Theme: Mercenaries and mighty warlords - The Normans in the Mediterranean

• Historical introduction – Sidney Dean, ‘The d’Hauteville brothers in Italy’.
• The Source - Martijn Cissen, ‘Bohemond I of Antioch in the Alexiad’.
• Will Stroock, ‘How to fight and win like a Norman’.
• Nils Visser, ‘The use of Saracen mercenaries in Norman South Italy’.
• Matthew Bennett, ‘Norman naval activities in the Mediterranean’.
• Filippo Donvito, ‘The Battle of Civitate, 1053’.
• The Siege - Vassilis Pergalias, ‘The Siege of Bari, 1068 - 1071’.

Features:

• The Weapon - Peter Vemming, ‘Incendiary arrows in Bengedan’s Warbook’.
• Special - Brian Burfield, ‘Treatment of wounds in the Middle Ages’.
• The Battle - Jean-Claude Brunner, ‘Charles the Bold’s English Archers at the battle of Morat, 1476’.
• Weapon Handling - Murray Dahm, ‘Hans Talhoffer’s instruction manual on weapon handling’.