Warfare on the periphery of Europe and across cultural boundaries is a particular focus of this volume. One article, on Castilian seapower, treats the melding of northern and southern naval traditions; another clarifies the military roles of the Ayyubid and Mamluk miners and stoneworkers in siege warfare; a third emphasizes cultural considerations in an Icelandic conflict; a fourth looks at how an Iberian prelate navigated the line between ecclesiastical and military responsibilities; and a fifth analyzes the different roles of early gunpowder weapons in Europe and China, linking technological history with the significance of human geography. Further contributions also consider technology, two dealing with fifteenth-century English artillery and the third with prefabricated mechanical artillery during the Crusades. Another theme of the volume is source criticism, with re-examinations of the sources for Owain Glyndwr's (possible) victory at Hyddgen in 1401, a (possible) Danish attack on England in 1128, and the role of non-milites in Salian warfare.
Author(s): John France, Kelly DeVries, Clifford J. Rogers (eds.)
Publisher: The Boydell Press
Year: 2015
Language: English
Pages: 294
City: Woodbridge
List of Illustrations and Table vi
1. Feudalism, Romanticism, and Source Criticism: Writing the Military History of Salian Germany / David Bachrach 1
2. When the Lamb Attacked the Lion: A Danish Attack on England in 1138? / Thomas K. Heebøll-Holm 27
3. Development of Prefabricated Artillery during the Crusades / Michael S. Fulton 51
4. Some Notes on Ayyūbid and Mamluk Military Terms / Rabei G. Khamisy 73
5. Helgastaðir, 1220: A Battle of No Significance? / Oren Falk 93
6. 'Por la guarda de la mar': Castile and the Struggle for the Sea in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries / Nicolás Agrait 139
7 The Battle of Hyddgen, 1401: Owain Glyndŵr’s Victory Reconsidered / Michael Livingston 167
8. The Provision of Artillery for the 1428 Expedition to France / Dan Spencer 179
9. 1471: The Year of Three Battles and English Gunpowder Artillery / Devin Fields 193
10. “Cardinal Sins” and “Cardinal Virtues” of “El Tercer Rey,” Pedro González de Mendoza: The Many Faces of a Warrior Churchman in Late Medieval Europe / L. J. Andrew Villalon 213
11. Late Medieval Divergences: Comparative Perspectives on Early Gunpowder Warfare in Europe and China / Tonio Andrade 247
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