The Circle of War in the Middle Ages: Essays on Medieval Military and Naval HistoryDonald J. Kagay, L. J. Andrew Villalon Boydell & Brewer, 1999 - 185 من الصفحات Medieval warfare on both land and sea examined by leading scholars in the field. Different aspects of medieval warfare form the focus for this collection of essays by both established and new scholars. They range from a reconsideration of several problems of military historiography to explorations of the medieval view of divine influence on the battlefield, and the emergence of complex strategic and tactical norms of naval warfare in the medieval Mediterranean. Other topics examined include the role of mercenaries; crusader warfare; and Anglo-Norman women at war.Contributors: BERNARD S. BACHRACH, THERESA M. VANN, PAUL E. CHEVEDDEN, STEPHEN MORILLO, EDWARD G. SCHOENFELD, KENT G. HARE, KELLY DEVRIES, STEVEN ISAAC, JEAN A. TRUAX, STEVEN G. LANE, DOUGLAS C. HALDANE, LAWRENCE V. MOTT |
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TwelfthCentury Castile and its Frontier Strategies | 21 |
Fortifications and the Development of Defensive Planning in the 333 | 33 |
The Age of Cavalry Revisited | 45 |
Freedom and Military Reform in TenthCentury Saxony | 59 |
Apparitions and War in AngloSaxon England | 75 |
Some Preliminary Thoughts | 87 |
The Problem with Mercenaries | 101 |
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