Category Archives: BookReview

King & Simpkin — England and Scotland at War (Nakashian)

by Steven Walton Posted on October 29, 2013

Andy King and David Simpkin  (eds.) England and Scotland at War, c. 1296-c.1513 History of Warfare 78. Leiden: Brill, 2012.  ISBN. 9789004229822.  $220.00.  409 pp. Volume 78, England and Scotland at War c.1296-1513, of Brill’s History of Warfare series continues … Continue reading →

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Trigg — Shame and Honor [TMR]

by Steven Walton Posted on October 29, 2013

Stephanie Trigg Shame and Honor: A Vulgar History of the Order of the Garter Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012. Pp. viii, 322. $55.00. ISBN-13: 9780812243918. Reviewed in The Medieval Review: TMR 13.03.21 Since at least Congenial Souls (2002), Stephanie Trigg has demonstrated a serious interest in … Continue reading →

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Bom — Women in the Military Orders of the Crusades [TMR]

by Steven Walton Posted on October 29, 2013

Myra Miranda Bom Women in the Military Orders of the Crusades The New Middle Ages. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. Pp. xiv, 230. $85.00. ISBN-13: 9780230114135. Reviewed in The Medieval Review: TMR 13.03.15 The topic of women’s participation in the military orders is one which … Continue reading →

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Nicolle — European Medieval Tactics (2) (Fields)

by Steven Walton Posted on October 29, 2013

David Nicolle European Medieval Tactics (2): New Infantry, New Weapons 1260-1500 Elite189 (Osprey, 2012) 64pp $18.95 978-1-84908-739-1 David Nicolle’s book European Medieval Tactics (2): New Infantry, New Weapons 1260-1500 is from Osprey Publishing in the United Kingdom.  Some additional illustration … Continue reading →

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Turbull, Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Nakashian)

by Steven Walton Posted on October 29, 2013

Stephen Turbull Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Leadership, Strategy, Conflict, Command 6 (Osprey 2010) 64pp.  $18.95.  ISBN 9781846039607  Stephen Turnbull contributes an effective and enlightening look at the career of Hideyoshi Toyotomi in the sixth installment of Osprey’s Command series.  The series, with … Continue reading →

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Capwell — The Noble Art of the Sword (Mondschein)

by Steven Walton Posted on July 13, 2013

Tobias Capwell The Noble Art of the Sword: Fashion and Fencing in Renaissance Europe London: Paul Holberton Publishing, 2012. 264 pp., 150 illustrations. GB£30/US$60. ISBN 978 0 900785 43 6 Wallace Collection curator Tobias Capwell’s gorgeous and well-conceived The Noble … Continue reading →

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Potter — Monarchs of the Renaissance (Albright)

by Steven Walton Posted on July 13, 2013

Philip J. Potter Monarchs of the Renaissance: The Lives and Reigns of 42 European Kings and Queens Jefferson, South Carolina: McFarland, 2012. 351pp. $40.00. ISBN 0-7864-6806-5. On the back cover of this book, there is a quotation that is belied … Continue reading →

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Bysted et al. (eds.) — Jerusalem in the North (Albright)

by Steven Walton Posted on July 13, 2013

A. Bysted, K. V. Jensen, C.S. Jensen, J. Lind (eds.) Jerusalem in the North:  Denmark and the Baltic Crusades, 1100-1522 Outremer. Studies in the Crusades and the Latin East 1 (Turnhout, Belg.: Brepols, 2012).  xiv+393pp. ISBN: 978-2-503-52325-5. According to the authors of … Continue reading →

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Reid, Battles of the Scottish Lowlands (Manning)

by Steven Walton Posted on July 13, 2013

Stuart Reid Battles of the Scottish Lowlands Battlefield Britain series (Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2004). 160 pp. £11.99. ISBN 184415078X. In Battles of the Scottish Lowlands, Stuart Reid offers a sweeping survey of battles and campaigns occurring around Stirling over … Continue reading →

