Routledge Revivals: A History of the Art of War in the Middle Ages (1978)

Volume 2 1278-1485

Charles Oman

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9781138570856
• eBook ISBN:
  9781351335225
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: European Medieval History
• Index: History

First published in 1898, and following on from Volume 1, this second volume charts the history of medieval warfare from 1278 to 1485. Written by Sir Charles Oman, one of the great medievalists of his time, this book remains for students and general readers one of the best accounts of military art in the Middle Ages. Many of the chapters have been re-written in view of new research. This edition is based on Methuen's 1978 revised and enlarged edition, which includes new chapters on the Swiss Confederacy, the Tartars, the Ottoman Turks, The Italian Condottieri, the English campaigns in France in the 15th century, the Wars of the Roses, and the early employment of artillery.

Index—II

ABBO, his description of the siege of Paris, i. 140, 147.

Acre, taken by Saracens, i. 264; taken by Richard I., i. 305; battle of [1189], i. 333–340; incidents of siege of [1190], i. 334; taken by Saracens in 1291, ii. 53.

Acton (hacqueton), use of the, ii. 4.

Adalgis, Frankish count, defeated by Saxons, i. 84.

Ad Decimum, battle of [535], i. 29.

Adhemar, Bishop of Puy, present at Dorylæum, i. 276; present at Antioch, i. 283, 284.

Adrianople, battle of [378], i. 13.

“Adulterine castles,” the, ii. 32–33.

Aeneas Sylvius (Pius II.), his account of the Hussite tactics, ii. 386.

Aethelstan, King, his fleet, i. 113.

Aethelwulf, King, his wars with the Danes, i. 94.

Aetius, Roman general, i. 19, 21.

Agathias, his description of the Franks, i. 52.

Agincourt, battle of, ii. 383–386.

Ailath, castle of, its importance, i. 257–258.

Aillette, the, ii. 377.

Alan of Brittany, Count, present at Hastings, i. 157.

Alaric, campaigns of, i. 19, 20, 44.

Albemarle, William Earl of, present at Northallerton, i. 391, 392; present at Lincoln, i. 397, 398.

Albertus Magnus, ii. 206.

Albigensian wars, i. 454.

Alboin, Lombard king, i. 50.

Albret, Bernard Lord of, present at Poictiers, ii. 164.

Albret, Charles, Constable of France, commands at Agincourt, ii. 381; slain, ii. 386.

Alençon, Charles Count of, his charge at Creçy, ii. 142; slain, ii. 146.

Alençon, John Count of, commands second line at Agincourt, ii. 382; slain, ii. 385.

Aleppo, the Emirs of, i. 256.

Alexius I., Comnenus, Emperor, defeated at Dyrrhachium, i. 166; Turkish campaigns of, i. 207; his victory at Calavryta, i. 224–226; his mercenaries, i. 227; his dealings with the Crusaders, i. 236, 238, 239.

Alfred, King, his victory at Ethandun, i. 98; his military legislation, i. 109, 110; fortifies London, i. 111; his victory on the Lea, i. 112; his campaign of 893, i. 153.

Aljubarotta, battle of [1385], ii. 190–193.

Alnwick, combat of [1174], i. 400, 401; castle of, ii. 32.

Alp Arslan, Sultan, his victory at Manzikert, i. 219–222.

Amadeus Count of Maurienne, his misconduct at Kazik-Bel, i. 246–247.

Amaury King of Jerusalem, his invasions of Egypt, i. 262; builds castle of Darum, ii. 30.

Ammianus Marcellinus, i. 11, 13, 17, 18; his description of the balista, i. 138.

Anar, defends Damascus, i. 261.

Anglo-Saxons, their invasion of Britain, i. 63; arms and armour of the, i. 63, 64; military organisation of the, i. 64–66; their relations with the Welsh, i. 66–68; use of the horse by the, i. 69–70; tactics of the, i. 71; their resistance to the Vikings, i. 108–112.

Angon (Frankish spear), i. 52.

Angora, battle of, ii. 353.

Angus, Gilbert Umfraville Earl of, present at Dupplin, ii. 102; at Halidon Hill, ii. 106.

Anjou, Charles Count of, present at Mansourah, i. 344–345; invades Naples, i. 496; victorious at Benevento, i. 497–505; victorious at Tagliacozzo, i. 505–515.

Anna Comnena, her account of Dyrrhachium, i. 166, 167.

Annibali, Tibaldo dei, present at Benevento, i. 500, 504.

Ansgar, the Staller, at siege of London, i. 135; at Hastings, i. 165.

Anthemius, builds the walls of Constantinople, ii. 25.

Antioch, Latin principality of, i. 259; siege of, by the Crusaders, i. 279, 282; battle of [1098], i. 282–288; Byzantine fortifications of, ii. 27–28.

Antioch, Bohemund Prince of. See under Bohemund.

Antioch, Conrad of, captured at Tagliacozzo, i. 512.

Antrustions, retainers of Frankish kings, i. 60.

Apamea, battle of [1190], i. 249.

Arbalest. See Crossbow.

Arbedo, battle of, ii. 255, 262–263.

Arc, Joan of, her successes against the English, ii. 293–5.

Arcadius, Emperor, column of, i. 19.

Archery of the East Roman horse, i. 25; of the Vikings, i. 93; in Western Europe, i. 129; of the Normans at Hastings, i. 157, 161; at combat of Bourg Théroulde, i. 389–390; of the South Welsh, i. 404; growth of, in England, ii. 60–61; its employment at Falkirk, ii. 80; at Dupplin Muir, ii. 103–104; at H...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Original Title
• Original Copyright
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• TABLE OF MAPS, PLANS, AND ILLUSTRATIONS
• BOOK VII ARMS, FORTIFICATION, AND SIEGECRAFT (1100–1300)
• BOOK VIII ENGLAND, WALES, AND SCOTLAND (1296–1333)–DEVELOPMENT OF THE LONGBOW
• BOOK IX THE LONGBOW IN FRANCE AND SPAIN (1337–1396)
• BOOK X GUNPOWDER AND CANNON (1250–1450)
• BOOK XI THE SWISS
• BOOK XII ITALY IN THE FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH CENTURIES–THE CONDOTTIERI
• BOOK XIII EASTERN EUROPE AND THE NEAR EAST (1230–1500)
• BOOK XIV WESTERN EUROPE IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
• Conclusion
• Chronological Table of Battles
• Index