Finding Cynuit
Finding Cynuit By Nick Arnold Published Online (2008) Introduction: Early in 878 an army of supporters of King Alfred of Wessex found themselves…
Medieval Frontiers and Fortification: The Pale and its Evolution
Medieval Frontiers and Fortification: The Pale and its Evolution By Tadhg O’Keeffe Dublin City and County: From Prehistory to Present – Studies in…
WHY THE MEDIEVAL TRIAL OF JOAN OF ARC IS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TODAY
WHY THE MEDIEVAL TRIAL OF JOAN OF ARC IS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TODAY Hobbins, Daniel THE TRIAL OF JOAN OF ARC, Harvard University…
Medieval Military Logistics: An Agent-based Simulation of a Byzantine Army on the March
Medieval Military Logistics: An Agent-based Simulation of a Byzantine Army on the March By Bart Craenen, Georgios Theodoropoulos, Vincent Gaffney, Philip Murgatroyd and…
The Rebellion of 1483: A Study of Sources and Opinions
Who, then, rebelled against Richard in 1483, and why?
Visitors from North-Western Europe to Byzantium. Vernacular Sources: Problems and Perspectives
Visitors from North-Western Europe to Byzantium. Vernacular Sources: Problems and Perspectives By Krijnie Ciggaar Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume 132 (2007) Introduction:…
JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY: THE WALLS OF CONWY
JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY: THE WALLS OF CONWY Creighton, O.H, & Higham, R.A BBC History Magazine, June (2005) Abstract One of the best-preserved medieval walled…
Remains of Crusader / Templar army discovered in Israel
Archaeologists and historians working in northern Israel have discovered the remains of a Templar and Crusader army who were slaughtered by Saladin in…
Preparations for War in Florence and Venice in the Second Half of the Fifteenth Century
Preparations for War in Florence and Venice in the Second Half of the Fifteenth Century By Michael Mallett Florence and Venice: Comparisons and…
The Battle of Manzikert: Military Disaster or Political Failure?
This paper examines Romanus’ Manzikert campaign and the significance of his defeat, and assesses whether the Byzantine position in Anatolia was recoverable, and if so, why that recovery failed?
The Typochronology of Sword Pommels from the Staffordshire Hoard
The Typochronology of Sword Pommels from the Staffordshire Hoard By Svante Fischer and Jean Soulat Paper given at the Staffordshire Hoard Symposium, held at…
The Albigensian Crusade: A Comparative Military Study, 1209-1218
This thesis addresses the military aspects of the Albigensian Crusade in the region of Languedoc between 1209 and 1218.
The Expression of Power in a Medieval Kingdom: Thirteenth-Century Scottish Castles
The Expression of Power in a Medieval Kingdom: Thirteenth-Century Scottish Castles By Fiona Watson Scottish power centres: from the early Middle Ages to…
The Turk as a Tool of God: Augustinism and the Battle of Nicopolis
Morand-Métivier examines the Battle of Nicopolis (1396) where the Ottomans under Sultan Bayazid defeated a Crusader army of mostly French and Burgundian troops.
Venetian Art and the War of the League of Cambrai (1509-17)
Venetian Art and the War of the League of Cambrai (1509-17) By Krystina Stermole PhD Dissertation, Queen’s University, 2007 Abstract: This dissertation explores…
How accurate were medieval chroniclers in describing warfare?
The Battle of Margate is one of the lesser-known episodes of the Hundred Years’ War, but a historian has recently analyzed this naval…
Opposing Identity: Muslims, Christians and the Military Orders in Rural Aragon
Opposing Identity: Muslims, Christians and the Military Orders in Rural Aragon Gerrard, Christopher Medieval Archaeology, Vol.43 (2000) Abstract This paper addresses the issue…
Using the TL single-aliquot regenerative-dose protocol for the verification of the chronology of the Teutonic Order Castle in Malbork
Using the TL single-aliquot regenerative-dose protocol for the verification of the chronology of the Teutonic Order Castle in Malbork By ALICJA CHRUŚCIŃSKA, BERNARD…
The End of the Lower Danubian Limes: A Violent or a Peaceful Process?
The End of the Lower Danubian Limes: A Violent or a Peaceful Process? By Alexandru Madgearu Studia Antiqua et Archaeologica, Vol.12 (2006) Abstract:…
The Byzantine Background to the First Crusade
Just over nine hundred years ago, Pope Urban II closed a provincial church council at Clermont Ferrand with a rousing call to arms that launched the First Crusade.
The Social Context of the Templars
Throughout the 193 years of its history the Order had indeed been in a position where it was ‘a mirror for others and an example’, a position which made it a particularly sensitive indicator and, in its turn, promoter, of social change.
The Interrelationships of Costume and Armor
The Interrelationships of Costume and Armor By Stephen V. Grancsay Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Vol. 8, no. 6 ( 1950) Introduction: During…
English Refugees in the Byzantine Armed Forces: The Varangian Guard and Anglo-Saxon Ethnic Consciousness
One of the most interesting episodes in Byzantine military history and in medieval English history is the Anglo-Saxon participation and service in the Varangian Guards regiment from the late 11th to the early 13th century
Byzantines, Avars and the Introduction of the Trebuchet
Byzantines, Avars and the Introduction of the Trebuchet By Stephen McCotter Published Online (2003) Introduction: While there has been much debate over when the…
Early medieval warfare objects from the Central Balkans
Early medieval warfare objects from the Central Balkans Jaric, Jelena MA Thesis in Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest, May (2009) Abstract This research focuses…