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Warfare in

Medieval Europe

c.400—c.1453

Welcome

Welcome to the companion website for Warfare in Medieval Europe c.400—c.1453 by Bernard S. Bachrach and David S. Bachrach. This clear, comprehensive and accessible analysis of medieval warfare provides information about the nature and conduct of war, including its economic, technological, social, and religious contexts, from the late Roman Empire to the end of the Hundred Years’ War. The geographical scope encompasses Latin Europe from Iberia to Poland and from Scandinavia and Britain to Sicily and includes the interaction between Europe and the eastern Mediterranean, particularly in the context of the crusading movement.

This companion website provides useful material to support the book’s detailed coverage of the key empires, kingdoms, principalities, and military operations of the Medieval period.

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“This book is a masterpiece, bringing together the collected scholarship of the past several decades and more in a brilliant synthesis that illuminates not only medieval military matters, but the whole "medieval millennium" as well.”

Paul F. Crawford, California University of Pennsylvania, USA

What you will find on this website:

An interactive timeline of the key empires, kingdoms, principalities, and military operations.
Downloadable versions of the maps from the book.
An image gallery of all the images from the book.
A glossary.
A link to the Routledge History Arena, Routledge’s main website for this subject area, where you can find more information about our books, journals, and electronic publishing.

“The perfect introduction to Medieval Warfare for students of history and strategic or security studies. This is an excellent overview which teases out evidence for the continuity of Roman institutions and infrastructure, and furnishes evidence for the complexity of medieval warfare including the complex and discriminating application of military, economic and diplomatic tools — in short, grand strategy. Firmly rooted in source evidence, this remains faithful to contemporary terminology yet helps us interpret it in the light of today’s military-strategic vocabulary.”

Beatrice Heuser, University of Reading, UK