Warfare in Medieval Europe 400-1453

Bernard S Bachrach, David Bachrach

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9781138887657
• eBook ISBN: 9781315512631
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Historia
• Subtopic: Historia europea

Warfare in Medieval Europe c. 400-c.1453 provides a thematic discussion of the nature and conduct of war, including its economic, technological, social, and religious contexts, from the late Roman Empire to the end of the Hundred Years' War. The geographical scope of this volume encompasses Latin Europe from Iberia to Poland and from Scandinavia and Britain to Sicily and includes the interaction between Europe and the eastern Mediterranean, particularly in the context of the crusading movement.

Bernard and David Bachrach explore the origins of the institutions, physical infrastructure, and intellectual underpinnings of medieval warfare and trace the ways in which medieval warfare was diffused beyond Europe to the Middle East and beyond. Written in an accessible and engaging way and including chapters on military topography, military technology, logistics, strategy and combat, this is a definitive synthesis on medieval warfare.

The book is accompanied by a companion website which includes interactive maps of the chief military campaigns, chapter resources, a glossary of terms and an interactive timeline which provides a chronological backbone for the thematic chapters in the book.

Warfare in Medieval Europe is an essential resource for all students of medieval war and warfare.

Index

Aachen 59, 175

Abbey of Maillieres 367 (Figure)

Abbo of Paris 238, 248, 304

On the Battles for the City of Paris 246

Abbo of St.-Germain-des-Prés see Abbo of Paris

Abd el-Rahman al Garfiki 50

Abels, Richard 85, 86, 87

Aberystwyth 80

Abraham ben Jacob 72, 124

Abu al-Qasim 120, 298

Acre, siege of (1189–1191) 198, 250, 281, 310–11, 350

(1291) 76

Adalbero 378

Adalbold of Utrecht, Bishop: Life of Henry II 353

Adalgis (Carolingian military commander) 293

Adalhard of Cordie 339, 341, 343

On the Organization of the Palace (De ordine palatii) 174–5, 339, 377

Adhemar of Le Puy, Bishop 363

administrative documents 23–4

Adolf I of Cologne, Archbishop 202

Adrianople, battle of (378) 351–2

Aethelbald, King 72

Aethelberht, King 72

Aethelred, King 72

Aethelwulf, King 72, 73

Aëtius (Roman general) 57

Agathias 228

Agde 50

Agincourt, battle of (1415) 81, 288

Aigues-Mortes 199

Aire 40

Albert of Aachen 326

Alberti, Leon Battista 58

De re aedificatoria (On Construction) 58

Albi 40

Albigensian Crusade 302

Alcuin (advisor to Charlemagne) 44, 45, 108, 381

Problems for Sharpening the Youth (Propositiones ad acuendos juevenes) 59

Alençon, siege of (1050) 243

Aleppo 76

Alesia, siege of (52 BC) 244

Aleth 37

Alexander III, Pope 136

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Figures and acknowledgements
• Acknowledgments
• Maps
• Introduction
• Sources: The writing of medieval military history
• Military topography
• Military organization of medieval Europe
• Military logistics
• Military technology
• Medieval combat
• Strategy
• Conclusion
• Index