reviews
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the Bryn Mawr Medieval Review) has been publishing reviews of current
work in all areas of Medieval Studies, a field it interprets as broadly
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- Timothy
Dawson, Byzantine Infantryman: Eastern Roman
Empire c. 900-1204, Warrior 118 (Osprey, 2007), 64pp. and Byzantine
Cavalryman c. 900-1204, Warrior 139 (Opsprey, 2009), 64pp. -- Reviewed
by Christopher Berg.
- Mark
Bartusis, The Late Byzantine Army:
Arms and Society, 1204-1453 (U. Penn Press, 1992) -- Reviewed by Christopher
Berg.
- Edward
Luttwak, The Grand Strategy of
the Byzantine Empire (Harvard UP, 2009), 512pp. -- Reviewed by Christopher
Berg.
- Erik
Hildinger, Warriors of the Steppe:
A Military History of Central Asia 500 B.C. to 1700 A.D. (Da Capo, 2001),
x+260pp. -- Reviewed by Christopher Berg.
- David
Nicolle, Saladin: Leadership, Strategy, Conflict,
Command 12 (Osprey, 2011), 64pp. -- Reviewed by L.J. Andy Villalon.
- David Nicolle, Saladin,
illus. Peter Dennis (Osprey, 2011), 64pp -- Reviewed by David S. Bachrach
[TMR 11.06.46].
- 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]
- Raffaele
D'Amato,
The Varangian Guard 988-1453, Men-at-Arms
459 (Osprey, 2010), 48pp. -- Reviewed by Daniel Rodrigues.
- James
Waterson,
Sacred Swords: Jihad in the Holy Land,
1097-1271 (Frontline Books, 2010), 206pp. -- Reviewed by Nathan
Albright.
- Stephen
Turnbull,
Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Leadership,
Strategy, Conflict, Command 6 (Osprey 2010), 64pp. -- Reviewed by Craig
Nakashian.
- Timothy
Dawson,
Byzantine Cavalryman,
c900-1204 , Warrior 139 (Osprey, 2009), 64pp. --
Reviewed by Stephen Morillo.
- Stephen
Turnbull,
Hatamoto: Samurai Horse and Foot
Guards 1540–1724 , Elite 178 (Osprey 2010), 64pp.--
Reviewed by Stephen Morillo.
- Edward N. Luttwak, The
Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire (Harvard University
Press, 2009) 498pp. -- Reviewed by Warren Treadgold. [TMR 10.06.22]
- 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]
- Stephen
Turnbull, The Mongol Invasions
of Japan in 1274 and 1281 , Campaign 217 (Osprey 2010), 96pp.
-- Reviewed by Timothy May.
- David
Nicolle,
Saracen Strongholds
1100-1500: The Central and Eastern Islamic Lands ,
Fortress 87 (Osprey, 2009), 64pp. -- Reviewed
by Muhammed Hassanali.
- Timothy
Dawson, Byzantine Infantryman:
Eastern Roman Empire c.900-1204 , Warrior 118 (Osprey, 2007),
64pp. -- Reviewed by Russ Goodrich.
- Gareth
C. Sampson, The Defeat of Rome
in the East: Crassus, the Parthians, an the Disastrous Battle of Carrhae,
53BC (Casemate 2008), 234pp. -- Reviewed by Lee Ruddin.
- W.
Sarnecki and D. Nicolle, Medieval
Polish Armies 966-1500 , Men-at-Arms 445 (Osprey,
2008), 48pp. -- Reviewed by Sergio Mantovani.
- Richard
Brzezinski, Polish Winged
Hussar 1576-1775 , Warrior 94 (Osprey, 2006), 64pp.
-- Reviewed by Sergio Mantovani.
- Nicola
di Cosmo (ed.), Military
Culture in Imperial China (Harvard University Press,
2009), 445pp. -- Reviewed by Kenneth Swope.
- D.S.
