Removing the Christian mask: an examination of Scandinavian war cults in Medieval narratives of northwestern Europe from the late Antiquity to the Middle Ages
Removing the Christian mask: an examination of Scandinavian war cults in Medieval narratives of northwestern Europe from the late Antiquity to the Middle…
Espionage and Intelligence from the Wars of the Roses to the Reformation
Espionage and Intelligence from the Wars of the Roses to the Reformation By Ian Arthurson Nottingham Medieval Studies, Vol.35 (1991) Introduction: In the…
Means, Motive, Opportunity: Medieval Women and the Recourse to Arms
Why did medieval women go to war?
Glimpses from the Cairo Geniza on Naval Warfare in the Mediterranean and on the Mongol Invasions
Glimpses from the Cairo Geniza on Naval Warfare in the Mediterranean and on the Mongol Invasions By S.D. Goitien Studi Orientalistic in onore…
Defenders of the Christian People: Holy War in Byzantium
Defenders of the Christian People: Holy War in Byzantium By George T. Dennis The Crusades from the Perspective of Byzantium and the Muslim…
Prizes in Medieval Tournaments
Prizes in Medieval Tournaments By Doug Strong Published Online Introduction: There are very few records of what the winners of various tournies received.…
Northern Lights on the Battle of Hastings
In the following I shall discuss the historical background for the Battle of Hastings as it emerges from Old Norse, English, Norman, and Anglo-Norman sources, and attempt to shed some light on these questions.
The Battle of Kosovo: Early Reports of Victory and Defeat
The Battle of Kosovo: Early Reports of Victory and Defeat By Thomas A. Emmert Kosovo: Legacy of a Medieval Battle, eds. Wayne S.…
Teenagers at War During the Middle Ages
What were these two teenagers doing, fighting in a war which seemed to know no chronological bounds, especially if, as was shown above, it might have been unusual for teenagers to have fought in medieval wars?
Fleet Operations in the First Genoese-Venetian War, 1264-1266
Fleet Operations in the First Genoese-Venetian War, 1264-1266 By John Dotson Viator: Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Vol. 30 (1999) Introduction: This brief article is…
Changes in the Nature of War in Early Fourteenth Century Tuscany
Changes in the Nature of War in Early Fourteenth Century Tuscany By Louis Green War and Society, Vol.1:1 (1983) Introduction: In northern and…
Warfare and Firearms in Fifteenth Century Morocco, 1400-1492
Warfare and Firearms in Fifteenth Century Morocco, 1400-1492 By Weston F. Cook Jr. War and Society, Vol.11 (1993) Introduction: Warfare in history is back…
Oliver of Paderborn and his siege engine at Damietta
Oliver of Paderborn and his siege engine at Damietta By Dominic Francis Nottingham Medieval Studies, Vol.37 (1993) Introduction: In the hot weeks of August…
Anatomical Interpretations of Anglo-Saxon Weapon Injuries
Anatomical Interpretations of Anglo-Saxon Weapon Injuries By S. J. Wenham Weapons and Warfare in Anglo-Saxon England, edited by Sonia Chadwick Hawkes (Oxford University,…
Machiavelli’s Art of War: A Reconsideration
Machiavelli’s Art of War: A Reconsideration By Marcia L. Colish Renaissance Quarterly, Vol.51 (1998) Introduction: Among Niccolo Machiavelli’s works, the Art of War (published 1521)…
The Circulation of Military Technology in the Mongolian Empire
The Circulation of Military Technology in the Mongolian Empire By Thomas T. Allsen Warfare in Inner Asian History (500-1800), edited by Nicola Di…
The Rouen Riot and Conan’s Leap
In the course of the eleventh century, and more commonly in the twelfth, many of the growing towns of Western Europe were disrupted by communal riots.
Pawn Captures Knighthood: The Tale of Sir Thopas as a Commentary on the Rise of Peasants to Knighthood and the Deterioration of Chivalry
In The Tale of Sir Thopas, a Canterbury Tale, one of Chaucer’s Pilgrims recites an asinine poem which mocks the traditional Chansons de Geste in both metre and content.
The Divinely-Protected, Well-Flourishing Domain: The Establishment of the Ottoman System in the Balkan Peninsula
It was under the reign of Mehmed II (1444-81) that the Ottomans realized their longtime goal of conquering the city of Constantinople (1453), which became the new Ottoman capital of Istanbul.
Law, Legislation, and Lending: An Examination of the Influence of the Crusades on the Usury Prohibition
Law, Legislation, and Lending: An Examination of the Influence of the Crusades on the Usury Prohibition Ryan, Matthew James MA Thesis, University of…
THE VIKINGS IN BRITTANY
THE VIKINGS IN BRITTANY Price, Neil S. (University College London) The Viking Society for Northern Research, Vol. 22 (1989) Abstract When a selection…
Heartstone
Heartstone By C. J. Sansom Publisher:Random House of Canada, September 28, 2010 ISBN:9780307356192 Summary Shardlake goes to war… Summer, 1545. England is at war.…
The Militarisation of Roman Society, 400 – 700
The Militarisation of Roman Society, 400 – 700 By Edward James Military Aspects of Scandinavian Society in a European Perspective AD 1 –…
Lords of the Bow
Lords of the Bow By Conn Iggulden Publisher: Harpercollins (uk) | July 16, 2010 ISBN:978-0440243922 Summary The gathering of the tribes of the Mongols…
La Régle du Temple as a Military Manual or How to Deliver a Cavalry Charge
La Régle du Temple as a Military Manual or How to Deliver a Cavalry Charge By Matthew Bennett Studies in Medieval History presented…