1st Edition
Warfare and Military Organization in Pre-Crusade Europe
By Bernard S. Bachrach
Copyright 2002
348 Pages
by
Routledge
Throughout the history of Western civilization, war, preparation for war, and its aftermath have dominated the use of surplus human and material resources. Yet, despite our recent history, the brute facts of military history are too often ignored by those who have instead sought to provide a more ideal understanding of the Middle Ages in Europe. This predilection for chivalry at the expense of... Read more
Contents: Introduction; General Studies: The practical use of Vegetius' De Re Militari during the early Middle Ages; Caballus et caballarius in medieval warfare; Military technology and garrison organization: some observations on Anglo-Saxon military thinking in light of the Burghal Hidage; Medieval siege warfare: a reconnaissance; Logistics in pre-crusade Europe; Early medieval fortifications in the ’west’ of France: a revised technical vocabulary; Fortifications and military tactics: Fulk Nerra's strongholds circa 1000; Angevin and Norman Warfare: Angevin campaign forces in the reign of Fulk Nerra, Count of the Angevins (987-1040); The combat sculptures at Fulk Nerra’s ’Battle Abbey’ (c.1005-12); The milites and the millennium; The Angevin strategy of castle-building in the reign of Fulk Nerra, 987-1040; The cost of castle-building: the case of the tower at Langeais, 992-4; On the origins of William the Conqueror’s horse transports; Some observations on the military administration of the Norman Conquest; Index.
Biography
Professor Bernard S. Bachrach
