This book offers a highly readable account of warfare in Europe and the Mediterranean from the Battle of Poitiers to the Wars of the Roses. With an emphasis on superb full-colour cartography and illustration, The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare: The Middle Ages, 768-1487 focuses on military strategy, debunking some of the prevailing myths of medieval warfare. Often characterized as an era dominated by lone knights and long sieges, the Middle Ages in fact had a military culture as sophisticated and complex as our own, with organized armies and a high degree of tactical intelligence. This complexity is detailed in maps, plans, and an informative text. Development of naval warfare, cavalry, and siege tactics are all covered, as is the nature of contemporary logistics and contemporary understanding of the science of warfare.
Table of contents:
Part I. The Crucible of Europe: 1. The wars of Charlemagne; 2. The Vikings in the ninth century; 3. Tenth-century kingdoms: the growth of England, Germany, and France; 4. The Danish conquest of England 980-1010; Part II. Western Europe in the Eleventh to the Thirteenth Centuries: 5. The Norman conquest of England; 6. The Angevin empire 1154-1217; 7. The German empire under Frederick Barbarossa 1152-1190; 8. Thirteenth-century eastern Europe and the Mongols; 9. Thirteenth-century English civil wars; 10. England and the Celtic fringe: colonial warfare; Part III. Expanding Europe: the Crusades: 11. The Reconquista and the Normans in the Mediterranean c.1050-1150; 12. The First Crusade; 13. The Latin states in the Holy Land; 14. The resurgence of Islam and the Third Crusade; 15. The Latin conquest of Constantinople 1201-1311; 16. Spain and France in the thirteenth century; 17. The Crusades in Africa in the thirteenth century; Part IV. Europe Divided: The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries: 18. The Hundred Years' War: the fourteenth century; 19. Italy and the Mediterranean arena c.1350-1480; 20. The Hundred Years' War: the fifteenth century; 21. The Hussite Wars and the later Crusades; 22. The Wars of the Roses 1452-1487; 23. The army and campaigns of Charles the Bold of Burgundy c.1465-1477; 24. A military revolution?; Appendix: theory and practice of warfare; Glossary; Further reading; Chronology; Index-gazetteer.
This is a highly readable account of European warfare from the Battle of Poitiers to the Wars of the Roses. With full-colour maps and illustration, the authors focus on military and naval culture, tactics, logistics, and science of warfare, revealing an unexpectedly sophisticated and varied military era.
This is a highly readable, richly illustrated, cartographic account of European medieval warfare.
Table of contents:
Part I. The Crucible of Europe: 1. The wars of Charlemagne; 2. The Vikings in the ninth century; 3. Tenth-century kingdoms: the growth of England, Germany, and France; 4. The Danish conquest of England 980-1010; Part II. Western Europe in the Eleventh to the Thirteenth Centuries: 5. The Norman conquest of England; 6. The Angevin empire 1154-1217; 7. The German empire under Frederick Barbarossa 1152-1190; 8. Thirteenth-century eastern Europe and the Mongols; 9. Thirteenth-century English civil wars; 10. England and the Celtic fringe: colonial warfare; Part III. Expanding Europe: the Crusades: 11. The Reconquista and the Normans in the Mediterranean c.1050-1150; 12. The First Crusade; 13. The Latin states in the Holy Land; 14. The resurgence of Islam and the Third Crusade; 15. The Latin conquest of Constantinople 1201-1311; 16. Spain and France in the thirteenth century; 17. The Crusades in Africa in the thirteenth century; Part IV. Europe Divided: The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries: 18. The Hundred Years' War: the fourteenth century; 19. Italy and the Mediterranean arena c.1350-1480; 20. The Hundred Years' War: the fifteenth century; 21. The Hussite Wars and the later Crusades; 22. The Wars of the Roses 1452-1487; 23. The army and campaigns of Charles the Bold of Burgundy c.1465-1477; 24. A military revolution?; Appendix: theory and practice of warfare; Glossary; Further reading; Chronology; Index-gazetteer.
This is a highly readable account of European warfare from the Battle of Poitiers to the Wars of the Roses. With full-colour maps and illustration, the authors focus on military and naval culture, tactics, logistics, and science of warfare, revealing an unexpectedly sophisticated and varied military era.
This is a highly readable, richly illustrated, cartographic account of European medieval warfare.