Essays on strategic thinking and practice in medieval warfare. This special edition of the Journal aims to respond to the lively debate in recent years as to whether medieval military history was characterized by particular types of strategy, be it Grand, Vegetian or Battle-Seeking. It brings together many of the pre-eminent military historians active today to examine a number of cases that display the complexity and diversity of strategic realities, as well as exploring new models and methodological avenues in evaluating medieval strategies. Material ranges chronologically from the late Roman Empire to the late Middle Ages, and geographically from the Baltic and the British Isles to Iberia and the Crusader States, while the topics explored include the Viking Wars, the English long bow, and the economies of conquest.
Author(s): Leif Inge Ree Petersen, Manuel Rojas Gabriel (eds.)
Publisher: The Boydell Press
Year: 2017
Language: English
Pages: 246
City: Woodbridge
List of Illustrations viii
Preface ix
1. Later Roman Grand Strategy: The Fortification of the 'urbes' of Gaul / Bernard S. Bachrach 3
2. In Search of Equilibrium: Byzantium and the Northern Barbarians, 400–800 / Leif Inge Ree Petersen 37
3. Evolving English Strategies during the Viking Wars / Richard Abels 69
4. Norman Conquests: A Strategy for World Domination? / Matthew Bennett 91
5. The Papacy and the Political Consolidation of the Catalan Counties, c. 1060–1100: A Case Study in Political Strategy / Luis García-Guijarro Ramos 103
6. Alfonso VII of León-Castile in Face of the Reformulation of Power in al-Andalus, 1145–1157: An Essay in Strategic Logic / Manuel Rojas Gabriel 119
7. The Treaties between the Kings of León and the Almohads within the Leonese Expansion Strategy, 1157–1230 / María Dolores García Oliva 151
8. A Strategy of Total War? Henry of Livonia and the Conquest of Estonia, 1208–1227 / John Gillingham 187
9. The English Longbow, War, and Administration / John France 215
List of Contributors
