De Re Militari is pleased to present reviews and notices of recent work on medieval military history, whether new books, journal articles, or scholarly appearances in media.
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Recent Reviews:
- Tristan Schmidt, Armeeführung und Militäreliten in Byzanz, 1081-1203: Selektion, Hierarchie, Repräsentation (Reviewer- Alan V. Murray) October 10, 2025
- Georgios Theotokis and Mamuka Tsurtsumia (eds.) Nikephoros II Phokas and Warfare in the Tenth Century Byzantine World (Reviewer- Mark Fissel) October 9, 2025
- Axel E.W. Müller, Gunpowder Technology in the Fifteenth Century: A Study, Edition and Translation of the Firework Book (Reviewer- Stuart Ellis-Gorman) August 4, 2025
- Medieval Warhorse. Equestrian Landscapes, Material Culture and Zooarchaeology in Britain, AD 800-1550, Oliver H. Creighton, Robert Liddiard, Alan K. Outram, Carly Ameen, Kate Kanne (eds.) (Reviewer- Marina Viallon) August 4, 2025
- Kathryn Warner, Hugh Despenser the Younger & Edward II: Downfall of a King’s Favourite (Reviewer- Ilana Krug) July 30, 2025
- Laurence W. Marvin, The Damietta Crusade 1217-1221: A Military History (Reviewer- Stephen Donnachie) July 24, 2025
- Robert Allred, Mysteries of the Norman Conquest: Unravelling the Truth of the Battle of Hastings and the Events of 1066 (Reviewer- Paul Aitchison) July 21, 2025
- Martin Alvira Cabrer (trans), Muret 1213. La Bataille décisive de la croisade contre les albigeois (Reviewer- Laurence W. Marvin) July 9, 2025
- Brill’s Companion to Diet and Logistics in Greek and Roman Warfare, Donahue, John F., and Lee L. Brice (eds.) (Reviewer- Haggai Olshanetsky) April 4, 2025
- Ralph Moffatt, Medieval Arms and Armour: A Sourcebook, Volume III 1450-1500 (Reviewer- Stuart Ellis-Gorman) March 4, 2025
- Rémy Ambühl and Andy King (eds.), Documenting Warfare: Records of the Hundred Years War, Edited and Translated in Honour of Anne Curry (Reviewer- Stuart Ellis-Gorman) January 31, 2025
- Ralph Moffatt, Medieval Arms and Armour: A Sourcebook, Volume II 1400-1450 (Reviewer- Stuart Ellis-Gorman) July 30, 2024
- John Carr, The Pope’s Army: The Papacy in Diplomacy and War (Reviewer- Paul Aitchison) July 15, 2024
- Matthew P. McDiarmaid and James A.C. Stevenson (eds), Barbour’s Bruce: A! Fredome is a Noble Thing! Volumes I, II, & III (Reviewer- Simon Egan) April 6, 2024
- Michael S. Fulton. Contest for Egypt. The Collapse of the Fatimid Caliphate, the Ebb of Crusader Influence, and the Rise of Saladin (Reviewer- Lucas McMahon) March 21, 2024
- Brian Todd Carey, Joshua B. Allfree, John Cairns, Warfare in the Age of the Crusades: The Latin East (Reviewer- Nicholas Wallace) March 6, 2024
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DRM Books Available for Review
Links here are to the publisher’s website for the book, if available.
- Mike Ingram, Richard III and the Battle of Bosworth (Casemate, 2019), 304 pp.
- Peter Hoskins, Siege Warfare During the Hundred Years War: Once More Unto the Breach (Pen & Sword, 2018), 234 pp.
- Bob Bennett & Mike Roberts, The Wars of Alexander’s Successors 323-281 BC, Vol. I: Commanders & Campaigns (Pen & Sword, 2019), 236 pp.
- Richard Ballard, England, France, and Aquitaine: From Victory to Defeat in the Hundred Years War (Pen & Sword, 2020), 288 pp.
- Gabriele Esposito, Armies of Celtic Europe 700 BC-AD 106: History, Organization & Equipment (Pen & Sword, 2019), 172 pp.
- Hermann Löns, The Warwolf: A Peasant Chronicle of the Thirty Years War, tr. Robert Kvinnesland (Westholme, 2006) 216 pp.
- Paul C. Levitt, Yorkshire: A Story of Invasion, Uprising and Conflict (Pen & Sword, 2019), 128 pp.
- David Cooke, Battlefield Yorkshire: From the Romans to the English Civil War (Pen & Sword, 2020), 224 pp.
- Julian Romane, The First & Second Italian Wars 1494-1504 (Pen & Sword, 2020), 256 pp.
- Arthur C. Wright, English Collusion and the Norman Conquest (Pen & Sword, 2020), 224 pp.
- Chris Peers, The Highland Battles: Warfare on Scotland’s Northern Frontier in the Early Middle Ages (Pen & Sword, 2020), 216 pp.
- Peter Hoskins, The Black Prince and King Jean II of France (Pen & Sword, 2020), 208 pp.
- John Grehan and Martin Mace, The Battle of Hastings 1066: The Uncomfortable Truth (Pen & Sword, 2021), 192 pp.
- Ilkka Syvanne, Military History of Late Rome 518–565 (Pen & Sword, 2021), 448 pp.