Richards, The
Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir for The Crusading Period from al-Kamil
fi'l-Ta'rikh, part 3, the years 589-629/1193-1231 : The
Ayyubids after Saladin and the Mongol Menace , Crusade
Texts in Translation 17 (Ashgate, 2008), 344pp. -- Reviewed
by Timothy May.
- Patricia
Crone, From
Arabian Tribes to Islamic Empire: Army, State and Society in the Near
East c.600-850 , Variorum CS895 (Ashgate, 2008) 320pp.
-- Reviewed by Muhammed Hassanali.
- Fred
M. Donner (ed.),
The Expansion of
the Early Islamic State , The Formation
of the Classical Islamic World 5 (Ashgate Variorum, 2008)
386pp. -- Reviewed by Lee Ruddin.
- D.S.
Richards (trans.), The
C hronicle
of Ibn al-Athir for The Crusading Period from al-Kamil fi'l-Ta'rikh,
part 2, the years 541-589/1146-1193: The Age of Nur al-Din and Saladin (Ashgate,
2007), 450pp. -- Reviewed by Don Kagay.
- D.
Nicolle, J. Haldon, and S. Turnbull, The
Fall of Constantinople: The Ottoman Conquest of Byzantium (Osprey,
2007), 256pp. -- Reviewed by John Miglletta.
- Timothy
May, The Mongol Art of War (Pen & Sword,
2007), xiii+214pp. -- Reviewed by Muhammed Hassanali.
- D.S.
Richards, The
Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir for The Crusading Period from al-Kamil fi'l-Ta'rikh,
part 1, the years 491-541/1097-1146 : The Coming of
the Franks and the Muslim Response, (Ashgate, 2006), 408pp. -- reviewed
by Timothy May.
- Robert
G. Hoyland and Brian Gilmour, Medieval
Islamic Swords and Swordmaking: Kindi's treatise 'On swords and their
kinds' (Gibb Memorial Trust, 2006), viii+216pp.
-- Reviewed by Muhammed Hassanali.
- Geoffrey
Hindley, Saladin: Hero of Islam (1976;
rpt. Pen & Sword, 2007), 209pp. -- Reviewed by Lee Ruddin.
- Alberto Montaner Frutos and Alfonso Boix Jovaní, Guerra
en Sarq Al'andalus: Las batallas cidianas de Morella (1084) y Cuarte
(1094) (Zaragoza, 2005), 342pp. -- Reviewed by
Don Kagay
- H.N. Kennedy (ed.), Muslim
Military Architecture in Greater Syria (Brill,
2005) -- Reviewed by Timothy May.
- Barton C. Hacker, World
Military History Bibliography: Premodern and Nonwestern Military
Institutions and Warfare: Premodern and Nonwestern Military Institutions
(Works Published before 1967) , revised edition
- History of Warfare 27 (Brill, 2004), x+310pp. and CD-Rom Version
[combined review] -- Reviewed by Muhammed Hassanali. (see
aslo the earlier version here)
- Jennifer Lawler, Encyclopedia
of the Byzantine Empire (McFarland, 2004), 366pp.
