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Essays on aspects of medieval military history, encompassing the most recent critical approaches. The essays in this volume honour the career and achievements of Richard Abels, the distinguished historian of medieval military history; in particular, they aim to reflect how the ""cultural turn"" in the field has led to exciting new developments in scholarship. Ranging from the late eighth century to the fifteenth, from northern England to the Levant, the chapters analyze how medieval kings and commanders practiced a genuine military science, how themeanings of victory and defeat were constructed by chroniclers and whole societies, how wars were remembered and propagandized, and how religion and war mixed.

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Author:   John D Hosler (Contributor) ,  Steven Isaac (Customer) ,  Bernard S Bachrach (Author) ,  Carroll Gillmor (Person)
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   The Boydell Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9781783275335

ISBN 10:   1783275332
Pages:   287
Publication Date:   19 June 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction and Appreciation - Steven Isaac Charlemagne's Invasion of Spain in 778: The Anatomy of a Strategic Failure and its Impact - Bernard S Bachrach Military Intelligence and Strategic Planning Under the Ottonian Kings of Germany, 919-1024 - David S. Bachrach Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens: Defeated Warriors, Masculinity, and Mistaken Identity in Western Europe, 679-1141 - Ryan Lavelle Count Baldwin V of Flanders: Broker of Eleventh-Century Power - Kelly DeVries Kings and Fortuna: the Meanings of Brémule - Stephen R Morillo Fighting the Last War: Remembering the Norman Conquest during the Anarchy - Jennifer Paxton Gilbert of Mons' Chronicle of Hainaut as a Source for Military History in the 12th Century - John France At Home with Roger of Howden - David Crouch Embedded Reporters? Ambroise, Richard de Templo, and Roger of Howden on the Third Crusade - John D. Hosler The Treatment of Male and Female Prisoners of War during the Third Crusade - John B Gillingham Exempla, Crusade, and Chivalry - Richard W Kaeuper Frontier Warfare in the St. Omer Chronicle - Clifford J. Rogers Some Observations on the Training of Medieval Warhorses - Carroll Gillmor Richard P. Abels' Curriculum vitae

Reviews

This Festschrift represents a fitting tribute to its dedicatee. Richard P. Abels is one of those scholars who has done a great deal to build up the sense that this profession should be a 'comitatus': a band of companions in search of historical truth (p. 2). This volume gets that idea across very well. -- ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW Highly recommended for those who want to get their teeth into some meaty research on medieval warfare. * BATTLEFIELDS TRUST MAGAZINE *

This Festschrift represents a fitting tribute to its dedicatee. Richard P. Abels is one of those scholars who has done a great deal to build up the sense that this profession should be a 'comitatus': a band of companions in search of historical truth (p. 2). This volume gets that idea across very well. -- ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW Highly recommended for those who want to get their teeth into some meaty research on medieval warfare. * BATTLEFIELDS TRUST MAGAZINE * Hosler and Isaac have gathered a glittering phalanx of contributors to honor one of the shining stars of medieval military history... a coherent and dynamic collection that will be referenced for many decades to come. -- Brian R. Price, Air University * H-Net *

Highly recommended for those who want to get their teeth into some meaty research on medieval warfare.--BATTLEFIELDS TRUST MAGAZINE

Highly recommended for those who want to get their teeth into some meaty research on medieval warfare. * BATTLEFIELDS TRUST MAGAZINE *

Author Information

JOHN D. HOSLER is a Professor of Military History at the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and the author of Jerusalem Falls: Seven Centuries of War and Peace. STEVEN ISAAC is the Simpson Professor of Medieval History, Longwood University. CLIFFORD J. ROGERS is a Professor of History at the United States Military Academy and founding director of the West Point Digital History Centre. His many books and articles on medieval warfare have been recognized with awards from the Royal Historical Society's Alexander Prize to the Society for Military History's Distinguished Book Award and Moncado Prize, as well as two Verbruggen Prizes and the Bachrach Medal from De Re Militari. His recent work has focused on early gunpowder and gunpowder artillery. David Crouch is a fellow of the British Academy and author of a number of editions of medieval documents, most recently The Acts and Letters of the Marshal Family (2015) for the Camden Society. He has written extensively on medieval politics and society, and was also editor of Volume 10 (Howden and Howdenshire) of the Victoria History of Yorkshire East Riding. David S. Bachrach is a professor of medieval history at the University of New Hampshire. His research interests include the administrative and military history of the Carolingian Empire as well as the medieval German and English kingdoms. JOHN D. HOSLER is a Professor of Military History at the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and the author of Jerusalem Falls: Seven Centuries of War and Peace. RYAN LAVELLE is Professor of Early Medieval History in the Department of History at the University of Winchester. STEVEN ISAAC is the Simpson Professor of Medieval History, Longwood University.

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