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Lambert — Shipping the Medieval Military

by DRM_admin Posted on March 29, 2013

Craig Lambert Shipping the Medieval Military Boydell Press, 2011. 256 pp. $90.00 USD. ISBN 978-1843836544. A perusal of the Cumulative Bibliography of Medieval Military History and Technology, its updates, the International Medieval Bibliography and other military history bibliographies will demonstrate … Continue reading →

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Allmand — The De Re Militari of Vegetius [H-Net review]

by DRM_admin Posted on March 24, 2013

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 … Continue reading →

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Multi-volume review of books on medieval warfare

by Steven Walton Posted on March 6, 2013

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. … Continue reading →

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Nicolle — Cross & Crescent in the Balkans (Goodrich)

by DRM_admin Posted on December 30, 2012

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 … Continue reading →

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Tondro — Superheroes of the Round Table (Cueva)

by DRM_admin Posted on December 30, 2012

Jason Tondro Superheroes of the Round Table: Comics Connections to Medieval and Renaissance Literature Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2011. 248 pp. 68 ill. $40.00. ISBN 978-0-7864-6068-7. There is no doubt that Jason Tondro’s Superheroes of the Round Table: … Continue reading →

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TMR 12.06.10 Bagge, et al., Feudalism (Brown)

by DRM_admin Posted on December 30, 2012

Sverre Bagge, Michael H. Gelting, and Thomas Lindkvist (eds.) Feudalism: New Landscapes of Debate. The Medieval Countryside 5. Turnhout: Brepols, 2011. Pp. 232. 80 Euros. ISBN: 978-2-503-53158- 8. Reviewed by Elizabeth A. R. Brown The City University of New York, Emerita ([email protected]) Available … Continue reading →

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Purton — History of the Early Medieval Siege c.450-1220 (Eads)

by DRM_admin Posted on December 30, 2012

Peter Purton A History of the Early Medieval Siege c.450-1220. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2009. Pp. xxvii+505.  ISBN 978-1-84383-448-9. As the date range in the title implies, this book is only half of the author’s history of medieval siege warfare.  … Continue reading →

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Kyriakidis — Warfare in Late Byzantium, 1204-1453 (May)

by DRM_admin Posted on June 12, 2012

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 … Continue reading →

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TMR 12.06.08 Dass, The Deeds of the Franks (Throop)

by DRM_admin Posted on June 10, 2012

Nirmal Dass (ed. and trans.), The Deeds of the Franks and other Jerusalem-bound Pilgrims: The Earliest Chronicle of the First Crusades. Lanham, MD:  The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2011. Pp. 154 pages. $24.95. ISBN-13: 9781442204980.  Reviewed by Susanna A. Throop, Ursinus College <[email protected]> Available at The … Continue reading →

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Curry and Bell (eds.) — Journal of Medieval Military History 9 (Mondschein)

by DRM_admin Posted on June 7, 2012

Anne Curry and Adrian R. Bell (eds.) Journal of Medieval Military History IX: Soldiers, Weapons and Armies in the Fifteenth Century Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer. xiii+199 pp. £60.00/$99 ISBN 1843836688 The fifteenth century is a critical period not only for … Continue reading →

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Fallows — Jousting in Medieval and Renaissance Iberia (Muhlberger)

by DRM_admin Posted on June 7, 2012

Noel Fallows Jousting in Medieval and Renaissance Iberia Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, 2011, 574pp. US$99. ISBN 978 1 84383 594 3 This substantial study might almost be called “The Encyclopedia of Iberian Jousting.”  It brings together a wide variety of … Continue reading →

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TMR 12.06.05 Rubenstein, Armies of Heaven (France)

by DRM_admin Posted on June 7, 2012

Rubenstein, Jay. Armies of Heaven: The First Crusade and the Quest for the Apocalypse. New York: Basic Books, 2011. Pp. xiv, 402. $29.99. ISBN-13: 978-0-465-01929-8.  Reviewed by John France, United States Military Academy, West Point <[email protected]> Available at The Medieval Review 12.06.05

