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Byzantines, Avars and the Introduction of the Trebuchet

by Sandra Alvarez Posted on June 9, 2014

Byzantines, Avars and the Introduction of the Trebuchet Stephen McCotter The Queen’s University of Belfast (2003) While there has been much debate over when the traction trebuchet appeared in the west and the extent to which it replaced late-antique torsion … Continue reading →

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Antiochus Strategos’ Account of the Sack of Jerusalem in AD 614

by Sandra Alvarez Posted on February 21, 2014

Antiochus Strategos’ Account of the Sack of Jerusalem in AD 614 English Historical Review: v.25 (1910) Abstract In the ninth volume of his Texts and Studies and Armenogruzinian Philology (Tekstwe i Razweskaniyah po Armyano-Gruzinskoe Philologi) Professor N. Marr, of the … Continue reading →

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Caballus et Caballarius in Medieval Warfare

by Sandra Alvarez Posted on November 6, 2013

Caballus et Caballarius in Medieval Warfare Bernard S. Bachrach The Study of Chivalry: Resources and Approaches (1988) The little poem “For Want of a Nail” has for centuries conveyed to children a glimpse of the fundamental technical underpinnings of the … 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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