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The Battle of Lechfeld and its Aftermath, August 955 The End of the Age of Migrations in the Latin West
By Charles R. Bowlus
Copyright 2006
247 Pages
by
Routledge
247 Pages
by
Routledge
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In August 955 a battle took place that effectively ended the incursions of steppe nomads into Western Europe. The forces of Otto the Great annihilated a huge army of Hungarian mounted archers in an encounter that is generally known as the battle of Lechfeld, a broad plain near Augsburg in southern Germany. Since even after a defeat these elusive warriors surely could have fled back to the... Read more
Contents: Preface; Introduction; Hungarian warfare; The reforms of Henry I in Saxony; Hungarians and the Latin West; The way to the Lechfeld; The way from the Lechfeld; Conclusion: Hungarian defeat - Ottonian Victory; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Charles R. Bowlus is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA.
'The great virtue of this book is that bowlus has matched an excellent knowledge of the sources to an intimate knowledge of Bavaria and Hungary, producing a convincing account of this campaign and its consequences.' History ’This important contribution to military history...’ Medium Aevum ’...an important reinterpretation that is thoughtful, source driven, lucidly written, and often convincing. ...The Battle of the Lechfeld and its Aftermath is an exemplary case study of medieval military history that should be of interest not only to specialists, but also to those who seek a better understanding of warfare in early medieval society.’ Early Medieval Europe
