The essays in this volume of the Journal continue its proud tradition of presenting cutting-edge research with a wide chronological and geographical range, from eleventh-century Georgia (David IV's use of the methods described in 'De velitatione bellica') to fifteenth-century England and France (a detailed analysis of the use of the under-appreciated lancegay and similar weapons). Iberia and the Empire are also addressed, with a study of Aragonese leaders in the War of the Two Pedros, a discussion of Prince Ferdinand's battle-seeking strategy prior to the battle of Toro in 1476, and an analysis and transcription of a newly-discovered Habsburg battle plan of the early sixteenth century, drawn up for the war against Venice. The volume also embraces different approaches, from cultural-intellectual history (the afterlife of the medieval Christian Warrior), to experimental archaeology (the mechanics of raising trebuchets), to comparison of "the face of battle" in a medieval illuminated manuscript with its depiction in modern films, to archivally-based administrative history (recruitment among the sub-gentry for Edward I's armies).
Author(s): Kelly DeVries, John France, Clifford J. Rogers (eds.)
Publisher: The Boydell Press
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 252
City: Woodbridge
List of Illustrations vii
1. 'De velitatione bellica' and the Georgian Art of War During the Reign of David IV / Mamuka Tsurtsumia 1
2. The Afterlife of the Medieval Christian Warrior / Steven Isaac 17
3. More Accurate Than You Think: Re-evaluating Medieval Warfare in Film / Peter Burkholder 35
4. Raising the Medieval Trebuchet: Assembly Method and the Standing of a Half-scale Machine / Daniel Bertrand 69
5. 'Cum Socio Eiusdem': Military Recruitment in the Armies of Edward I Among the Sub-Gentry / David S. Bachrach 109
6. Two Walls of Protection: Queen Elionor of Sicily and Bishop Berenguer de Cruïlles of Gerona During the 1359 Naval Campaigns of The War of the Two Pedros / Donald J. Kagay 125
7. The Lancegay and Associated Weapons / Michael John Harbinson 137
8. “I intend to give him battle.” Battle-Seeking in a Civil War Context: Toro (1476) / Ekaitz Etxeberria Gallastegi 185
9. Discovery of an Early Sixteenth-Century Battle Plan from the Archdiocesan Archive in Ljubljana / Tomaž Lazar 203
List of Contributors 233
