Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World describes the fighting techniques of soldiers in Europe and the Near East in an age before the widepsread use of gunpowder. The book explores the unique tactics required to win battles with the technology available, and demonstrates how little has changed in some respects of the art of war. 
The book is divided into five chapters covering the main elements of medieval warfare: infantry, cavalry, generalship, siege warfare, and naval combat. Each chapter features four major battles to demonstrate the strengths, pitfalls, and characteristics of the style of warfare. 
Using specially-commisioned color and black-and-white artwork to illustrate the battles, equipment, and tactics of the era, Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World shows in detail the methods by which armies, including Norman, Crusader, and Mongol forces, prevailed over their foes, and why other armies were less successful. The book is an essential companion for any reader interested in warfare in the medieval age.

Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World: Equipment, Combat Skills and Tactics

History

BRADBURY, Jim

DeVries, Kelly

Bennett, Matthew

Dickie, Iain

Jestice, Phyllis

Military

Thomas Dunne Books

Good/Good in Dark Green Boards; Hard Cover W/ Dust Jacket; 8vo; 198 pages; B/W Illustrations and Photographs; St. Martin's Press; 1985; First American Edition; Minor shelf wear to boards; Bump to head of spine; Previous owner's ink name to front pastedown and verso of half title page; Text unmarked; text smells slightly of smoke; Chipping to head and foot of spine of DJ; Closed tear to bottom edge of rear panel of DJ; Browning and minor soiling to DJ; DJ in archival mylar jacket.

The Medieval Archer

St.Martin's Press

The Routledge Companion to Medieval Warfare (Routledge Companions to History)

This comprehensive volume provides easily-accessible factual material on all major areas of warfare in the medieval west. The whole geographical area of medieval Europe, including eastern Europe, is covered, including essential elements from outside Europe such as Byzantine warfare, nomadic horde invasions and the Crusades. Progressing chronologically, the work is presented in themed, illustrated sections, with a narrative outline offering a brief introduction to the area. Within each chronological section, Jim Bradbury presents clear and informative pieces on battles, sieges, and generals. The author examines practical topics including: <ul>
<li>castle architecture, with examinations of specific castles</li> <li>ship building techniques</li> <li>improvements in armour</li> <li>specific weapons</li> <li>developments in areas such as arms and armour, fortifications, tactics and supply.</li>
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Readable and engaging, this detailed provides students with an excellent collection of archaeological information and clear discussions of controversial issues.

Arts & Photography

Routledge

Providing easily accessible factual material, and covering the whole geographical area of medieval Europe, including Eastern Europe, this comprehensive volume is the perfect companion to all aspects of medieval warfare. Setting the Companion in themed, illustrated sections, each preceded by a narrative outline offering a brief introduction, Jim Bradbury presents clear information on battles and sieges, and generals and leaders.  Practical topics examined include:  castle architecture, with examinations of specific castles ship building techniques improvements in armour specific weapons developments in areas such as arms and armour fortifications, tactics and supply. Readable and engaging, this detailed volume provides students with an excellent collection of archaeological information and clear discussions of controversial issues.

Europe

Philip Augustus: King of France 1180-1223 (The Medieval World)

This is the first major study in English of the reign of Philip Augustus who ruled France from 1180 - 1223. Outshone for posterity, by his flamboyant contemporaries, the Angevin family of Henry II and his feuding sons, Philip was in fact far more successful than any of them, astutely playing them off against each other and recovering for the French crown their vast estates in Northern France including Normandy itself. As well as reasserting the power of the Capetian monarchy, he was also leader of the Third Crusade. Drawing together all the threads in the life of one of France's most forceful rulers, this new study offers a study of the nature of monarchy in late medieval Europe as well as an insight into a subtle and secretive personality.

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

The Battle of Hastings

The Battle of Hastings is probably the best-known and most significant battle in English history. Jim Bradbury explores the full military background to the battle, the sources of our knowledge and the role the battle played.

Sutton Pub Ltd

This is a story of rivalry for the English throne which throws new light on a much-neglected aspect of Stephen's reign. The book looks at colorful characters and brings to life the civil war and the ensuing battle for the English Crown. The war is examined in detail through the various campaigns, battles and sieges of the period, including the two major battles at the Standard and Lincoln, showing that Stephen always held more ground than his opponents and was mostly on the offensive. The nature of the warfare and the reasons for its outcome are examined, along with comment on the strategy, tactics, technology in arms and armor, and the improvements in fortifications.

Stephen and Matilda: The Civil War of 1139-53

Reconstructing the battle move by move, Jim Bradbury recounts the story of 1066, with a particular emphasis on the military background and covering topics including the armies, the campaigns preceding Hastings, battle tactics and the effects of the conquest. Battle plans and maps are also included.

The History Press

Civil war and the battle for the English Crown dominated the reign of King Stephen, and this popular account is the only complete account of the complex and fascinating military situation. The war is examined in detail throught the various campaigns, battles and sieges of the period, including the two major battles at the Standard and Lincoln, showing that Stephen always held more ground than his opponents and was mostly on the offensive. The nature of the warfare and the reasons for its outcome are examined, along with comment on the strategy, tactics, technology in arms and armour, and the important improvements in fortifications. Full use has been made of the numerous detailed chronicle sources which give some indication of the horrors of twelfth-century war, the depredations which affected the ordinary people of the land, and the atrocities which sometimes accompanied it. Full of colourful characters - the likeable king, the domineering Matilda, the young and vital Henry of Anjou (later Henry Ii), his intelligent and effective father Geoffrey Count of Anjou, the powerful barons from Geoffrey de Mandeville to Ranulf of Chester - and illustrated with photographs, maps and manuscript illustrations, this is a fascinating story of rivalry for the English throne which throws new light on a much-neglected aspect of Stephen's reign.

Stephen and Matilda

The Battle of Hastings is probably the best-known and perhaps the most significant battle in English history. Its effects were deeply felt at the time, causing a lasting shift in cultural identity and national pride. Jim Bradbury explores the full military background to the battle and investigates both the sources for our knowledge of what actually happened in 1066 and the role that the battle plays in national myth. The Battle of Hastings starts by looking at the Normans - who they were, where they came from - and the career of William before 1066. Next, Jim Bradbury turns to the Saxons in England, and to Harold Godwineson, successor to Edward the Confessor, and his attempts to create unity in the divided kingdom. The core of the book is a move-by-move reconstruction of the battle, including the advance planning, the site, the composition of the two armies and the use of archers, feigned fights and the death of Harold. This is a book that anyone interested in England's most famous battle will find indispensable.

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Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World: Equipment, Combat Skills and Tactics

The Medieval Archer

The Routledge Companion to Medieval Warfare (Routledge Companions to History)

The Routledge Companion to Medieval Warfare (Routledge Companions to History)

Philip Augustus: King of France 1180-1223 (The Medieval World)

The Battle of Hastings

Stephen and Matilda: The Civil War of 1139-53

The Battle of Hastings

Stephen and Matilda

The Battle of Hastings