Your portal to warfare in the Middle Ages
Welcome to De Re Militari: the Society for Medieval Military History. Founded in 1992, De Re Militari is an academic organization for the study of medieval warfare, broadly construed. It has three major outlets for its educational activities. First is this website, which hosts many scholarly articles, primary sources, book reviews, and other resources for the study of military actions, technology, and topics from the fall of Rome to early seventeenth century. Second is our conference activity: each year, De Re Militari sponsors panels at internatonal conferences on medieval studies and military history. Third, since 2003 De Re Militari has published (through The Boydell Press, distributed by Casemate), the periodical Journal of Medieval Military History (JMMH), the premier journal in the subfield.
We encourage you to browse through our site and utilize our free resources for teaching and research. In addition, please consider joining De Re Militari! Members receive the JMMH at a drastically-reduced price, are eligible to serve as society officers, and may be invited to review new books in medieval military history for the site.
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Recent Articles and Primary Sources:
- Anthony Kaldellis and Marion Kruse, The Field Armies of the East Roman Empire, 361-630 (Reviewer- Evan Schultheis) October 18, 2023
- Michael P. Warner, The Agincourt Campaign of 1415: The Retinues of the Dukes of Clarence and Gloucester (Reviewer- Simon Egan) October 9, 2023
- Stephen Morillo, War and Conflict in the Middle Ages: A Global Perspective (Reviewer- Stuart Gorman) September 11, 2023
- Petitions dealing with warfare from fourteenth-century Berwick, Cumbria and Durham August 2, 2023
- Trevor Russell Smith and Michael Livingston (eds.) Of Knyghthode and Bataile (Reviewer- Trevor J. Davis) July 27, 2023
Recent Book Reviews:
- Anthony Kaldellis and Marion Kruse, The Field Armies of the East Roman Empire, 361-630 (Reviewer- Evan Schultheis) October 18, 2023
- Michael P. Warner, The Agincourt Campaign of 1415: The Retinues of the Dukes of Clarence and Gloucester (Reviewer- Simon Egan) October 9, 2023
- Stephen Morillo, War and Conflict in the Middle Ages: A Global Perspective (Reviewer- Stuart Gorman) September 11, 2023
- Trevor Russell Smith and Michael Livingston (eds.) Of Knyghthode and Bataile (Reviewer- Trevor J. Davis) July 27, 2023
- Wojtek Jezierski, Risk, Emotions, and Hospitality in the Christianization of the Baltic Rim, 1000-1300 (Reviewer- Patrick Eickman) May 23, 2023
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