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Journal of Medieval Military History: Volume IV: 4
Author(s): Clifford J. Rogers (Editor), Kelly DeVries (Editor), John France (Editor), Bernard S Bachrach (Contributor), J.F. Verbruggen (Contributor), James P. Ward (Contributor), Richard P. Abels (Contributor), Robert I. Burns (Contributor), Russ Mitchell (Contributor), Stephen R Morillo (Contributor), Steven Isaac (Contributor), William Sayers (Contributor)
- Publisher: Boydell Press
- Publication Date: 21 Sept. 2006
- Language: English
- Print length: 180 pages
- ISBN-10: 9781843832676
- ISBN-13: 1843832674
Book Description
Latest volume in the leading forum for debate on aspects of medieval warfare. The essays in this latest edition of the Journal, by leading experts in the field, are a witness to the flourishing state of the subject, and provide significant contributions to various important on-going debates and controversies. They include wide-ranging discussions of state formation and the role of women in medieval warfare, and an energetic argument against viewing medieval warfare as cavalry-dominated. A trio of articles dealing with issuesof bravery and cowardice, though based on Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman evidence, advance our knowledge of one of the all-pervasive aspects of the military history of the middle ages. Similarly, an experimentally-based study of theeffectiveness of arrows against mail armor reaches conclusions that will cast light on combat from Visigothic Spain to Crusader Outremer to fifteenth-century Bohemia. In addition, the Journal includes in-depth studies of Iberianwar-dogs, the naval battle of Zierikzee at the start of the fourteenth century, and [reflecting the editors’ broad understanding of the scope of the field] the war-related activities of Dutch magistrates at the turn of the sixteenth century. Contributors: STEPHEN MORILLO, BERNARD S. BACHRACH, RUSS MITCHELL, RICHARD ABELS, STEVEN ISAAC, WILLIAM SAYERS, JAMES P. WARD, J. F. VERBRUGGEN, ROBERT BURNS
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About the Author
CLIFFORD J. ROGERS is a Professor of History at the United States Military Academy and founding director of the West Point Digital History Centre. His many books and articles on medieval warfare have been recognized with awards from the Royal Historical Society’s Alexander Prize to the Society for Military History’s Distinguished Book Award and Moncado Prize, as well as two Verbruggen Prizes and the Bachrach Medal from De Re Militari. His recent work has focused on early gunpowder and gunpowder artillery.
STEVEN ISAAC is the Simpson Professor of Medieval History, Longwood University.