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TMR 12.04.25, Mondschein, The Knightly Art of Battle (Curry)

by DRM_admin Posted on June 7, 2012

Mondschein, Ken. The Knightly Art of Battle. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011. Pp. 128. . . $14.95. ISBN 978-1-60606-076-6. Reviewed by: Anne Curry, University of Southampton <[email protected]> Available at The Medieval Review TMR 12.04.25 See Also TMR 12.06.01 Response to 12.04.25, Mondschein, … Continue reading →

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TMR 12.06.04 Korössy, Zríni, The Siege of Sziget (Berend)

by DRM_admin Posted on June 7, 2012

Korössy, László, trans. Zrínyi, Miklós. The Siege of Sziget, with an introduction by George Gömöri. Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2011. Pp. xxv, 267. $24.95. ISBN-13: 978-0-8132-1861-8.  Reviewed by Nora Berend, University of Cambridge <[email protected]> Available at The Medieval Review TMR … Continue reading →

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New facsimile of Royal Armouries I.33 for the Jubilee!

by DRM_admin Posted on May 30, 2012

Those of you who attended the Kalamazoo Conference no doubt were drooling over the leaflet in the registration packet advertising the facsimiles of Royal Armories MS I.33 fight book.  They are producing only 750 copies of this, in three different … Continue reading →

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Mondschein — The Knightly Art of Battle (Hester)

by DRM_admin Posted on May 12, 2012

Ken Mondschein The Knightly Art of Battle Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011. 128pp. $14.95. ISBN 9781606060766. Fiore dei Liberi’s Fior di Battaglia (‘The Flower of Battle’) remains one of the most important texts for fight scholars today. The teachings … Continue reading →

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Bell, et al., The Soldier Experience in the Fourteenth Century (Boydell & Brewer, 2011) — Ditcham

by DRM_admin Posted on May 12, 2012

Adrian R Bell, Anne Curry, Adam Chapman, Andy King, and David Simpkin (eds)  The Soldier Experience in the Fourteenth Century  Warfare in History 36 (Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer, 2011).  232pp.   $90/£50.  ISBN 9781843836742. A common criticism of multi-authored publications of … Continue reading →

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TMR 12.04.07 Bell et al., The Soldier Experience (Muhlberger)

by DRM_admin Posted on April 5, 2012

Bell, Adrian R., Anne Curry, Adam Chapman, Andy King, and David Simpkin, eds., The Soldier Experience in the Fourteenth Century, Warfare in History. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2011. Pp. 232. $90. ISBN: 978-1-84383-674-2. Reviewed by Steven Muhlberger, Nipissing Universitiy, [email protected] Available at The Medieval Review TMR … Continue reading →

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TMR 12.02.22 Aurell, Le chevalier lettré (Livingstone)

by DRM_admin Posted on April 4, 2012

Aurell, Martin. Le chevalier lettré: Savior et conduite de l’aristocratie aux XIIe et XIIIe siècles. Fayard: Paris, 2011. Pp. 540. EUR 26. ISBN: 978-2-213-66233-6. Reviewed by Amy Livingstone, Wittenberg University, [email protected] Available at The Medieval Review TMR 12.02.22

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TMR 12.03.20 Dey, The Aurelian Wall (Kalas)

by DRM_admin Posted on April 4, 2012

Dey, Hendrik W. The Aurelian Wall and the Refashioning of Imperial Rome AD 271-855. Cambridge:  Cambridge University Press, 2011. Pp. 376. $110. ISBN: 978-0-52176-365-3. Reviewed by Gregor A. Kalas, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, [email protected] Avaialble at The Medieval Review TMR 12.03.20  

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Newman, Travel and Trade in the Middle Ages (McFarland, 2011) — Hassanali

by DRM_admin Posted on April 4, 2012

Paul B Newman Travel and Trade in the Middle Ages Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2011, 249 pp. ISBN 978-0786445356, $39.95 This work almost reads like part two of Newman’s “Daily Life in the Middle Ages.”  This one takes a closer look at … Continue reading →

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