The French Chronicle of London, detailing events from 1259 to 1343, provides one of the best accounts of the naval battle of Sluys, and the siege of Tournai by Edward III in 1340. 12 Edward III. [A.D. 1337, 8]. Henry Darcy, Mayor. Walter Nele and Nicholas Crane, Sheriffs. In the …
Paid to 40 men-at-arms for their arms and wages, 60 pounds. Paid to the 60 archers, for their wages, bows and arrows, and other necessaries, 30 pounds. Paid to the men-at-arms and archers aforesaid, as a courtesy, by order of the Mayor and Aldermen, 10 pounds. Paid to William Hauteyn, …
Craig Lambert Shipping the Medieval Military Boydell Press, 2011. 256 pp. $90.00 USD. ISBN 978-1843836544. A perusal of the Cumulative Bibliography of Medieval Military History and Technology, its updates, the International Medieval Bibliography and other military history bibliographies will demonstrate that despite the massive scholarship dealing with fourteenth-century warfare, logistical …
An H-Net review from H-Soz-u-Kult, in German, has just been posted: Christopher Allmand. The De Re Militari of Vegetius: The Reception, Transmission and Legacy of a Roman Text in the Middle Ages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. 450 S. ISBN 978-1-107-00027-8. — reviewed by The original review is in German, but you can …
This poem, written in French, is thought to be authored by Walter of Exeter, a Franciscan friar. The story details the siege of the Scottish castle of Carlaverock in July 1300 by Edward I. The first portion of the poem gives a long list of heraldic banners and shields carried …
A multi-book essay review by Sean McGlynn has appeared in the European Review of History/Revue europeenne d’histoire 20.1 (2013): 153-159. For those who have institutional access, you should be able to link to it here. The books reviewed en masse are Medieval Warfare 1000–1300, ed. John France (Ashgate 2010) Medieval Warfare 1300–1450, ed. Kelly DeVries …
In his work, De Gestis Edwardi Tertii, Robert of Avesbury has preserved several letters from Edward III in which he gives accounts of his actions while on campaign in France in the 1330s and 1340s. In the letter given below, the King writes to his son, the Black Prince, and …
This text, known as the Munyatu’l-Guzat, or Wish of the Warriors of the Faith, is a fourteenth-century chivalric arts manual written in Mamluk-Kipchak. The work was originally in Arabic, but that version and the Mamluk-Kipchak have several differences. The use of several types of weapons are described here, including swords, …
David Nicolle Cross & Crescent in the Balkans: The Ottoman Conquest of Southeastern Europe Barnsley, UK: Pen & Sword Military, 2010. 256 pp. ISBN: 9781844159543 Dr. David Nicolle is perhaps best known as the prolific author of many of the books in the Osprey series, but he is also author …
David Nicolle The Great Chevauchée: John of Gaunt’s raid on France 1373 Raid 20. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2011, 80 pp. US $18.95 ISBN 978 1 84908 247 1 For years, Osprey has served an audience that is interested in the nitty-gritty of military operations throughout history. In particular, readers come …