-- Reviewed by Timothy May
- Paul Stephenson, The
Legend of Basil the Bulgar-Slayer (Cambridge,
2003), 164pp. -- Reviewed by Timothy May
- 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
- Igor De Rachewiltz
(ed.), The Secret History of the Mongols: A Mongolian Epic Chronicle
of the Thirteenth Century , Inner Asian Library
vol.7 (Brill, 2004) -- Reviewed by Timothy May
- Walter E. Kaegi, Heraclius,
Emperor of Byzantium (Cambridge, 2002) -- Reviewed
by Richard Cornwell
- Linda S. Northrup, From Slave to
Sultan: The Career of al-Mansur Qualawun and the Consolidation
of Mamluk Rule in Egypt and Syria (678-689 AH / 1279-1290AD) (Stuttgart:
Steiner Verlag, 1998) [Mamluk Studies
Review]
- Yaacov Lev (ed.), War and Society
in the Eastern Mediterranean, 7th-15th Centuries (Leiden:
Brill, 1997) [Mamluk Studies Review]
- Shai Har-El (ed.), Struggle
for Domination on the Middle East: The Ottoman-Mamluk War, 1485-1491 (Leiden:
Brill, 1995) [Mamluk Studies Review]
- Reuven Amitai-Preiss (ed.), Mongols
and Mamluks: the Mongol-Ilkhanid War, 1260-1281 (Leiden:
Brill, 1995) [Mamluk Studies Review]
- The Warrior Saints
in Byzantine Art and Tradition , by
Christopher Walter -- Reviewed by Timothy
Dawson
- The Military and Society in
Russia, 1450 - 1917 , edited by Eric Lohr and Marhall
Poe -- Reviewed by Philip Kaveny
- World Military History Bibliography:
Premodern and Nonwestern Military Institutions and Warfare ,
by Barton C. Hacker -- Reviewed by William J. Hamblin
- The Byzantine Wars: Battles
and Campaign of the Byzantine Era , by John F. Haldon --
Reviewed by Richard Cornwell
- The Development of the Komnenian
Army: 1081-1180 , by John W. Birkenmeier -- Reviewed
by Walter Kaegi
- The
Development of the Komnenian Army: 1081-1180 ,
by John W. Birkenmeier -- Reviewed Almyr L. Bump (Journal
of Military History )
- The
Contest for the Legacy of Kievan Rus', by Jaroslaw Pelenski --
Reviewed by Charles J. Halperin
- Hungary
in the Thirteenth Century , by Z. J. Kosztolnyik --
Reviewed by Martyn Rady (English Historical Review )
- Byzantium
and its Army, 284-1081 , by Warren Treadgold,
and Sowing
the Dragon's Teeth: Byzantine Warfare in the Tenth Century ,
by Eric McGreer - boh reviewed by Peter Sarris (English
Historical Review )
- The
Byzantine Wars: Battles and Campaigns of the Byzantine Era ,
by John Haldon -- Reviewed by Jonathan Shepard (English
Historical Review )
- Grenzüberschreitungen.
Formen des Kontakts zwischen Orient und Okzident im Altertum,
ed. by Monika Schuol, Udo Hartmann, and Andreas Luther -- Reviewed
by Marek J. Olbrycht
- War
and Society in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds: Asia, the Mediterranean,
Europe, and Mesoamerica , edited by Kurt
Raaflaub and Nathan Rosenstein -- Reviewed by Everett
L. Wheeler ( The Historian )
Reference and
Collected Works
- Stephen H. Rigby, Wisdom
and Chivalry: Chaucer's Knight's Tale and Medieval Political Theory (Brill,
2009), 329pp -- Reviewed by John M. Hill [TMR 11.06.16].
- Jésus D. Rodríguez-Velasco, Order
and Chivalry: Knighthood and Citizenship in Late Medieval Castile,
trans. Eunice Rodríguez Ferguson (University of Pennsylvania Press,
2010), 292pp. -- Reviewed by Philip Daileader [TMR 11.07.02].
- Warren C. Brown, Violence
in Medieval Europe, The Medieval World (Pearson Education Limited [Longman],
2011), xv+328pp. -- Reviewed by Oren Falk [TMR 11.07.25].
- Robert
W. Jones, Bloodied Banners: Martial
Display on the Medieval Battlefield (Boydell, 2010), 205pp. --
to be reviewed by L. Andrew Villalon.
- Steven Muhlberger, Deeds
of Arms: Formal Combats in the Late Fourteenth Century (The Chivalry
Bookshelf, 2005), 247pp. -- Reviewed by Donald J. Kagay. [TMR 11.01.04]
- Vesey
Norman, The Medieval Soldier (Pen & Sword,
2010), 288pp. -- Reviewed by Daniel Rodrigues.
