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Book SynopsisEssays on aspects of medieval military history, encompassing the most recent critical approaches. The essays in this volume honour the career and achievements of Richard Abels, the distinguished historian of medieval military history; in particular, they aim to reflect how the "cultural turn" in the field has led to exciting new developments in scholarship. Ranging from the late eighth century to the fifteenth, from northern England to the Levant, the chapters analyze how medieval kings and commanders practiced a genuine military science, how themeanings of victory and defeat were constructed by chroniclers and whole societies, how wars were remembered and propagandized, and how religion and war mixed.
Trade ReviewThis Festschrift represents a fitting tribute to its dedicatee. Richard P. Abels is one of those scholars who has done a great deal to build up the sense that this profession should be a 'comitatus': a band of companions in search of historical truth (p. 2). This volume gets that idea across very well. -- ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW
Highly recommended for those who want to get their teeth into some meaty research on medieval warfare. * BATTLEFIELDS TRUST MAGAZINE *
Hosler and Isaac have gathered a glittering phalanx of contributors to honor one of the shining stars of medieval military history... a coherent and dynamic collection that will be referenced for many decades to come. -- Brian R. Price, Air University * H-Net *
Table of ContentsIntroduction and Appreciation - Steven Isaac Charlemagne's Invasion of Spain in 778: The Anatomy of a Strategic Failure and its Impact - Bernard S Bachrach Military Intelligence and Strategic Planning Under the Ottonian Kings of Germany, 919-1024 - David S. Bachrach Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens: Defeated Warriors, Masculinity, and Mistaken Identity in Western Europe, 679-1141 - Ryan Lavelle Count Baldwin V of Flanders: Broker of Eleventh-Century Power - Kelly DeVries Kings and Fortuna: the Meanings of Brémule - Stephen R Morillo Fighting the Last War: Remembering the Norman Conquest during the Anarchy - Jennifer Paxton Gilbert of Mons' Chronicle of Hainaut as a Source for Military History in the 12th Century - John France At Home with Roger of Howden - David Crouch Embedded Reporters? Ambroise, Richard de Templo, and Roger of Howden on the Third Crusade - John D. Hosler The Treatment of Male and Female Prisoners of War during the Third Crusade - John B Gillingham Exempla, Crusade, and Chivalry - Richard W Kaeuper Frontier Warfare in the St. Omer Chronicle - Clifford J. Rogers Some Observations on the Training of Medieval Warhorses - Carroll Gillmor Richard P. Abels' Curriculum vitae
