Journal of Medieval Military History

Volume XIX (2021)

Edited by John France, Kelly DeVries, Clifford J. Rogers

The articles here focus on activities in north-western Europe, with a reconsideration of the location of the battle of Stamford Bridge (1066), an examination of the role of open battles in the civil wars of the Anglo-Norman and Angevin kings, a re-assessment of the strategy of Edward I’s war against Philip IV in 1297-98, and an analysis of the role of cavalry “coureurs” in late-medieval France. But regions further to the south and east are by no means neglected, with a dissection of the military rhetoric of Pere III of Aragon and his queen, Elionor of Sicily, and a discussion of the earliest European gunpowder recipes, from Friuli (1336) and Augsburg (1338- c. 1350). The volume also offers studies of the campaigns culminating in the battles of Firad in 634 and Qinnasrīn in 1134.

Contributors: Konstantinos Takirtakoglou, Michael C. Blundell, Evgeniy A. Gurinov, Matthew Strickland, David Pilling, Clifford J. Rogers and Fabrizio Ansani, Donald J. Kagay, Michael J. Harbinson.

Contents

• Konstantinos Takirtakoglou, “Battle of Firāḍ: The Day on Which Khālid b. al-Walīd Did [Not] Defeat Both Byzantines and Persians”
• Michael C. Blundell, “A Mislocated Battlefield? Battle Flats: The Battle of Stamford Bridge, 1066”
• Evgeniy A. Gurinov, “The Frankish Campaign of 1133-1134 in Northern Syria and the Battle of Qinnasrīn”
• Matthew Strickland, “Bella plus quam civilia? The Place of Battle in the Context of Civil War under the Anglo-Norman and Angevin Kings, c. 1100- c.1217″
• David Pilling, “Edward I’s War on the Continent, 1297-1298: A New Appraisal”
• Clifford J. Rogers and Fabrizio Ansani, “The Earliest European Recipes for ‘Powder for Guns’ (1336 and 1338-c. 1350)”
• Donald J. Kagay, “Bellicose Rhetoric: The Memorable War Speeches of One Aragonese Royal Couple”
• Michael J. Harbinson, “Coureurs and Their Role in Late Medieval Warfare”