Charles VIII, attempting to seize control of southern Italy for use as a platform for war against the Ottoman Turks, lead the most powerful army in Europe at that time down through Italy, defeating one Italian province after another. The Italian states opposing this venture evolved into the League of …
On July 15, 1410, one of the most important battles took in the later middle ages. Fought between Tannenberg and the nearby village of Grünwald, Polish and Lithuanian forces under Ladislaus II (Wladyslaw Jagiello) halted the eastward expansion of the Teutonic Knights. For a detailed description of this battle, please …
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 …
The following is an account of the battle of Caravaggio, fought on September 15,1448, in which the Milanese army led by Francesco Sforza defeated the Venetians under Michele Attendolo. The text is from the Chronicle of Cristoforo da Soldo. Alli 29 luio soprascritto lo Conte Francesco andò a campo a …
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 …
This account of the famous battle of Agincourt comes from Enguerrand de Monstrelet (d.1453), governor of Cambrai and supporter of the French crown. CHAPTER CXLIII – THE KING OF FRANCE COLLECTS A GREAT BODY OF MEN-AT-ARMS FROM ALL PARTS OF HIS KINGDOM TO OPPOSE THE ENGLISH. THE SUMMONS HE ISSUES …
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 Santuste Edward IV and The Wars of the Roses South Yorkshire: Pen and Sword Books, 2011. 208pp. £12.99. ISBN: 9781848845497 Edward IV and The Wars of The Roses is an account of the military career of Edward IV by David Santiuste. He sets out to examine Edward as a …
Savvas Kyriakidis Warfare in Late Byzantium, 1204-1453 History of Warfare, vol. 67. Leiden: Brill, 2011. 254 pp. $144. ISSN: 1385-7827 The capture and sacking of Constantinople in 1204 by the Fourth Crusade, the Byzantine Empire split and went into a downward spiral. Although the Empire of Nicea (one of the …
John Sadler Towton: The Battle of Palm Sunday Field, 1461 South Yorkshire: Pen and Sword Books, 2011. 186 pp. £19.99/$39.95 USD. ISBN 978- 1844159659. John Sadler’s latest work departs once more from his customary focus on the battles and wars between England and Scotland, turning to an episode of the …