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Preface and Acknowledgments | p. vii |
Figures | p. viii |
Maps | p. viii |
Introduction | p. 1 |
The Early Middle Ages: The Rise of Cavalry in Eastern Europe: Byzantium at War | p. 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 Europe | p. 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 Dominant | p. 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 West | p. 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 Infantry | p. 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 Infantry | p. 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 Warfare | p. 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 Terms | p. 231 |
Notes | p. 240 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 253 |
Index | p. 256 |
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