- Michael
Prestwich, The Medieval Warrior's
(Unofficial) Guide (Thames & Hudson, 2010), 208pp. --
Reviewed by Daniel Franke.
- Flo
Keyes, The Literature of
Hope in the Middle Ages: Connections in medieval romance, modern
fantasy, and science fiction (McFarland, 2006), 205pp. --
Reviewed by Val Eads.
- R.B.
Scott and N. Gaukroger, Lost Scrolls:
The Ancient and Medieval World at War , Field of Glory Gaming
Companion 13 (Osprey, 2009), 80pp. -- Reviewed by Gael Grossman.
- Constance Brittain Bouchard, Knights
in History and Legend (Firefly Books, 2009) 304pp. -- Reviewed
by Susanna Throop [TMR 10.06.31]
- Louis
Sloos (ed.), Warfare and the
Age of Printing: Catalogue of Early Printed Books from before 1801 in
Dutch Military Collections (Brill 2008), 4 vols. -- Reviewed
by Steven A. Walton.
- Christopher
Gravett, Knight: Noble Warrior of England
1200-1600 (Osprey, 2010), paperback ed., 288pp. [review of HB]
-- Reviewed by Peter Sposato.
- Daniel Lord Smail and Kelly Gibson, eds. Vengeance
in Medieval Europe: A Reader . Toronto: University of Toronto
Press, 2009.-- Reviewed by Susanna Throop [TMR 10.03.15]
- Kelly
DeVries, Cumulative
Bibliography of Medieval Military History and Technology ,
revised edition - History of Warfare 26 (Brill, 2004), xii+330pp.
-- Reviewed by Robert Howell.
- José Sanchez, Medieval
Knights: the Age of Chivalry (Andrea Press/Casemate,
2008) -- Reviewed by Craig Nakashian.
- Clifford
J. Rogers,
Soldiers' Lives through
History (Greenwood Press, 2007), xxxii+298pp.
-- Reviewed by Daniel
Frank.
- Agnès
Blandeau, Pasolini, Chaucer and
Boccacio: Two medieval texts and their translations to film (McFarland,
2006), viii+210 pp -- Reviewed by Victoria Bandt.
- Malte
Prietzel, Krieg
in Mittelalter (Primus Verlag, 2006), 208pp + 90
color pictures and maps. -- Reviewed by Brian Ditcham.
- John France (ed.), Medieval
Warfare 1000-1300 , International Library
of Essays on Military History series (Ashgate, 2006) - Reviewed by Don Kagay.
- Niall Christie and Maya Yazigi (eds.), Noble
Ideals and Bloody Realities: Warfare in the Middle Ages ,
History of Warfare 37 (Brill, 2006), xx+272 pp. -- Reviewed by
Brian Ditcham.
- Barton C. Hacker, World
Military History Bibliography: Premodern and Nonwestern Military
Institutions and Warfare: Premodern and Nonwestern Military Institutions
(Works Published before 1967) , revised edition
- History of Warfare 27 (Brill, 2004), x+310pp. and CD-Rom Version
[combined review] -- Reviewed by Muhammed Hassanali. (see
aslo the earlier version here)
- Corine Saunders, Françoise
Le Saux, and Neil Thomas (eds.), Writing War: Medieval Responses
to Warfare (Boydell, 2004), ix+235pp -- Reviewed
by Craig Taylor
- Justin
E. Griffin, The Grail Procession: The Legend, the Artifacts,
and the Possible Sources of the Story (McFarland,
2004), ix+188pp. -- Reviewed by John D. Hosler
- Catherine Hanley, War
and Combat 1150-1270: The Evidence from Old French Literature (Brewer,
2003) -- Reviewed by Steve Muhlberger
- Those Who Fought (An Anthology
of Medieval Sources) , edited by Peter Speed --
Reviewed by Peter Burkholder
- Cumulative Bibliography of Medieval
Military History and Technology , by Kelly DeVries -- Reviewed
by Walter Kaegi
- World Military History Bibliography:
