Category 3: Medieval Period

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    Resources from 5th Century to the end of the 16th Century




    Books
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    War of the Roses
    BOARDMAN (A.W.), The Medieval Soldier in the Wars of the Roses. Stroud, Alan Sutton, 1998, 212 pp.
    BRAMLEY (P.), A Companion and Guide to the Wars of the Roses. Stroud, The History Press Ltd., 2011, 288 pp.
    COOK (D.R.), Lancastrians and Yorkists: Wars of the Roses. Harlow, Pearson Education Ltd., 1984, 120 pp.
    DAWSON (I.), The Wars of the Roses. London, Hodder Education, 2012, 144 pp. *
    GOODMAN (A.), The Wars of the Roses: The Soldier's Experience. Stroud, Tempus, 2005, 288 pp.
    HAIGH (P.A.), The Military Campaigns of the Wars of the Roses. Phoenix Mill, Alan Sutton, 1995, 206 pp.
    HICKS (M.), The Wars of the Roses 1455-1487. Oxford, Osprey Publishing, 2003, 95 pp.
    KENDALL (P.M.) and DIACON (E.), L'Angleterre au temps de la guerre des Deux-Roses. Paris, Fayard, 1998, 441 pp. **
    LANDER (J.R.), The Wars of the Roses. Stroud, Alan Sutton, 1990, 244 pp.
    POLLARD (A.J.), Wars of the Roses. London, MacMillan Press, 1995, 265 pp. ***
    PRONAY (N.) and COX (J.), The Crowland Chronicle Continuations. London, Richard III and Yorkist History Trust, 1986, 207 pp.
    ROYLE (T.), Lancaster against York: The Wars of the Roses and the Founding of Modern Britain. Palgrave Macmillan, 2008, 353 pp.
    SADLER (J.), The Red Rose and the White: The Wars of the Roses, 1453-1487. Harlow, Pearson Education Ltd., 1984, 120 pp.
    SEEHASE (H.) and OPROTKOWITZ (A.), Die Rosenkriege. Das mörderische Ende des Hauses Plantagenet. Karfunkel, Wald-Michelbach, 2002, 184 pp. *****
    SEWARD (D.), A Brief History of the Wars of the Roses. London, Constable, 2007, 400 pp.
    SILVERBERG (R.), Challenge for a Throne: The Wars of the Roses. Holicog, Wildside Press, 2010, 290 pp.
    WEIR (A.)., Lancaster and York: The Wars of the Roses. London, Vintage, 2009, 480 pp. ******
    Terence Wise, The Wars of the Roses . men at arms series, Osprey Publishing, 1983, 48 pp.
    Clive Bartlett, English Longbowman 1330–1515 . warrior series, Osprey Publishing,1995, 64 pp.
    Christopher Gravett, English Medieval Knight 1400–1500 . warrior series, Osprey Publishing, 2001, 64 pp.
    Christopher Gravett, Towton 1461 . Campaign series, Osprey Publishing, 2003, 96 pp.
    Christopher Gravett, Tewkesbury 1471 . Campaign series, Osprey Publishing, 2003, 96 pp.
    Christopher Gravett, Bosworth 1485 . Campaign series, Osprey Publishing, 1999, 96 pp.
    A.V.Kurkin, Knights: The Last Stand {Куркин А.В. - Рыцари: Последние битвы}. AST, 2005, 511 pp
    (Russian - includes a lot of colorful illustrations & heraldry)
    David Lindholm & Peter Svard, Sigmund Ringeck's Knightly Arts Of Combat, Paladin Press, 2006, 294 pp
    David Lindholm, Sigmund Ringeck's Knightly Art of the Longsword, Paladin Press, 2008, 248 pp

    * Great introduction for the younger enthusiasts among us.
    ** French (duh).
    *** More of a polemical publication, wouldn't recommend to an inexperienced reader.
    **** Compact yet complete. Most academic libraries should have Sadler's book in their collections, so well worth borrowing if you're a student.<br />***** German (duh).
    ***** Probably the most easily digestible in the list. Alison Weir's books are for sale on many internet stores (e.g. Amazon) and available in most (English) libraries and book stores.<br />

