This volume focuses on two of the most vibrant areas of research in the field: Crusader studies and the warfare of the Late Middle Ages, embracing a diversity of approaches. Chapters look at the battle of Tell Bashir (1108) in the context of Saljuq politics; the defenses of ‘Altit castle, one of the Templars’ strongest fortifications, from an archaeological perspective; the involvement of the Military Orders in secular conflicts, particularly in Europe; and how royal women affected and were affected by the wars of Castile and the Crown of Aragon in the fourteenth century. Fencing competitions are used to explore masculinity and status in Strasbourg from the late Middle Ages into the early modern period, and key aspects of the actual conduct of warfare in the fifteenth century come under detailed scrutiny: the role of cavalry in turning the Hundred Years War in favour of the French, and the logistical and procurement difficulties and methods involved in fielding a Florentine army in 1498. The volume is completed with a translation and discussion of Guillaume Guiart’s rich description of a French royal army on the march and in camp at the start of the fourteenth century.

Contributors: Fabrizio Ansani, Drew Bolinger, Oliver Dupuis, Ehud Galili, Michael Harbinson, Donald J. Kagay, Michael Livingston, Ken Mondschein, Helen J. Nicholson, Avrahem Ronen, Andrew L.J. Villalon

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Contents

• Drew Bolinger, “Baktash the Forgotten: The Battle of Tell Bashir (1108) and the Saljuq Civil Wars”
• Ehud Galili and Avrahem Ronen, “The External Fortifications of ‘Atlit Castle, the Only Unconquered Crusader Stronghold in the Holy Land”
• Helen J. Nicholson, “Holy Warriors, Worldly War: Military Religious Orders and Secular Conflict”
• L. J. Andrew Villalon, “Wives, Mistresses, Lovers, and Daughters: The Fortunes of War for Royal Women in Late Fourteenth Century Castile. OR: A Gender Limitation on Writing History from Chronicles”
• Michael John Harbinson, “The Lance in the Fifteenth Century: How French Cavalry Overcame the English Defensive System in the Latter Part of the Hundred Years War”
• Fabrizio Ansani, “Supplying the Army, 1498. The Florentine Campaign in the Pisan Countryside”
• Ken Mondschein and Olivier Dupuis, “Fencing, Martial Sport, and Urban Culture in Early Modern Germany: The Case of Strasbourg”
• Michael Livingston, “Note: An Army on the March and in Camp: Guillaume Guiart’s Branche des royaus lingnages”