Premodern and Nonwestern Military Institutions and Warfare ,
by Barton C. Hacker -- Reviewed by William J. Hamblin
- Medieval Warfare. A Bibliographical
Guide , by Everett U. Crosby - reviewed
by John France
- Medieval
Warfare: A History, edited by Maurice
Keen -- Reviewed by A. A. Nofi (StrategyPage.com)
- The
Making of Europe. Conquest, Colonization and Cultural Change, 950-1350 ,
by Robert Bartlett -- Reviewed by Jos� Manuel Rodr�guez Garc�a
- Religion and the Conduct of
War, c. 300- c. 1215 , by David Bachrach --
Reviewed by Don Kagy
- Medieval Mercenaries, Volume 1:
The Great Companies , by Kenneth Fowler --
Reviewed by Brian Ditcham
- Medieval
Frontiers: Concepts and Practices, edited by
David Abulafia and Nora Berend -- Reviewed by Naomi Standen
- Echoes
of War: A Thousand Years of Military History in Popular Culture,
by Michael C.C. Adams -- Reviewed by Michelle Llyn Ferry
(The History Teacher )
- Visions
of War: Picturing Warfare from the Stone Age to the Cyber Age,
by David D. Perlmutter -- Reviewed by Lee T. Wyatt III (Journal
of World History )
- War
and Competition between States, ed. by Phillippe Contamine --
Reviewed by mark Charles Fissel (The History Teacher )
- The
Dynamics of Military Revolution, 1300-2050,
ed. by MacGregor Knox and Williamson Murray -- Reviewed
by James Jay Carafano
- The
Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry ,
translated by Sumner Willard and edited by Charity Cannon Willard
-- Reviewed by Nadia Margolis
- The
Circle of War in the Middle Ages , edited
by Donald Kagay and Andrew Villalon -- Reviewed by Michael
Prestwich
- The
Circle of War in the Middle Ages , edited
by Donald J. Kagan and L. J. Andrew Villalon -- Reviewed
by Sean McGlynn (English Historical Review )
- The
Art of Warfare in Western Europe During the Middle Ages from the
Eighth Century to 1340 , 2nd Edition, by
J. F. Verbruggen, translated by Summer Williard and Mrs. R. W.
Southern -- Reviewed by Bernard Bachrach (The Historian)
- The
Military Orders , by Alan Forey -- Reviewed by Jos� Manuel
Rodr�guez Garc�a
- 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)
- Chivalry
and Violence in Medieval Europe , by Richard
W. Kaeuper -- Reviewed by Sean McGlynn (English Historical
Review )
- Chivalry
and Violence in Medieval Europe , by Richard
W. Kaeuper -- Reviewed by Thomas F. Madden (The Historian )
- Chivalry
and Violence in Medieval Europe , by Richard
Kaeuper -- Reviewed by Steven Isaac
- Cambridge
Illustrated Atlas of Warfare: The Middle Ages 768-1487 ,
by Nicholas Hooper and Matthew Bennett -- Reviewed by
Kelly DeVries
- Crusading and Warfare in Medieval
and Renaissance Europe by Norman Housley --
Reviewed by David Hay
Castles and Sieges
- Fabio Saggioro, and Gian Maria Varanini (eds), Il
Castello di Illasi. Storia e Archeologia (Giorgio Bretschneider
Editore, 2009), 211pp. -- Reviewed by Richard Hodges [TMR 11.07.10].
- David Nicolle, Ottoman
Fortifications 1300-1710 (Osprey Publishing, 2010) 64pp. -- Reviewed
by Nikolas Bakirtzis. [TMR 11.04.19]
-
David Nicolle,
Ottoman Fortifications 1300-1700 ,
Fortress 95 (Osprey, 2010) 64pp. -- Reviewed by Stephen Morillo.
- Konstantin
Nossov,
The Fortress of Rhodes 1309–1522 ,
Fortress 96 (Osprey, 2010), 64pp. -- Reviewed by Robert D.
Smith.