- Stephen Turnbull, The Lost Samurai: Japanese Mercenaries in South East Asia, 1593–1688 (Pen & Sword, 2021), 192 pp.
- Of Knyghthode and Bataile, eds. Trevor Russell Smith and Michael Livingstone (Medieval Institute Publications, 2021), 180 pp.
- Cat Jarman, River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads (Pegasus Books, 2022)
- Martijn A. Wijnhoven, European Mail Armour: Ringed Battle Shirts from the Iron Age, Roman Period and Early Middle Ages (Amsterdam, 2021)
- Chris Glenn, The Battle of Sekigahara: The Greatest, Bloodiest, Most Decisive Samurai Battle Ever (Frontline Books, 2021), 216 pp.
- Richard Lomas, The Normans in Ireland (Casemate Academic, 2022), 224 pp.
- John Paul Davies, Castles of Wales (Pen & Sword, 2022), 264 pp.
- Paul Hill, The Kingdom of the Anglo-Saxons: The Wars of King Alfred 865-899 (Pen & Sword, 2022) 280 pp.
- Alexander R. Brondarbit, Soldier, Rebel, Traitor: John, Lord Wenlock and the Wars of the Roses (Pen & Sword, 2022), 224 pp.
- John Sadler, Hotspur: Sir Henry Percy and the Myth of Chivalry (Pen & Sword, 2022), 256 pp.
- Dierk Habedorn and Daniel Jaquet, Dürer’s Fight Book
The Genius of the German Renaissance and His Combat Treatise (Greenhill Books, 2022), 320 pp. - Tony Sullivan, The Battles of King Arthur (Pen & Sword, 2022), 288 pp.
- John Carr, The Viking Saint: Olaf II of Norway (Pen & Sword, 2022), 208 pp.
- Stuart Ellis-Gorman, The Medieval Crossbow: A Weapon Fit to Kill a King (Pen & Sword, 2022), 224 pp.
- James Waterson, The Knights of Islam: The Wars of the Mamluks, 1250 – 1517 (Greenhill Books, 2022), 288 pp.
- Robert Allred, Mysteries of the Norman Conquest: Unravelling the Truth of the Battle of Hastings and the Events of 1066 (Frontline Books, 2022), 224 pp.
- John D. Grainger, The Forty Sieges of Constantinople: The Great City’s Enemies and Its Survival (Pen & Sword, 2022), 288 pp.
- Brian Harwood, Fixer and Fighter: The Life of Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent,
1170 – 1243 (Pen & Sword, 2022), 176 pp. - John Sadler, The Second Baron’s War: Simon de Montfort and the Battles of Lewes and Evesham (Pen & Sword, 2022), 192 pp.
- Christine Baker, Swords Castle: Digging History: Excavations 2015-17 (Wordwell Books, 2022), 320 pp.
- Michael S. Fulton, Contest for Egpyt: The Collapse of the Fatimid Caliphate, the Ebb of Crusader Influence, and the Rise of Saladin (Brill, 2022), 193 pp.
- Arthur C. Wright, The Battles that Created England 793-1100 (Frontline Books, 2022), 256 pp.
- Jean-Denis Lepage, Dictionary of Fortifications: An Illustrated Glossary of Castles, Forts & Other Defensive Works from Antiquity to the Present Day (Pen & Sword, 2022), 356 pp.
- John Marshall, Welsh Castle Builders: The Savoyard Style (Pen & Sword, 2022), 344 pp.
- Gabrielle Esposito, Armies of Angl0-Saxon England 410-1066: History, Organization & Equipment (Pen & Sword, 2022), 176 pp.
- Ekaitz Etxeberria Gallastegi, Fazer la Guerra: Estrategia y táctica militar en la Castilla del siglo XV (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 2022), 365 pp. (Spanish)
- 1648 and All That: The Scottish Invasions of England 1648 and 1651, edited by Charles Singleton (Helion, 2023)
- Scott Manning, Joan of Arc: A Reference Guide to her Life and Works (Rowan and Littlefield, 2023)
- Philip Murgatroyd, Vincent Gaffney, John Haldon, Georgios Theodoropoulos, Modelling the Logistics of Mantzikert, (Archaeopress, 2024)
- Domenico Angelo, The School of Fencing, ed. Jared Kirby (Pen & Sword, 2024)
- Callum Watson, 1314: The Year of Bannockburn (Pen & Sword, 2024)
- Harry Pearson, Clash of Crowns: The Battle of Byland 1322 (Pen & Sword, 2024)
- The Civilian Legacy of the Roman Army, ed. Luca Loschiavo (Brill, 2024)
- Military Literature in the Medieval Roman World and Beyond, ed. Conor Whately (Brill, 2024)
- Journal of Medieval Military History: 22 (2024)
- Siri Kangas, War and Violence in the Western Sources for the First Crusade (Brill, 2024)
- Oleg Rusakovskiy, European Military Books and Intellectual Cultures of War in 17th-Century Russia (Brill, 2024)
- Norbert Pap, The Battle of Mohács, 1526 (Brill, 2024)
- Elizabeth Lapina, Depicting the Holy War: Crusader Imagery in Medieval French and English Murals (Penn State University Press, 2025)
- Michael H. Brown, Scotland, the Wars of the Roses, and European Politics (Boydell & Brewer, 2026)
