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A. J. Forey
Alan V. Murray
armoured cavalry evolution
Baldwin III
Bayeux Tapestry
Bernard S. Bachrach
Bernardo Maragone
Carmen De Hastingae Proelio
castle siege tactics
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Charles Coulson
Claude Gaier
Conrad III
crusader logistics
David Nicolle
Defensive Strategy
Denys Pringle
Donald R. Hill
economic warfare strategies
Edward III
Elena Lourie
Elisabeth Van Houts
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Frankish Settlement
Godfrey's Army
Henry II
Henry III
Ian Pierce
J. ?. Prestwich
Jean Richard
John ?. Pryor
John Beeler
John Gillingham
John W. Nesbitt
Jordan Fantosme
King Coloman
Landing Ramp
Louis VII
Mahdia Campaign
Mail Hauberk
Malcolm Barber
Matthew Bennett
medieval campaign case studies
medieval infantry analysis
Medieval Military History
Medieval Warfare
Michael Prestwich
military history research
Norman Cavalry
Orderic Vitalis
R. ?. C. Davis
R. Allen Brown
Reuven Amitai-Preiss
Richard Benjamin
Ronnie Ellenblum
Servitium Debitum
Stephen D.B. Brown
Stephen Morillo
Stern Ports
Thomas Asbridge
Villehardouin
Young Man
Yvonne Friedman
Product details
- ISBN 9780754625155
- Weight: 1400g
- Dimensions: 169 x 244mm
- Publication Date: 20 Jul 2006
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The study of medieval warfare has developed enormously in recent years. The figure of the armoured mounted knight, who was believed to have materialized in Carolingian times, long dominated all discussion of the subject. It is now understood that the knight emerged over a long period of time and that he was never alone on the field of conflict. Infantry, at all times, played a substantial role in conflict, and the notion that they were in some way invented only in the fourteenth century is no longer sustainable. Moreover, modern writers have examined campaigns which for long seemed pointless because they did not lead to spectacular events like battles. As a result, we now understand the pattern of medieval war which often did not depend on battle but on exerting pressure on the opponent by economic warfare. This pattern was intensified by the existence of castles, and careful study has revealed much about their development and the evolving means of attacking them. Crusading warfare pitted westerners against a novel style of war and affords an opportunity to assess the military effectiveness of European methods. New areas of study are now developing. The logistics of medieval armies was always badly neglected, while until very recently there was a silence on the victims of war. Assembled in this volume are 31 papers which represent milestones in the development of the new ideas about medieval warfare, set in context by an introductory essay.
John France is based in the University of Wales Swansea, UK, where he is Professor of Medieval History. His specialist areas of study are Warfare and Crusading.