- Abigail
Wheatley, The Idea of the Castle
in Medieval England , York Medieval Press (Boydell, 2004),
192 pp. -- Reviewed by Craig M Nakashian.
- David
Nicolle,
Saracen Strongholds
1100-1500: The Central and Eastern Islamic Lands ,
Fortress 87 (Osprey, 2009), 64pp. -- Rreviewed
by Muhammed Hassanali.
- Eva Svensson, The Medieval Household: Daily Life in Castles
and Farmsteads. Scandinavian Examples in their European Context,
The Medieval Countryside 2 (Turnhout: Brepols 2008) -- Reviewed by
Benjamin Hudson. TMR 09.10.01
- Lise
Hull, Understanding
the Castle Ruins of England and Wales. How to Interpret the History
and Meaning of Masonry and Earthworks (McFarland
& Co, 2009), 228pp. -- Reviewed by Ilana C. Krug.
- Christopher
Gravett, The
Castles of Edward I in Wales, 1277-1307 ,
Fortress 64 (Osprey, 2007), 64pp. -- Reviewed by Craig Nakashian.
- John
R. Kenyon, Castles, Town Defences
and Artillery Fortifications in the United Kingdom and Ireland: a
Bibliography 1945-2006 (Shaun Tyas/Paul
Watkins Publishing, 2008) 740pp. -- Reviewed by Mark Charles Fissel
and Steven Walton.
- Christopher
Gravett, The Castles of
Edward I in Wales 1277-1307 , Fortress
64 (Osprey, 2007), 64pp. -- Reviewed by Victora Bandt.
- Angus
Konstam with Peter Bull (illus.), The
Forts of Celtic Britain , Fortress 50 (Osprey 2006)
-- Reviewed by Sergio Mantovani.
- David
Nicolle, Crusader
Castles in Cyprus, Greece and the Aegean 1191-1571 ,
Fortress 59 (Osprey, 2007), 64pp. -- Reviewed by Sergio Mantovani.
- Jean-Denis
G.G. Lepage, The
Fortifications of Paris (McFarland,
2006), 264pp. -- Reviewed by Lt. Cmdr. Mark Condero
- Konstantin
S. Nossov with Brian Delf (illus.), Indian
Castles 1206–1526: The Rise and Fall of the Delhi Sultanate ,
Fortress 51 (Osprey, 2006) -- Reviewed by Muhammed Hassanali.
- H.N.
Kennedy (ed.), Muslim Military
Architecture in Greater Syria (Brill, 2005) -- Reviewed
by Timothy May.
- Christopher Gravett, Norman
Stone Castles (2) Europe 950–1204 , Fortress
18 (Osprey, 2004), 64 pp. -- Reviewed by John D. Hosler
- Peter Harrison, Castles
of God: Fortified Religious Buildings of the World (Boydell,
2004), 304pp. -- Reviewed by Oliver Creighton
- David Nicolle, Crusader
Castles in the Holy Land, 1097-1192 (Osprey,
2004), 64pp. -- Reviewed by Timothy May
- Castles in Medieval Society. Fortresses
in England, France and Ireland in the Central Middle Ages, by Charles Coulson, -- Review ed
by Andy King
- The Medieval City under Siege ,
ed. by Ivy A. Corfis and Michael Wolfe -- Reviewed by Jose
Manuel Rodriguez Garcia
- Castles and Fortified Cities of
Medieval Europe: An Illustrated History ,
by Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage -- Reviewed by Steven A. Walton
- Crusader
Castles , by Hugh Kennedy -- Reviewed
by Christopher Tyerman (English Historical Review )
- Unknown
Crusader Castles , by Kristian Molin --
Reviewed by Malcolm Barber (English Historical Review )
- 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
- Proteggere
e dominare: fortificazioni e popolamento nell'Italia medievale ,
by Aldo A. Sattia -- Reviewed by Michael Mallett (English
Historical Review )
Weapons & Armour (incl. Gunpowder)
- Paul
Wagner & Stephen Hand, Medieval
Sword And Shield: The Combat System of Royal Armouries MS I.33 (Chivalry
Bookshelf, 2009), 278pp. -- Reviewed by Mark Geldof.