    Foreign Language Books Guerre, Etat et Société à la fin du Moyen-Age, by Philippe CONTAMINE, Mouton ed., 1972
    Language : French
    Tags : Middle-Age, XIVth century, XVth century, France
    Notes : A reference about XIVth and XVth history, a key period that seen the birth of the French centralized monarchy. A long way up untill it culminate with absolute monarchs such as Louis XIV and Louis XV. Ch1. Les forces militaires de la monarchie française au milieu du XIVe siècle (1337-1369) / Ch2. L'armée de la reconquête (1369-1380) / Ch3. De la survie à l'effondrement : la destinée des réformes militaires de Charles V (1380-1445) / Ch4. Les débuts de l'armée d'Ancien Régime (1445-1494).

    La guerre au Moyen Age, by Philippe CONTAMINE, PUF, 1980
    Language : French
    Tags : Middle-Age, Warfare
    Notes : A more "general" but extensive studies about warfare from early to late Middle Age. A reference work too.
    Part 1 : Nearly 65 pages of bibliographical references
    Part 2 : Etat des connaissances - Caractères généraux de l'histoire médiévale. Ch1. Les Barbares (5th to 9th centuries) / Ch2. Les temps féodaux (early 10th to mid-12th centuries) / Ch3. L'apogée médiéval (mid-12th to early 14th centuries) / Ch4. Compagnies d'aventure, artillerie à poudre, armées permanentes (early 14th to late XVth centuries).
    Part 3 : Thème and Perspectives. Ch5. Arement / Ch6. Artilleries / Ch7. Art militaire / Ch8. La guerre, les pouvoirs, la société / Ch9. Une histoire du courage / Ch10. La guere : aspect juridiques, éthiques et religieux



    Internet Sites
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    http://www.deremilitari.org/ - Medieval Military History
    http://www.muslimheritage.com/timeline/default.cfm - Muslim History
    http://www.the-orb.net/ - Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies (mainly essays)
    http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html - Internet Medieval Sourcebook
    http://byzantium.seashell.net.nz/index.php - a VERY comprehensive site about Byzantium
    http://www.castlesontheweb.com/ - Castles on the Web ( a huga picture database, has text that describes every picture)
    http://www.thearma.org/essays/knightvs.htm - The Medieval European Knight vs. The Feudal Japanese Samurai
    http://libro.uca.edu/ - History of Spain, lots of books about history of Spain
    http://www.historyarts.ro/carti.htm - History of medieval hungarian kingdom (English Translation available in lower left corner)
    http://www.condottieridiventura.it/ - Biographical notes on all the Italian condottieri from 1330 to 1550
    http://www.strangelove.net/~kieser/Russia/foreigninteractionA.html - Russian interaction with foreign lands (10th - mid 13th century)


    -Crusades
    http://crusades.boisestate.edu/ - A good site about the Crusade
    http://www.medievalcrusades.com/ - The Church and the Crusaders
    Books that can be read online - Alot of text on the Crusades

    -Scandinavia (North Europe)
    http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/index.shtml - Every thing about Vikings
    http://geoffboxell.tripod.com/hardrada.htm - Summary of Harald the III (the Last Viking King)
    http://www.hurstwic.org/history/arti...king_spear.htm - Viking spears
    http://www.tore-nygaard.com/ - (Norwegian!) Politics in the late Viking age
    http://members.ozemail.com.au/~chrisandpeter/relics/relics.html#Varangian%20Tombstones - Varangian relics
    http://www.stovnerporten.no/over_a/osikt1g.htm - Origin of Oslo, contains detailed pictures


    Japan
    http://www.samurai-archives.com/ - Samurai Archive (Japanese history)

    India

    http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3310 - A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar) {south India} E- Books



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