The Struggle over control of Kiev in 1235 and 1236
The Struggle over control of Kiev in 1235 and 1236 By Martin Dimnik Canadian Slavonic Papers, Vol.21 (1979) Introduction: The years 1235 and…
Military Intelligence in Arabo-Byzantine Naval Warfare
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Jousting in Medieval and Renaissance Iberia
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Approaches to Conflict on the Anglo-Scottish Borders in the late Fourteenth Century
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The Battle of Hattin Revisited
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Practical Chivalry: The Training of Horses for Tournaments and Warfare
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The Yorkshire Rebellions of 1469
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WILLIAM OF TYRE AND THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE: THE CONSTRUCTION AND DECONSTRUCTION OF AN IMAGE
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In Our Time: Battle of Bannockburn
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Henry II’s Campaign Against the Welsh in 1165
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Warfare in the Medieval Gaelic Lordships
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Victualling estimates for English garrisons in Scotland during the early fourteenth century
Victualling estimates for English garrisons in Scotland during the early fourteenth century By Michael Prestwich English Historical Review, Vol.82 (1967) Introduction: The problem…
Military Archery in Medieval Ireland: Archaeology and History
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The Military Archery at Neville’s Cross, 1346
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The Infamous Svjatoslav: Master of Duplicity in War and Peace?
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Reforming England’s ‘harde covetouse hert’: William Worcester and the diagnosis of defeat
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The Old English Judith: Can a Woman be a Hero?
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Monastic lands and England’s defence in the Viking Age
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New Regime, New Army? Henry IV’s Scottish Expedition of 1400
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The motives of the earliest crusaders and the settlement of Latin Palestine, 1095–1100
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Militia and Malitia: The Bernardine Vision of Chivalry
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The Siege of Nottingham Castle in 1194
Both Howden and the Histoire relate that a great battle and some fierce close fighting took place, even if Howden lacks the details of the operation. The king himself was in the thick of the fighting.
Crossing the Border: a study of the Scottish military offensives against England c.1369-c.1403
The Scots went to war, and their leaders organised it, for emotive reasons also, such as hatred of the English and enjoyment of martial endeavour for its own sake.
Anonymus and Master Roger
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Rotting Ships and Razed Harbors: The Naval Policy of the Mamluks
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