- Carolyn
Springer,
Armour and Masculinity in the Italian Renaissance (University
of Toronto Press, 2010), 272pp. -- Reviewed by Ken Mondschein.
- Hugh David Hewitt Soar, with Joseph Gibbs,
Christopher Jury and Mark Stretton, Secrets
of the English War Bow (Westholme Publishing, 2010), x+245pp -- Reviewed
by Valérie Serdon-Provost [TMR 11.06.01].
- Noel Fallows, Jousting
in Medieval and Renaissance Iberia (Boydell & Brewer, 2011),
574pp. -- Reviewed by Teofilo F. Ruiz. [TMR 11.07.28].
- Robert
W. Jones, Bloodied Banners: Martial
Display on the Medieval Battlefield (Boydell, 2010), 205pp.
-- to be reviewed by L. Andrew Villalon.
-
Sean
McLachlan, Medieval Handgonnes:
The first black powder infantry weapons, Weapon 3 (Opsrey 2010),
80 pp. -- Reviewed by Sergio Mantovani.
- Donald
Featherstone, Bowmen
of England (Pen & Sword, 2003), 164pp. -- Reviewed by Ilana
Krug.
-
Fergus Cannan,
Scottish Arms and Armour (Shire Books, 2009), 120pp. --
Reviewed by Ilana Krug.
-
J.
Wilkinson-Latham,
Discovering
Edged Weapons , Shire Classics (Shire Publications,
2009), 64pp. -- Reviewed by Ilana
Krug.
- Logan
Thompson,
Ancient Weapons
In Britain (Pen & Sword, 2004), 224pp. -- Reviewed
by James Hester.
- 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.
- J.P.D.
Cooper, Thom Richardson, and Graeme Rimer (eds.), Henry
VIII: Arms and the Man (Royal Armouries, 2009) -- Reviewed
by Steven A. Walton.
- Ken
Mondschein (ed.), Fencing: A
Renaissance Treatise, by Camillo Agrippa (Italica Press,
2009), 138pp. -- Reviewed by James Hester.
- William
R. Short, Viking Weapons and Combat
Techniques (Westholm Publishing, 2009), 240pp. -- Reviewed
by James Hester.
- Jeffrey
L. Forgeng (ed. and trans.), The
Medieval Art of Swordsmanship: A Facsimile & Translation of Europe’s
Oldest Personal Combat Treatise, Royal Armouries MS. I.33 (Chivalry
Bookshelf, 2003). 157 pp. -- Reviewed by Valerie Eads
- José Sanchez, Medieval
Knights: the Age of Chivalry (Andrea Press/Casemate,
2008) -- Reviewed by Craig Nakashian.
- Robert
G. Hoyland and Brian Gilmour, Medieval
Islamic Swords and Swordmaking: Kindi's treatise 'On swords and their
kinds' (Gibb Memorial Trust, 2006), viii+216pp.
-- Reviewed by Muhammed Hassanali.
- Charles
Ffoulkes, Armour and Weapons (1909;
Yardley, PA: Westholme, 2005), 112pp. -- Reviewed by Michael Basista.
- Journal of the Armour Research Soceity ,
vol. 1 (2005) -- Reviewed by Steven Walton.
- Robert Douglas Smith and Kelly DeVries, The
Artillery of the Dukes of Burgundy 1363-1477 (Brill,
2005), 377pp. -- Reviewed by Pete Burkholder.
- John Waldman, Hafted Weapons
in Medieval and Renaissance Europe: The Evolution of European Staff
Weapons between 1200 and 1650 , History of Warfare
31 (Brill, 2005), xxvi+242 pp. -- Reviewed by Mark Charles Fissel.
