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9781848847415

Warfare in the Medieval World

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    9781848847415

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    1848847416

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2012-02-19
  • Publisher: Pen & Sword

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Summary

Warfare in the Medieval World explores how civilizations and cultures made war on the battlefields of the Near East and Europe in the period between the fall of Rome and the introduction of reliable gunpowder weapons during the Thirty Years' War. Through an exploration of thirty-three selected battles, military historian Brian Todd Carey surveys the changing tactical relationships between the four weapon systems - heavy and light infantry and heavy and light cavalry - focusing on the evolution of shock and missile combat.Through the use of dozens of multiphase tactical maps, this fascinating introduction to the art of war during western civilization's ancient and classical periods pulls together the primary and secondary sources and creates a powerful historical narrative. The result is a synthetic work that will be essential reading for students and armchair military historians alike.AUTHORBrian Todd Carey is an assistant professor of history and military history at the American Public University System, where he teaches ancient, classical, medieval, and early modern military history. He is the author of dozens of articles on warfare in numerous history and military history periodicals and the recent ABC-CLIO World History Encyclopedia. In 2007 he was the recipient of American Public University System's Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award for the School of Arts and Humanities. He is also the author of Warfare in the Ancient World, Warfare in the Medieval World, and Hannibal's Last Battle: Zama and the Fall of Carthage.TACTICAL MAP ILLUSTRATORJoshua B. Allfree is a US Army sergeant major currently serving as a recruiting information technology program manager at Fort Knox, Kentucky. He has over thirty years of military experience divided between the combat arms and recruiting systems and operations. He holds the bachelor of arts degree in world military history from the American Military University, the master of science in applied information technology from Bellarmine University, and several professional certifications in project management, network engineering, and IT service management.REGIONAL MAP ILLUSTRATORJohn Cairns is a professional software developer with eighteen years of industry experience. His special emphasis on computer cartography includes the development of the mapping system used on a popular travel site.

Author Biography

Brian Todd Carey is an assistant professor of history and military history at the American Military University System and is the author of Warfare in the Ancient World and Hannibal's Last Battle: Zama and the Fall of Carthage Joshua B. Allfree is a US Army sergeant major currently serving as a recruiting information technology program manager at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and he holds the bachelor of arts degree in world military history from the, American Military University. John Cairns is a professional software developer who has specialized in cornputer cartography since 1993.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgmentsp. vii
Figuresp. viii
Mapsp. viii
Introductionp. 1
The Early Middle Ages: The Rise of Cavalry in Eastern Europe: Byzantium at Warp. 10
Rome's Second Millennium
The Early Byzantine Army
Cavalry versus Cavalry
The Battles of Dam and Tricameron
Byzantine Combined Arms in Action
The Battles of Taginae and Casilinum
The Byzantine Army in Transition
Themes and Tagmata-Heavy Cavalry versus Light Cavalry
The Battle of Manzikert
The Early Middle Ages: Invasion and Response: The Rise of Heavy Cavalry in Western Europep. 40
The Rise of the Franks and the Battle of Tours
The Ninth- and Tenth-Century Invasions
Muslims, Magyars and Vikings at War
A Viking Battle at Sea
The Battle of Nisa-Response to Invasion
The Rise of Heavy Cavalry in Western Europe
The High Middle Ages: Heavy Cavalry Dominantp. 68
The Norman Conquests of England and Italy
The Crusades
Latin Heavy Cavalry in the East
The Muslim Counter-Crusade
The Dominance of Latin Heavy Cavalry Challenged
The Crusades
The Reconquista in Spain and Portugal-The Battles of Sagrajas and Las Navas de Tolosa
Medieval Horse Breeding and Logistics
High Medieval Warfare: The Mongol Invasion of the Westp. 115
'Storm from the East'
The Mongol Art of'War-The Mongol Invasion of Europe
The Battles of Liegnitz and Sajo River
The Mongol Invasion of the Near East
Cavalry versus Cavalry
The Battle ofAin Falut
Late Medieval Warfare: The Return of Light Infantryp. 139
The Apex of Chivalry and the Battle of Bouvines
The Transitional Thirteenth Century
The Welsh and Scottish Campaigns
The Longbow, the Schiltron and the Return of Infantry to Western Europe
The Hundred Years War
The English Tactical System Tested
The Battles of Crecy and Agincourt
Late Medieval Warfare: The Return of Heavy Infantryp. 177
The Rise of the Swiss Battle Square-Heavy Infantry versus Heavy Cavalry
The Battles of Morgarten, Laupen and Sempach
The Burgundian Wars
A New Combined-Arms Synthesis versus Swiss Heavy Infantry
The 'Military Revolution' and Early Modern Warfarep. 202
From Medieval to Early Modern Warfare
The Military Revolution of the Sixteenth Century
The Italian Wars and the Rise of the Spanish Tercio
Early Modern Logistics
The Dutch Tactical System and the Thirty Years War
Conclusion
The 'Western Way of War' and Decisive Battle
Glossary of Military Termsp. 231
Notesp. 240
Selected Bibliographyp. 253
Indexp. 256
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