1st Edition
Warfare in the Global Middle Ages
Part 1
Toward a Global History of Warfare: A Reconnaissance in Force
Chapter 1
Warfare in the Medieval World: Approaches, Challenges, and Where We Stand
Chapter 2
Writing the History of Warfare in the Global Middle Ages: The Problem of Sources
Part 2
Who Serves in War
Chapter 3
Obligations and Institutions for Local Defense
Chapter 4
Military Organization for Offensive Warfare
Excursus 1: Women in Combat
Excursus 2: Military Compensation in a Global Perspective or the Fallacy of “Feudalism”
Part 3
Sinews of War
Chapter 5
Military Technology: A Dynamic of Development, Diffusion, and Conservatism
Chapter 6
Military Logistics
Excursus 3: Torsion Engine Controversy
Part 4
Preparing for War
Chapter 7
Military Education and Training
Chapter 8
Planning, Strategy, and Military Intelligence
Excursus 4: Training Elephants
Conclusion
Bibliography
Biography
David S. Bachrach is a professor of medieval European history at the University of New Hampshire, USA. His research focuses on the administrative and military history of the Carolingian Empire, the early medieval kingdom of Germany, as well as the kingdom of England in the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. His recent publications include Foundations of Royal Power in Early Medieval Germany (2022); Bruno of Merseburg’s Saxon War: Translation and Commentary (2022) and Warfare in Medieval Europe c. 400-c.1453, 2nd edition (2021), both with Bernard S. Bachrach; and Administration and Organization of War in Thirteenth-Century England (2020).
Bernard S. Bachrach (1939–2023), a fellow of the Medieval Academy, was a specialist in the military history of medieval Europe and spent his 56-year career as a professor at the University of Minnesota, USA. A prolific scholar, he published more than 130 scholarly articles and 20 books, including Merovingian Military Organization (1972), Early Medieval Jewish Policy in Western Europe (1977), Fulk Nerra: The Neo-Roman Consul, 987–1040: A Political Biography of the Angevin Count (1993), Early Carolingian Warfare: Prelude to Empire (2001), Charlemagne's Early Campaigns (768–777): A Diplomatic and Military Analysis (2013), and Warfare in Medieval Europe c.400–c.1453 (2017), with David S. Bachrach.