- Kenneth Chase, Firearms: A
Global History to 1700 (Cambridge, 2003), xvii+290pp
-- Reviewed by David Sobek
- Hugh D. H. Soar, The Crooked
Stick: A History of the Longbow (Yardley, PA:
Westholm, 2004), 224pp. -- Reviewed by David J. B. Trim.
- J. Kim Siddorn, Viking Weapons
and Warfare (Tempus, 2000) -- Reviewed by
Amanda Spencer
- Stephen Hand (ed.), SPADA: An
Anthology of Swordsmanship in Memory of Ewart Oakeshott (Chivalry
Bookshelf, 2002) 175pp. -- Reviewed by Michael Basista
- Jousts and Tournaments:
Charny and the Rules for Chivalric Sport in Fourteenth-Century
France , by Steven Muhlberger -- Reviewed by Andy
King
- The Knight and the Blast Furnace:
A History of Metallury of Armour in the Middle Ages and the Early
Modern Period, by Alan Williams -- Review ed
by Robert D. Smith
- The Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi: 15th Century
Swordsmanship of Master Filippo Vardi ,
translated by Luca Porzio and Gregory Mele -- Reviewed by Holger Berwinke
- 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 )
- Swords of the Viking Age ,
by Ian Peirce -- Reviewed by Paul Mortimer
- Infantry
Warfare in the Early Fourteenth Century: Discipline, Tactics, and
Technology , by Kelly DeVries --
Reviewed by Sean Mcglynn (English Historical Review)
- Warriors and their Weapons around
the Time of the Crusades , by David Nicolle --
Reviewed by Jonathan Harris
- The
Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry ,
translated by Sumner Willard and edited by Charity Cannon Willard
-- Reviewed by Nadia Margolis
- The
Medieval Warhorse from Byzantium to the Crusades ,
by Ann Hyland -- Reviewed by Walter E. Kaegi (The Historian)
Naval
- 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].
- Roger
Crowley, Empires of the Seas:
The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521-1580 (Faber&Faber,
2009), 368pp.-- Reviewed by Lee Ruddin.
- Susan
Rose (ed.), Medieval
Ships and Warfare , International Library of Essays on Military
History (Ashgate, 2008) -- Reviewed byJohn France.TMR 09.10.15
- Susan
Rose (ed.), Medieval
Ships and Warfare , International Library of Essays on Military
History (Ashgate, 2008), 468pp. -- Reviewed by L.J. Andrew Villalon.
- Simon
Coupland, Carolingian
Coinage and the Vikings: Studies on Power and Trade in the 9th Century (Ashgate,
2007), 336pp -- Reviewed by Stephen McCauley.
- D.J.B.Trim
and M.C.Fissel (eds.), Amphibious
Warfare 1000-1700 (Brill, 2005) ISBN:
9004132449 €135$182 -- Reviewed by Jose Manuel Rodriguez.
- 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.
- Lawrence V. Mott, Sea Power
in the Medieval Mediterranean: The Catalan-Aragonese Fleet in the
War of the Sicilian Vespers , New Perspectives
on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeology (University Press
of Florida, 2003), 352pp. -- Reviewed by Don Kagay.
- War at Sea in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, edited by John
B. Hattendorf and Richard W. Unger -- Reviewed by
Susan Rose Ships
and Men in the Late Viking Age: The Vocabulary of Runic Inscriptions
and Skaldic Verse , by Judith Jesch
-- Reviewed by Susan Rose
- Ships
and Men in the Late Viking Age: The Vocabulary of Runic Inscriptions
and Skaldic Verse , by Judith Jesch --
Reviewed by Margaret Clunies Ross
- Medieval Naval Warfare ,
by Susan Rose -- Reviewed by John France
- Medieval
Naval Warfare: 1000-1500 , by Susan Rose --
Reviewed by Richard Gorski ( English Historical Review )
- Medieval
Naval Warfare: 1000-1500 , by Susan Rose --
Reviewed by Timothy Runyan (Journal of Military History )
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