Medieval Warfare

Kelly DeVries is a professor in the Department of History at Loyola University, Maryland and an honorary historical consultant at the Royal Armouries, UK.Michael Livingston is a professor in the Department of English, Fine Arts, and Communications at The Citadel.

• MapsGeneral IntroductionRecommended ReadingAcknowledgementsPart I: The Casualties of WarThose Who Mourned1. On the Thuringian War (after 561)2. Wulf and Eadwacer (ca. 1000)3. A Crusader’s Lament 4. Destruction from the Hundred Years War (1361)Those Who Fought5. Riddles on Armaments (ca. 1000)6. Massacre at Civetot (1096)7. Battle of Waun Gaseg (1410)8. Pity the Veteran Soldiers (ca. 1420)Those Who Feared9. After the Siege of Arles (507–08)10. Devastation of Villages (1215)11. Local Atrocities (1358)12. The Poor in War (1425)Part II: The Preparations for WarTheories of War: Just War13. The Just War (before 430)14. The Call to Crusade (1095)15. Take Her Husband, Please (1212)16. How We Die (1481)Regulating War17. Declaration of a Truce of God (1063)18. Criticism of the Second Crusade (1149)19. Curse on Those Who Require the Making of Arms (1374)20. Wyclif Against War (1375)21. End the Hundred Years War (1395)Training for War22. Vegetius on Fortifications and Siege Preparation (ca. 388) 23. Rule of the Templars (1135–65)24. Practice Archery, Not Games (1363)25. The Training of Boucicaut (1409)26. How to Conduct a Siege (ca. 1425?)Chivalry27. The Function of Knighthood (1159)28. The Decadence of Knights (1250)29. Becoming a Knight (1352)30. Peace-time Jousts at St-Inglevert (1390)31. The Decline of Chivalry (1483–85)Financing War32. Military Obligations of Landholders (743)33. The Saladin Tithe and Crusader Ordinances (1188)34. Poll Tax (1379)Outfitting for War: Individual35. Renting a Suit of Armor (1248)36. The Arming of Sir Gawain (ca. 1360)37. Margaret Paston to Her Husband (1449)Outfitting for War: Militia38. Florentine Militia Requirements (1260)39. Provisions for the Ostend Militia (1436)40. Troyes Arsenal (1474)State41. Fortifications at Dara (6th c.)42. Construction of Saphet Castle (ca. 1263)43. A Weapons Dowry (1449)Recruiting and Obligations44. Charlemagne’s Way of Raising Troops (801–11)45. Pope Gregory Pleads for Matilda to Lead a Crusade (1074) 46. Levy of Troops for the Wars in Bohemia (1422)47. Indenture of War (1415)Part III: The Waging of War     Plans and Rules48. Barbarossa’s Rules of the Army (1158)49. Spring Is for Warfare (1184–88)50. Payment for Camp Workers (1378)51. Ordinances of a Combined Army (1385)52. Battle Plan for Agincourt (1415)53. Maintaining Discipline (1419)54. How to Attack Venice (1517)The March55. Accounts of the Third Crusade (mid–1190s)56. Costs of the Seventh Crusade (1256)57. Army on March and in Camp (1304)58. Itinerary of the Crécy Campaign (1346)59. Array of Verona (1386)60. Agincourt: March and Battle (1415)61. Transport of Artillery (1474)Declaration and Oration    62. Oration against the Thuringians (6th c.)63. Battle of the Standard (1138)64. Declaration of War Against Philip Augustus (1212)65. A King’s Challenge (1340)66. Joan of Arc’s Letter to the English (1429)The Fight: On Land 67. Battle at Adrianople (378)68. Battle of Dara (530)69. Battle and Aftermath of the Catalaunian Plains (551)70. Battle of Hastings (1066)71. Battle of Hattin (1187)72. Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212)73. Battle of the Golden Spurs (1302)74. Battle of Crécy (1346)75. Battle of Othée (1408)76. Battle of Barnet (1471)The Fight: At Sea   77. Battle of Nisa (1062)78. Landing in Egypt (1249)79. Naval Warfare Between Pisa and Genoa (1284)80. Fighting the Saracens at Sea (1325–32)81. Battle of Winchelsea (1350)In Siege   82. Siege of Jerusalem (614)83. Siege of Paris (885–86)84. Siege of Thessaloniki (904)85. Fight at Finnesburh (ca. 1000)86. Siege of Jerusalem: Wood and War (1099)87. Siege of Lisbon (1147)88. Siege of Orléans (1429)89. Siege of Constantinople (1453)90. Siege of Rhodes (1480)Feats of Bravery    91. Battle of Maldon (991)92. Gathering Bolts at Tournai (1340)93. Archer-woman of Karia (1341)94. The Maid of Orléans (1429–31)95. The Unconquered Knight (ca. 1440)The Margins of War    96. Camp-Followers Win a Battle (1018)97. Hiring a Foreign Engineer (ca. 1180)98. Slaughter of Non-combatants (1203)99. Piracy in the English Channel (ca. 1250)100. Contract for Genoese Mercenaries (1337)101. Payment for Spies (1343)102. English Mercenaries in Italy (1361–64)103. Mercenaries Disguise as Women (1388)Duels    104. Song of Hildebrand and Hadubrand (ca. 800)105. Siege, Duel, and Battle at Halidon Hill (1333)106. Joust between Armies (1387)Part IV: The Outcomes of War     Wounds of War    107. Death on the Field (1289)108. Curing a Royal Head-wound (1403)109. Cauterizing a Wound (ca. 1440)110. After the Battle of Barnet (1471)111. Richard III’s Death (1485)Victory and Surrender    112. The Taking of Autun and the Blinding of Leodegar (675)113. Jomsvikings Meet Their End (986)114. Aftermath of Hattin (1187)115. Execution of the Prisoners at Acre (1191)116. Execution of the Prisoners at Nicopolis (1396)Pillage and Booty    117. Siege of Worcester (1139)118. Plundering Relics (1204)119. Razing Enemy Property (1403)Prisoners and Ransoms    120. Enslaving Noble Hostages (511)121. Gospel Book Ransomed from Vikings (ca. 800)122. Surrender to Blanche of Navarre (1218)123. Announcement of Victory (1356)124. Ransom of a Knight (1356)The Fallen 125. Mongol Devastation in Hungary (1241)126. Destruction of the Mongols (1247)127. Identifying the Dead (1346)128. Expenses for the Quartering of Hotspur (1403)An End of War    129. Two Sides of a Treaty (1245)130. The Burghers of Calais (1346)131. General Amnesty to Rebels (1411)132. After the Fall of Constantinople (1453)133. Ottoman Treaty with the Venetians (1478)134. Surrender of Rhodes to Suleyman (1522)Memorialization    135. Battle of Brunanburh (ca. 955)136. Lament for Jerusalem (1099)137. Defeat of Igor (1185)138. Song of the Battle of the Golden Spurs (1302)139. The Founding of Battlefield Church (1406)SourcesIndex

"A simply impressive work of collaborative scholarship, Medieval Warfare: A Reader must be considered an essential core addition to community, college, and university library Medieval Studies collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists." (Midwest Book Review ) "In short, this is a truly superb source collection, one which is entirely suited to becoming the central point of reference for modules or courses on Medieval European military history."- Nicholas Morton, Nottingham Trent University (The Medieval Review) "A thoroughly enthralling collection of primary sources, which reveal the ever-changing but consistently traumatic effects of warfare over more than a thousand years of human history." - Ronald W. Braasch III, United States Military Academy at West Point (Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching)