Logistics of Warfare in the Age of the Crusades

by Pryor,John H.; Pryor,John H.

• ISBN13: 9780754651970
• ISBN10: 0754651975
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2016-02-12
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

How were the Crusades made possible? There have been studies of ancient, medieval and early modern warfare, as well as work on the finances and planning of Crusades, but this volume is the first specifically to address the logistics of Crusading. Building on previous work, it brings together experts from the fields of medieval Western, Byzantine and Middle Eastern studies to examine how the marches and voyages were actually made. Questions of manpower, types and means of transportation by land and sea, supplies, financial resources, roads and natural land routes, sea lanes and natural sailing routes - all these topics and more are covered here. Of particular importance is the attention given to the horses and other animals on which transport of supplies and the movement of armies depended.

Table of Contents

Maps, Figures, and Tables	ix
Preface	xi
Abbreviations	xiii
Note on citations of primary sources, on Arabic, and on Geographical names	xvii
Maps	xix
Chapter 1: Introduction: modelling Bohemond's march to Thessalonike	1	(24)
John H. Pryor
Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Sydney, Australia
Chapter 2: The logistics of the Mongol-Mamluk war, with special reference to the battle of Wadi 'l-Khaznaddr, 1299 C.E.	25	(18)
Reuven Amitai
Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Chapter 3: Crusader logistics: from victory at Nicaea to resupply at Dorylaion	43	(20)
Bernard S. Bachrach
Department of History, University of Minnesota, USA
Chapter 4: Ship types and fleet composition at Genoa and Venice in the early thirteenth century	63	(14)
John E. Dotson
Department of History, University of Southern Illinois at Carbondale, USA
Chapter 5: Logistics and the Second Crusade	77	(18)
John France
Department of History, University of Wales at Swansea, UK
Chapter 6: Harbours and facilities along the eastern Mediterranean sea lanes to Outremer	95	(24)
Ruthy Gertwagen
Oranim Academic College, Israel
Chapter 7: Provisioning Peter the Hermit: from Cologne to Constantinople, 1096	119	(12)
Charles R. Glasheen
Department of History, University of Northern Florida, USA
Chapter 8: Roads and communications in the Byzantine Empire: wagons, horses, and supplies	131	(28)
John Haldon
Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman, and Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham, UK
Chapter 9: Reflections on maps, Crusading, and logistics	159	(26)
Benjamin Z. Kedar
The Institute for Advanced Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Chapter 10: Infantry in Muslim armies luring the Crusades	185	(24)
Yaacov Lev
Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Bar-Ilan University. Israel
Chapter 11: Food and the Fourth Crusade: a new approach to the "Diversion Question"	209	(20)
Thomas F. Madden
Department of History, St Louis University, USA
Chapter 12: Money and logistics in the forces of the First Crusade: coinage, bullion, service, and supply, 1096-99	229	(22)
Alan V. Murray
Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds, UK
Chapter 13: The Northern Crusaders: the logistics of English and other Northern Crusader fleets	251	(24)
Richard W. Unger
Department of History, University of British Columbia, Canada
Chapter 14: Digest	275	(18)
John H. Pryor
Glossary of Technical Terminology	293	(4)
Selective Gazetteer	297	(8)
Consolidated Bibliography	305	(38)
Index	343