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Book SynopsisA collection which highlights "the range and richness of scholarship on medieval warfare, military institutions, and cultures of conflict that characterize the field". History 95 [2010] The comprehensive breadth and scope of the Journal are to the fore in this issue, which ranges widely both geographically and chronologically. The subjects of analysis are equally diverse, with three contributions dealing with theCrusades, four with matters related to the Hundred Years War, two with high-medieval Italy, one with the Alans in the Byzantine-Catalan conflict of the early fourteenth century, and one with the wars of the Duke of Cephalonia inWestern Greece and Albania at the turn of the fifteenth century. Topics include military careers, tactics and strategy, the organization of urban defenses, close analysis of chronicle sources, and cultural approaches to the acceptance of gunpowder artillery and the prevalence of military "games" in Italian cities. Contributors: T.S. Asbridge, A. Compton Reeves, Kelly DeVries, Michael Ehrlich, Scott Jessee, Donald Kagay, Savvas Kyriakidis, Randall Moffett, Aldo A. Settia, Charles D. Stanton, Georgios Theotokis, L.J. Andrew Villalon, Anatoly Isaenko.
Trade ReviewDrawing upon original research the volume delivers in-depth and extensive insights into subjects that are not just of interest to military historians. * HISTORY *
An eclectic mix, but a fascinating one. ... The collection has much to recommend it and is...highly readable. * MEDIEVAL WARFARE *
Table of ContentsMilitary Games and the Training of the Infantry - Aldo A. Settia The Battle of Civitate: A Plausible Account - Charles D. Stanton The Square 'Fighting March' of the Crusaders at the battle of Ascalon (1099) - Georgios Theotokis How the Crusades could have been won: King Baldwin II of Jerusalem's campaigns against Aleppo (1124-5) and Damascus (1129). - Thomas S Asbridge Saint Catherine's Day Miracle - the Battle of Montgisard - Michael Ehrlich The Military Effectiveness of Alan Mercenaries in Byzantium, 1301 - 1306 - W. Scott Jessee and Anatoly Isaenko Winning and Recalling Honor in Spain: Pro-English Poetry in Celebration of the Battle of Nájera (1367) - Donald Kagay Winning and Recalling Honor in Spain: Pro-English Poetry in Celebration of the Battle of Nájera (1367) - L. J. Andrew Villalon The Wars and the Army of the duke of Cephalonia Carlo I Tocco (ca.1375-1429) - Savvas Kyriakidis Sir John Radcliffe, K.G. (d. 1441): Miles Famossissimus - A Compton Reeves Defense Schemes of Southampton in the Late Medieval Period, 1300-1500 - Randall Moffett French and English Acceptance of Medieval Gunpowder Weaponry - Kelly DeVries
